You might already be aware that OTT giant Netflix had previously revealed the release date for Taapsee Pannu starrer thriller film ‘Looop Lapeta’. The film is set to release on Netflix on 4th February 2022. And earlier today, Netflix had released another sneak-peek teaser clip from ‘Looop Lapeta’ which alludes to the film’s basic theme and to a certain extent, its underlying premise and is delightfully reminiscent of ‘Run Lola Run’.
Helmed by Aakash Bhatia in his feature film directorial debut, ‘Looop Lapeta’ is an official Hindi language remake of the high concept German thriller film ‘Run Lola Run’. Besides Taapsee Pannu in the lead role, the film also features two other talented performers Tahir Raj Bhasin and Shreya Dhanwanthary in important roles. Prior to ‘Looop Lapeta’, Aakash Bhatia had previously also directed some episodes of Amazon Prime Video’s sports drama ‘Inside Edge’.
‘Run Lola Run’ came out in the year 1998 and revolved around the titular protagonist Lola and her desperate attempts to get hold of 100000 Deutschmarks (German currency) in order to save her small-time criminal boyfriend from getting into serious trouble. With just 20 minutes in hand, will Lola be able to get the money and save her boyfriend? That was the film’s underlying premise, albeit with a twist, which is also hinted at in Looop Lapeta’s latest teaser.
From the ‘Looop Lapeta’ teaser released today, it seems that the film is staying true to the parent film’s basic plotline, characters, and overall theme and genre treatment. 100000 Deutschmarks have been replaced by Rs.50 lakh. And Tahir Raj Bhasin is essaying a troubled character called Satya while Taapsee Pannu is playing Satya’s love interest Savi, who races against time to save his lover.
Besides ‘Looop Lapeta’, Taapsee Pannu’s forthcoming films’ slate includes Ajay Bahl’s directorial ‘Blurr’ co-starring Gulshan Devaiah, Prakash Raj’s ‘Tadka’ co-starring Ali Fazal, Anurag Kashyap’s thriller film ‘Dobaaraa’, ‘Woh Ladki Hai Kahaan’ co-starring Pratik Gandhi, and Indian women’s cricket captain Mithali Raj’s biopic ‘Shabaash Meethu’ helmed by Srijit Mukherji.