Where Are You Really From?

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0h 19m

★ 10.0

A short dark-comedy on accentism

Overview

An ambitious first-generation Indian managing director at a major London bank loses his British accent in a stroke. Comedy ensues threatening his identity and career and he must either re-learn his accent or risk losing it all

Genres

Comedy

Drama

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Cast

Hari Prasad Tiwari

Keshav Shree

Edward

Jeremy Lloyd

Philip

Stephen Chance

Christina

MJ Lee

Deepak

Sanjay Batra

Shweta

Ruchika Jain

Janki

Gurpreet Kaur

Bamidele

Gbola Adewunmi

Lloyd Williams

Dwayne Harris

Shalini

Arya S Nair

Young Hari

Advay Sabharwal

Young Edward

Jay Dylan

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