Gippi
What is it?
One of the least expensive projects of Dharma Production `Gippi' is directed by Sonam Nair who was assistant director in Ayan Mukherji's `Wake up Sid'. In fact this is Karan Johar's first kids' movie and is different from his other movies which are romantic films and family entertainers that he usually makes.
Calling `Gippi' a small film with a large heart, KJo feels that the story of Gurpreet Kaur, aka Gippi, is one that many will relate to. He says, "Gippi is a new kind of film and it is unusual for us to venture into that space. I hope it gets all the love it deserves. The script took me back to my growing-up years. Everyone has a Gippi in them and I'm sure people will connect with the character. Small films need large strategies. And we'll be going all out for this one. It has been translated very sensibly."
Produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Karan Johar along with Apoorva Mehta, the film stars Riya Vij (Gippi), Divya Dutta, Doorva Tripathi, Arbaaz Kadwani, Jayati Modi and Taaha Shah.
The movie has enjoyed the most unique build up, with youth icons ArjunKapoor, Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, VarunDhawan, Imran Khan and Parineeti Chopra providing exclusive introduction to Gippi.
The Storyline
Gippi is a 14-year-old girl who lives in Simla with her mother Pappi and little brother Booboo. She is overweight and awkward and doesn't know how to handle the physical, emotional and social changes happening in her life. In school, she is a backbencher and is constantly bullied by the popular queen-bee Shamira. At home, she's trying to figure out how to deal with living in a broken home. In the middle of all this chaos, she falls madly in love with an older, brooding heartbreaker. When her love story comes to a humiliating end, and she is publicly scorned, she decides to take her life in her hands and accepts Shamira's challenge to stand against her in the school elections.
Whatever the final outcome might be, Gippi makes sure she has a great time in the journey, filling it with delicious desserts, funny teachers, school crushes, and Shammi Kapoor dances. Gippi is a coming-of-age story of an ordinary, overweight girl, who, through the course of the film, learns to love herself for exactly who she is. It is also a tale of an underdog, who picks herself up from nothing and finds herself at the top of her own little world.
The Arrival
`Gippi' enters the cinema halls on 10th May 2013.