'I'VE TO AGREE WITH THE FILM'S POLITICS, NOT MY CHARACTER'S'

Kritika Kamra, along with the director Anusha Rizvi, talks about The Great Shamsuddin Family, raising important points during polarised times, and playing a Muslim character

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In a conversation with the film's director Anusha Rizvi and lead actor Kritika Kamra, we pick their brains on formulating the everyday comedy of the film, its politics, and whether it was easy to get a green signal for a film about a Muslim family at the centre.

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■ The line of the year would be Shreya Dhanwantary’s from the film: “Ek insaan ki zindagi mein aise kayi muqaam aate hai, jinki wajah se bank mergers hote rehte hai (A person goes through a lot of moments in his life, some of them lead to bank mergers).” It cracked me up. The Great Shamsuddin Family has this absurd, everyday humour, which is not loud. Nobody is going for the punchline. How did you approach writing the film’s comedy?