Helmet (film)

Helmet is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language comedy film with a strong message of contraceptive awareness directed by Satram Ramani and produced by Sony Pictures Films India and Dino Morea. It features Aparshakti Khurana, Pranutan Bahl, Abhishek Banerjee, Ashish Verma and Sharib Hashmi in lead roles. The film premiered on 3 September 2021 on ZEE5. It tries to change the taboo and hesitancy associated with use of condoms in India.

Plot
Lucky and Rupali are very much in love and want to get married but her father objects as Lucky is an orphan and has less income then the boy he has chosen for Rupali. Lucky wants to start his own band and tries to get loan but Rupali's father and uncle are so powerful that they warn everyone not to help him. Lucky comes up with an idea of looting a truck containing electronic goods and involves his two friends Sultan and Minus in his ploy. Lucky, Sultan and Minus loot the truck but find instead of electronic equipment, they find condoms inside. The trio then has no option but to sell the condoms by wearing a helmet so nobody can recognise them.

Cast

 * Aparshakti Khurana as Lucky
 * Pranutan Bahl as Rupali
 * Abhishek Banerjee as Sultan
 * Ashish Verma as Minus
 * Ashish Vidyarthi as Jogi, Rupali's father
 * Sharib Hashmi as Bunty Bhai
 * Saanand Verma as Shambhu, medical shop owner
 * Shrikant Varma as Gupta, Band Owner
 * Dino Morea as Biker, Cameo appearance

Production
The Principal photography commenced on 19 December 2019 in Varanasi. The film was wrapped up on 20 January 2020.

Soundtrack
The music of film was composed by Tanishk-Vayu, Tony Kakkar, JAM8 and Nirmaan while lyrics written by Vayu, Tony Kakkar, Shloke Lal and Nirmaan.

Reception
Rahul Desai of Film Companion wrote, "The biggest irony of Helmet is that India's condom commercials over the years have been far more imaginative, cheekier and...slicker."