Zwigato Movie (2022) Cast, Release Date, Story, Budget, Collection, Poster, Trailer, Review

Zwigato

U
Hindi
March 17, 2023
1h 45min
Status: released

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Zwigato Movie Details:

Country India
Language Hindi
GenreDrama
Release Date9 September 2022 (Toronto)
17 March 2023 (Theatrical)
Running Time1h 45min
CertificateU
CastKapil Sharma
Shahana Goswami
Directed by Nandita Das
Written byNandita Das
Samir Patil
Produced bySameer Nair
Deepak Segal
Nandita Das
Cinematography by Ranjan Palit
Music byScore:
Sagar Desai
Songs:
Hitesh Sonik
Production CompanyApplause Entertainment
Nandita Das Initiatives
Distributor Viacom18 Studios
Box Office Collection₹2–3.53 crore

Zwigato Movie Cast and Characters:

  • Kapil Sharma as Manas Singh Mahto
  • Shahana Goswami as Pratima Mahto, Manas’s wife
  • Gul Panag
  • Sayani Gupta
  • Swanand Kirkire as Govind Raj
  • Tushar Acharya as Raghu

Storyline:

The film, set in current times in Bhubaneswar, explores the life of Manas an ex-factory floor manager. After losing his job, he is forced to work as a food delivery rider, grappling with the app on his phone and the world of ratings and incentives. He struggles to make ends meet for his wife, Pratima, his two children, and an ailing mother. Simultaneously, Pratima a homemaker, begins to explore different work opportunities to support his income from being a masseuse for rich women to being a cleaner at a mall. The fears of these new experiences are coupled with the joys of a newfound independence.

About Zwigato Movie:

  • The movie has been extensively shot and set in Bhubaneswar- the Capital city of Odisha, also the city that the director hails from. This provides a unique local flavor to the film. A lot of secondary artists were locals. Zwigato was theatrically released on March 17, 2023.
  • Kapil Sharma’s Zwigato first screened at 47th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2022, the film festival was held from 8th to 18th of September, Nandita Das’s this film won hearts, many International film fraternity people praised the film.
  • The film had its Asian premiere at the 27th Busan Film Festival in South Korea, which was held from October 5 to 14.
  • Zwigato was theatrically released on 17 March 2023.
  • Zwigato was the opening film of the ‘Kaleidoscope section’ at the International Film Festival of Kerala. – Dec 2022.
  • After the theatrical release, the Odisha Government declared the film tax-free in the state. The state of Odisha is being marketed by the government as the location for filming, which will help the state’s tourism industry and give our talented young people job possibilities.

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