Director Sanjivan Lal
Writer Sanjivan Lal
Release Date 29-Jul-2011
A bundle of films on teenage life has been explored MERA PEHLA PEHLA PYAAR, UDAAN, TERE MERE SANG, ROCKFORD, KACCHA LIMBO , (the latest being) ALWAYS KABHI KABHI in the past however each having a different take and a different subject matter to deal with. Director Sanjivan Lal's BUBBLE GUM is yet another refreshing blossoming teenage tale. The best part about this age group is there's so much to babble on that it never appears repetitive and/or unexciting.
However, unlike other teenage films which highlighted current generation's issues BUBBLE GUM is set in an era (probably 80s) when varied modes of communication were just evolving. Forget social networking and mobile phones the world was not even introduced to TVs and Computers. When letters, telegrams, typewriters and using neighbour's telephone (old model) were the only means to communicate or express. When love was mere having a glimpse of your beloved unlike today's love which is instant, carefree, open and desperate to get involved quickly without any hesitation.
The coming of age teenybopper, BUBBLE GUM, which is set in the backdrop of Jamshedpur, is a film that revolves around first romances, friendship, parent-child relationship and peer pressure. It is a story of a brash, aggressive and bold yet innocent 14 year old teen Vedant (Sohail Lakhani), who is torn between his parents, academic pressures and his first crush/love or rather infatuation towards the very beautiful and charming Jenny (Apoorva Arora), daughter of a local cop residing in the same colony. And like all love-stories there's a twist in Vedant's naive love life too. Ratan (Suraj Singh), the evil-eyed guy of same age from the neighbourhood, is Vedant's competitor. Both try their best to woo Jenny. However, Vedant's complication doesn't end here. Vedant's elder brother Vidur (Delzad), 16, who is deaf and mute, returns home to celebrate his first holi with family. Parents Mukund and Sudha (Sachin Khedekar, Tanvi Azmi) get too engrossed with Vidur and leave a feeling of neglect in Vedant's mind which only builds insecurity and anger in him. But after all the ups and downs and the twist and turns and battle against ugly circumstances to win his love, Vedant discovers the true meaning of life, love and his relationship with his loving & caring parents and a doting brother.
Director Sanjivan Lal's BUBBLE GUM has a very simple, sweet and a sensitive storyline. The incidences, the characters and the happenings are very relatable and real and hark back to your times. It is packed with every emotion of jealousy, insecurity, excitement, attraction, love, joy, attitude, hatred, aggressiveness, etc which a teenager goes through in his/ her growing up years.
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