It's a Wonderful Afterlife

May 7, 2010

1h 40m

★ 4.8

Finding the right man can be murder

Overview

Indian mother Mrs Sethi's obsession with marrying off her daughter turns murderous. With jokes that routinely miss the mark and cringeworthy slapstick, this black comedy farce shouldn't work. Somehow, though, it does.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Bend It Films

The Indian Film Company

Viacom18 Studios

It's a Wonderful Afterlife Trailers

Cast

Mrs. Sethi

Shabana Azmi

Roopi Sethi

Goldy Notay

D S Raj Murthy

Sendhil Ramamurthy

Linda / Gitali

Sally Hawkins

D I Smythe

Mark Addy

Jazz Sethi

Ray Panthaki

Old Woman at Market

Lalita Ahmed

Mrs. Goldman

Zoë Wanamaker

Chief Superintendent

Don Warrington

Dev

Jimi Mistry

Overbearing Mother

Harvey Virdi

Karishma

Preeya Kalidas

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