It’s the sheer delight of watching veteran artistes Anupam Kher and Neena
Gupta on screen that alleviates a simplistic film like Shiv Shastri Balboa
and makes it engaging.A comedy at the outset, the film eventually touches upon various
subjects — some touch your heart, while others get you thinking about life
in general. Written and directed by Ajayan Venugopalan, Shiv Shastri Balboa
is neither overtly hilarious nor extremely grim.
Gupta on screen that alleviates a simplistic film like Shiv Shastri Balboa
and makes it engaging.A comedy at the outset, the film eventually touches upon various
subjects — some touch your heart, while others get you thinking about life
in general. Written and directed by Ajayan Venugopalan, Shiv Shastri Balboa
is neither overtly hilarious nor extremely grim.
The story begins with Shiv Shankar Shastri (Anupam Kher), a diehard fan of
1976 film Rocky that starred Sylvester Stallone as the boxer Rocky Balboa.
He isn’t a boxer but has trained several boxers who brought laurels for the
country. Now a retiree, he moves to the USA to live with his son Rahul
(Jugal Hansraj), his wife, two young sons and a dog named Casper. He
promises to reunite her with her family in India.
Along the journey, Shastri and Elsa also meet Cinnamon Singh (Sharib
Hashmi) and Siya , who playacr.
