‘Kunal is often the funniest individual within the room, that too from each side of our household.’
IMAGE: Preity Zinta and Kunal Kemmu on the Vibe trailer launch in Mumbai, September 2, 2026. {Photograph}: Panna Bandekar
Key Factors
- Kunal Kemmu turns multi-hyphenate as actor, author, director and producer of Vibe.
- Preity Zinta takes on an motion function as Madam H whereas debutante Vanshika Dhir performs Kemmu’s love curiosity.
- Kemmu reveals how he lastly set to work along with his mother-in-law Sharmila Tagore.
Keep in mind Kunal Kemmu’s druggie man who makes a short cameo in his directorial debut Madgaon Specific, starring Divyenndu, Pratik Gandhi and Avinash Tiwary?
The seemingly drug-peddling character will get an evidence within the trailer of Kemmu’s second directorial Vibe. The trailer means that he had overdosed on medicine, after which he went wandering alongside the seashores of Goa.
And it isn’t only a fan concept. When requested about it on the Vibe trailer launch in Mumbai on Wednesday, Kemmu smiled and prompt that the 2 movies would possibly simply share the identical universe.
Madgaon Specific To Vibe
IMAGE: Kunal Kemmu, Vanshika Dhir, Sparsh Srivastava and Preity Zinta on the Vibe trailer launch. {Photograph}: Panna Bandekar
The Vibe trailer introduces Kunal as bumbling Hardik who finds himself and his flatmate Bugs (performed by Laapataa Girls and Jamtara fame Sparsh Shrivastav) caught up in a harmful covert mission.
The unlikely duo find yourself turning into protectors of the nation below the watch of Madam H, performed by Preity Zinta. Naturally, issues do not precisely go based on plan, resulting in a comedy of errors.
On the trailer launch, Preity stated she had an “absolute blast” studying the script. She felt the movie was the proper change of tempo after engaged on the emotionally taxing Batwara 1947.
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Why Preity Zinta For Madam H?
Kunal Kemmu has gone full multi-hyphenate with Vibe. He acts within the movie, writes it, directs it and can also be one in all its producers.
He revealed how Preity got here to thoughts for Madam H, the movie’s no-nonsense nationwide safety chief, whose title seems to be a playful nod to Judi Dench’s iconic M from latest James Bond movies.
“After I was writing the movie, I reached a degree the place I used to be fascinated with who may play this character. I’m an enormous Preity Zinta fan. A thought crossed my thoughts: ‘What if the one who walks in is Preity Zinta herself?’ These folks would say, ‘Preity Zinta? You might be an secret agent?’, and he or she would reply, ‘What did you assume? That I obtained married and moved to America? That is my actual life. I’m truly a authorities agent’.”
Kemmu finally dropped the meta joke, however when it got here to casting, he realised he had by no means seen Preity do motion earlier than.
“I felt no one would count on it, which made it the proper casting selection. The one problem was getting her to say sure. That is how the journey started. I’m very comfortable that she agreed to do the movie, and I feel she appears to be like improbable as Madam H.”
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Soha Cheers Her Hubby
IMAGE: Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Kemmu on the Vibe trailer launch. {Photograph}: Panna Bandekar
On the launch, Kunal Kemmu was joined by his spouse Soha Ali Khan, who fortunately performed cheerleader whereas teasing him about his sense of humour and comedian timing.
Soha stated Kunal is often the “funniest individual within the room”, and never simply with their buddies or colleagues — he holds the identical popularity on each side of their prolonged households.
“Kunal is often the funniest individual within the room, that too from each side of our household.”
Preity was visibly stunned and requested, “Actually?”
Soha laughed and replied, “Shaadi ho ya funeral, he’ll make you chuckle!”
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Directing His Mom-In-Legislation
IMAGE: Kunal Kemmu and Vanshika Dhir on the Vibe trailer launch. {Photograph}: Panna Bandekar
The largest shock of the Vibe trailer is Sharmila Tagore, making a uncommon display look 16 years after her final theatrical launch, Break Ke Baad. She was lately seen within the OTT movie Gulmohar, which received Finest Hindi Movie on the seventieth Nationwide Movie Awards.
So how did Kemmu persuade his mother-in-law to come back on board?
“I requested her if she would play this half, which was a cameo, and he or she requested for the synopsis of the movie. So, I gave her the synopsis, and he or she stated that was only a trick query, she was anyway going to do it. So, she was gracious,” he stated.
Directing Sharmila, as Kemmu stated, was one thing he had at all times wished to do.
“For me, it is a type of checkboxes that I obtained to tick, one thing I by no means knew I might be capable to. I’m very comfortable, and I’m very proud that I may name ‘motion’ and ‘reduce’ on a legend like her.”
IMAGE: Crew Vibe on the trailer launch occasion. {Photograph}: Panna Bandekar
Vibe releases in theatres on September 18.
