Satellite Shankar trailer: Sooraj Pancholi unites a divided nation, highlights importance of casual leaves

Satellite Shankar trailer: Sooraj Pancholi is back after a gap of four years, paying tribute to soldiers (and his mentor Salman Khan). Watch here.

At just one film old, actor Sooraj Pancholi is already making a comeback to the film industry. The first trailer for his new film, Satellite Shankar, was released online on Thursday.

Sooraj Pancholi in a still from the Satellite Shankar trailer.

Sooraj plays a happy-go-lucky soldier in the film. All he wants for his service to his country is to get a leave to visit his mother. After he finally gets some time off, Shankar goes on an epic road trip to his home town, and along the way gets entangled in one adventure after another.

Watch the Satellite Shankar trailer here

One incident in particular, where he’s compelled to rough up some goons, propels him to overnight fame. The film appears to highlight how the country (mis)treats its soldiers, and eventually turns into kind of a tribute -- both to Shankar and his fellow soldiers, and also to the importance of casual leaves. The trailer gives a lot of the plot away.

Sateliite Shankar is also rumoured to have a cameo appearance by Salman Khan, whose earlier film, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, it references. Salman also produced Sooraj’s first film, and launched the poster for this one.

Directed by Irfan Kamal, Satellite Shankar is jointly produced by Bhushan Kumar, Murad Khetani, Krishan Kumar and Ashwin Varde. The film is slated for a November 15 release.

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