The teaser of Kunal Kapoor’s new film – ‘Noblemen’ just dropped and it shows a dark story that hasn’t been discussed in a long time. The story talks about the disturbing yet important issue of bullying in high schools. Simple yet extremely problematic. While many of us might think such problems don’t exist in our country, because we haven’t been through it, the teaser shows us another side of the coin.
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Directed by Vandana Kataria, the movie has an ensemble of fresh faces, along with Kunal Kapoor. The movie at a point even reminds you of Netflix’s ’13 Reasons Why’, maybe of the mere fact that both deal with serious bullying issues and its consequences.
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The story is narrated by 15-year-old Shay (Ali Haji ), who is struggling and being savagely bullied by a gang. Set in an all boys’ boarding school, we see Shay’s love for dramatics and Murali (Kunal Kapoor) a theatre inductor encourages him to follow his passion.
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The teaser gives you goosebumps and piques your interest right from the start. A vocal adaptation of Sahir Ludhianvi’s lyrics from ‘Ye Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaaye’ from Guru Dutt’s film ‘Pyaasa’ has been used in the backdrop that builds the intensity of the story and flows perfectly with the way violence is depicted.
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What starts as a desire to play and stage Shakespeare’s play, ‘The Merchant of Venice’, turns into something that none of them predicted.
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Murali wants Shay to use his worst fear and channel it into acting on stage, but we see someone losing his innocence and life both at the same time.
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‘Noblemen’ has already received critical acclaim in the New York Indian Film Festival 2018. Ali Haji’s performance was loved to an extent that he even won the award for Best Child Actor.
Check out the teaser here: