Why Kunal Kemmu Doesn't Take Success For Granted (Image credit: Instagram) Kunal Kemmu's directorial debut Madgaon Express took Bollywood by storm in 2024. The comedy caper starring Divyenndu, Pratik Gandhi, and Avinash Tiwary won laurels from both audiences and critics. Now those same viewers are eagerly awaiting Kunal's next film, Vibe, a spy comedy which features him and Sparsh Shrivastava as two guys who are recruited into a mission to save the nation. Vibe releases on September 18, 2026, in theatres; Kunal spoke with us about the expectations latched on to his second film and why he doesn't take his success for granted. In an interview with Zoom, Kunal Kemmu admitted that he was very glad to be in this position getting all this love before the film's release. However, he shared, "But I also know that with great power comes great responsibility, so I don't take it for granted at all. This is in a way a positive pressure I take on myself to kind of stay grounded and keep doing what I do and follow my heart and my instincts, making sure [audiences] don't feel let down. The actor-turned director went on to add, "But at the same time, I don't want to undermine anyone in the existing industry because I think comedy is a very tough genre, and sometimes, the timing is such that my voice is being appreciated right now. There might come a time in the future where they might say.... But like I said, everybody works hard, nobody intends to do something that will not work. Nobody is setting themselves up for failure." Written and directed by Kunal, Vibe also stars Sparsh Shrivastava and Preity Zinta as Madam H, newcomer Vanshika Dhir, along with Yashpal Sharma, Dinesh Lal Yadav, Rajesh A. Krishnan and Sharmila Tagore. The spy comedy features Kunal and Sparsh as two ordinary guys, one a slacker and another straight-laced, who are roped into a do-or-die mission by Preity's Madame H. The comedy has received an A certificate from the CBFC and has a running time of 145 minutes. The duo, who are completely unprepared to take on a terrorist threat, must save the country from disaster before it's too late. Produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Drongo Films, Vibe features music by Amit Trivedi. Kunal, who has been acting since he was a little boy, is also making his debut as producer with his banner Drongo Films. Sonal Pandya has grown up on a steady diet of Bollywood and Hollywood musicals, subtitled foreign films and American sitcoms. When not trying to keep ... View More