English Vinglish

Sep 21, 2012

2h 14m

★ 7.2

The first time only happens once.

Overview

In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into her personal language school.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Family

Production Companies

Lola's Productions

Eros International

Curbside Films

Hope Productions

English Vinglish Trailers

Cast

Shashi Godbole

Sridevi

Satish Godbole

Adil Hussain

Laurent, a French cook

Mehdi Nebbou

Radha

Priya Anand

Sapna

Navika Kotia

Sagar

Shivansh Kotia

Manu

Sujata Kumar

P Ramamurthy

Rajeev Ravindranathan

Salman Khan

Sumeet Vyas

Eva

Ruth Aguilar

Yu Son

Maria Romano

David

Cory Hibbs

The film is derived from a classic folk tale, originally narrated by Vijaydan Detha, and interpreted as folk play by Habib Tanvir. The film charts the tumultuous life of a petty thief, Charandas (Lalu Ram). Curiously he is a man of principles – an honest thief with a strong sense of integrity and professional efficiency. He makes four vows to his Guru, that he would never eat in a gold plate, never lead a procession that is in his honour, never become a king and never marry a princess, thinking all of them are far out possibilities for him. Later, his guru adds a fifth one - never to tell a lie and sets him of on his life's journey which leads him to a kingdom..

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5.3

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5.6

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7.2

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6.0

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6.1

Anywhere Else

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6.0

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2.5

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6.1

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