Ludo is the classic dice-and-race game. It is the most played game during the lockdown. The director Anurag Basu back after three years with the Diwali Dhamaka film Ludo.
Ludo was released on November 12, 2020, on the streaming platform of Netflix. The festival of Diwali is around the corner and it is the perfect time to watch with family and friends.
The trailer says, “Ludo is life, and life is Ludo. Not gonna depend on who will win or lose, ultimately every token will go to the same house. What happens when life is the literal roll of the dice?
Ludo is the journey of four different stories that crossed each other path by the one eccentric criminal role of dice.
The film ensemble cast of Bollywood and talented stars Abhishek Bachchan, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Aditya Roy Kapur, Rohit Suresh Saraf, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Pearle Maaney, and Inayat Verma.
Anurag Basu shared the concept behind the color-coded world in his latest film-“The color representation is different in every culture and society.
The four colors symbolize four different stories of actors feature in the film. The most important character Pankaj Tripathi who rolling the dice and lead the story and be the game-changer.
What is the plot of the Ludo movie?
The Ludo is the dark comedy with a twist and turns from the sex tape to the rogue suitcase of money, the four different worlds tied together with destiny, chance, and the mastermind who rolling the dice and control their actions.
The Ludo describes the four colors coded world unite by the eccentric gangster Sattu bhayia played by Pankaj Tripathi. According to Anurag’s Basu, the shades of color come forward with four different stories full of chaos and dark comedy intertwined through the series of events.
The red color is for anger defines Bittu’s story as Abhishek Bachchan, the naive kidnapper meets the six-year-old girl who is giving lessons while Bittu’s asking for a ransom from her family.
The yellow color is for calm, happiness defines the Akash as Aditya Roy Kapoor and his girlfriend Shruti as Sanya Malhotra who has been trapped and battle when their video of sex is released on the adult site.
The blue color is for optimism, purity describes the Rahul as Rohit Saraf and Sheeja as Pearle Maaney’s story who entangle with Malayali nurse who doesn’t even know the single word of Hindi.
The green unpredictable defines the Alok plays as Rajkumar’s story who follows the Mithun Chakraborty style and imitates like him. He is in love with his childhood love Pinky as Fatima Sana Shaikh.
The four different lives are interconnected by unavoidable circumstances and coincidence that bring laughter and entertainment throughout the movie.
What is the character of the movie?
The Ludo is a roller coaster ride, well scripted and performed by top-notch character. Each character defines the color of the game of the ludo.
Anurag Basu ensemble the brilliant and outstanding cast entertains the audience with perfect comedy time and their cringe character.
Abhishek Bachchan as Batukeshwar “Bittu” Tiwari, Rajkummar Rao as Alok Kumar Gupta Aka Aalu, Aditya Roy Kapur as Dr. Akash Chauhan, Fatima Sana Shaikh as Pinky, Sanya Malhotra as Ahana Mathur, Pankaj Tripathi as Rahul Satyendra “Sattu Bhaiya” Tripathi, Rohit Suresh Saraf as Rahul Awasthi, Pearle Maaney as Sheeja ThomasAsha Negi as Asha, Inayat Verma as Mini.
Pankaj Tripathi who played the character of gangster looks hilarious with its cringe comedy. The actor Rajkumar Rao imitating Mithun Chakraborty. He is perfect with their comedy sequence and Abhishek Bachchan delivers splendid performance on their screen. Inayat Verma as Mini is like “Chota packet BDA dhamka”, makes you fall in love with the character.
Anurag’s Basu said in an interview-“When you watch the movie, it should be wholesome with the beginning, middle and end.
It shouldn’t be like watching a different film with different characters in a single movie. So I felt like a movie conductor separating pieces and putting it together. There was a risk of becoming noise and not a melody and writing was the biggest challenge.”
Where to watch the movie?
The film released on 12 November 2020 coinciding with Diwali on Netflix. You can choose subscription plans according to your choice.
Currently, Netflix has four plans in the country. These plans start from Rs 199 and go up to Rs 799. Each offers a different number of screens on which content can view simultaneously.
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