Looop Lapeta : Review

Looop Lapeta is 2022 Indian Hindi-language thriller film directed by Aakash Bhatia and jointly produced by Sony Pictures Films India, Ellipsis Entertainment and Aayush Maheshwari. The film features Taapsee Pannu and Tahir Raj Bhasin in the lead roles.. The film is the official Hindi adaptation of German film Run Lola Run. And is now streaming on Netflix.
‘Looop Lapeta’ is an official remake of the German film ‘Run Lola Run’, where Lola, played by the electric, carrot-haired Franka Potente, has to do the exact same thing to save her boyfriend’s skin, except she has to do that in Berlin, swinging by a bank where her father works. I remember catching my breath at the sheer effrontery of the way that spry girl in those crazy boots manages to race across Berlin, while laughing my head off.

Run Lola Run (German: Lola rennt, lit. “Lola Runs”) is a 1998 German experimental thriller film written and directed by Tom Tykwer. The story follows a woman named Lola (Franka Potente) who needs to obtain 100,000 Deutschmarks in twenty minutes to save the life of her boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu).

Run Lola Run screened at the Venice Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Lion. Following its release, the film received critical acclaim and several accolades, including the Grand Prix of the Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics, the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, Best Film at the Seattle International Film Festival, and seven awards at the German Film Awards. It was also selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards, though it was not ultimately nominated