"Mumbai Calling" (2007) TV series 2007-????

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

30 May 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Kenny, a British-born Indian, is transferred to Mumbai to work in an Indian call center.

Cast

Ratnabali Bhattacharjee	...	Sarika (8 episodes, 2007-2008)
Sanjeev Bhaskar	...	Kenny Gupta (7 episodes, 2007-2008)
Nitin Ganatra	...	Dev Raja / ... (7 episodes, 2007-2008)
Naren Chandavarkar	...	Amit (7 episodes, 2008)
Daisy Beaumont	...	Terri Johnson (6 episodes, 2008)
Namit Das	...	Amar (6 episodes, 2008)
Preetika Chawla	...	Nayna (6 episodes, 2008)
Vivek Gomber	...	Lovely Singh (6 episodes, 2008)
Siddarth Kumar	...	Prem (6 episodes, 2008)
Anaitha Nair	...	Bindiya (6 episodes, 2008)
Samar Sarila	...	Nikhil (6 episodes, 2008)
Tracey Ullman	...	Telephone Voice (6 episodes, 2008)
Joe Duttine	...	Telephone Voice (6 episodes, 2008)
John Standing	...	Telephone Voice (6 episodes, 2008)
Raoul Amar Abbas	...	Sweety Singh (6 episodes, 2008)
Vir Das	...	Call Centre Operator (6 episodes, 2008)
Shaun Williams	...	Call Centre Operator (6 episodes, 2008)
Puja Sarip	...	Geeta (6 episodes, 2008)
Josephine Butler	...	Telephone Voice (5 episodes, 2008)
Kunaal Roy Kapur	...	Call Centre Operator (5 episodes, 2008)
Sugandula Garg	...	Call Centre Operator (4 episodes, 2008)
Vineet Kapoor	...	Call Centre Operator (4 episodes, 2008)

Also Known As:

Hello, Delhi (UK) (working title)

Country:

UK | India

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Netherlands:AL

Company:

Allan McKeown Presents

Decent ITV comedy

Having found Sanjeev Bhaskar's work in "Goodness Gracious Me" I thought I'd give this a go and am glad that I did as it is pretty funny.

British Indian Kenny Gupta is sent from London to take over the running of a call centre in the Indian city of Mumbai because head office think that as an ethnic Indian he must understand that country even though he has lived in London all his life. When he gets there he makes friends with Dev, a local Indian who is fairly work shy but usually comes good in the end. The third main character is Terri Johnson, an English woman sent out after Kenny to help manage the centre. The people who man the phones in the centre tend to take a lesser role in the plots of each episode although they are the source of some of the biggest laughs as they deal with various calls from the UK. The episodes are all self contained so it doesn't matter if you come to the series late or miss an episode.

The acting is pretty good, not just from the main three characters but also from the supporting cast. I don't know if there will be a second series, I certainly hope there is though as I really enjoyed the first.