Events in India's history unfold through the perspective of Laal Singh Chaddha Laal Singh Chaddha is an Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Advait Chandan from a screenplay by Eric Roth and Atul Kulkarni. Produced by Aamir Khan Productions and Viacom18 Studios, it is a remake of the 1994 American film Forrest Gump which itself is based on Winston Groom's 1986 novel of the same name. The film stars Aamir Khan as the titular character alongside Kareena Kapoor, Naga Chaitanya (in his Hindi film debut) and Mona Singh.