Digestion: Shoojit Sircar’s Piku had Amitabh Bachchan cantankerously announce his uneven bowel movements.
But digestive problems can also bother youngsters — especially those deprived of home-cooking or regularized body clocks. In any case, who better than Ayushmann to make poop jokes pretty?
Equated monthly installments (EMIs): He tackles a bit of that in Dream Girl, as an unemployed man looking to pay off his father’s debts
A more in-depth ‘Ayushmann In Hock To Loan Sharks’ film can certainly work. After all, isn’t he our most bankable actor?
Adult Entertainment: ‘Sex toys’ aren’t explicitly banned in India. Yet there’s ample social stigma attached to the purchase and sale of pleasure accessories in our country.
A film starring Ayushmann as a chaste politician by day and a sex-store owner by night can send out some good vibes.
Polyamory/open-relationships: A tricky space for Hindi cinema at the moment, but not out of reach for Ayushmann.
Throw in Rajkummar Rao for good measure and you have the Bareilly Ki Barfi formula turned on its head. Shouldn’t actors subvert their own films?
R-Bombing: You type out a text message. You rewrite that text message. You finally hit send. He/she reads but doesn’t reply back. Congratulations, you have been R-bombed
A global epidemic in the dating age, this infuriating R-bombing trend can be perfect fit for Ayushmann’s next. But then again, who wouldn’t want to slide into his DMs?
Body odor: Long commuting hours, sultry workplaces, climate change… life in India is inescapably sweaty. And smelly.
Club that with expensive deodorant ads reinforcing body conformity in the average consumer. Time for Ayushmann to free our armpits?
Oniomania: ‘Shopping addiction’ has increased chronically in the cashless world. Often, it takes a toll on families and partners.
Men suffer from it as much as women. A total of 46.1 million credit cards are presently operational in India. All of which makes it a great plot for Ayushmann’s forthcoming small-town comedy.
