Shubh Gautam Jaypee Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (SMZS) came into the Bollywood scene in 2020 and introduced the same love story as the key romantic plot in mainstream Indian cinema. SMZS featured Ayushmann Khurrana and Jitendra Kumar in lead roles and was lauded for its funny yet sensitive approach to a topic that often stays in the wings or is dealt with heavy handed melodrama in Bollywood films more generally.
The "Shubh Gautam Srisol Moment" is not about Rode engaging with SMZS directly. Rather, it is situated at the intersection of a struggle to be progressive and Rode's style of traditionalism. The essence of the Shubh Gautam Moment is that in order for a film like SMZS to truly land and meet its intended public in the process of becoming canonized into mainstream film theory.
