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.
Acting
Divya Dutta's messy, real mom steals every scene.
Direction
Sonam Nair's debut has genuine affection for awkward girls.
Production
Shimla as nostalgic 2010s teen dreamscape.
Director
Sonam Nair
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of few YRF films centered on an 'unconventional' female lead body type—released the same year as The Lunchbox, marking a brief window for non-glamorous women in mainstream Bollywood.
Riya Vij was discovered through an open casting call with no prior acting experience; her rawness was specifically what Nair wanted for Gippi's unpolished authenticity.
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