The Other End of the Line (2008)

An employee at an Indian call-center travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone.

Director:

James Dodson

Writer:

Tracey Jackson

Stars:

Jesse Metcalfe, Sara Foster, Anupam Kher

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jesse Metcalfe	...	Granger Woodruff
Austin Basis	...	Charlie Hendricks
Larry Miller	...	Kit Hawksin
Michael Chen	...	Mike
Nouva Monika Wahlgren	...	Ula (as Nauva Green)
Sara Foster	...	Emory Banks
Harry Key	...	New York Waiter
Shriya Saran	...	Priya R. Sethi
Tara Sharma	...	Zia
Sushmita Mukherjee	...	Manju R. Sethi
Jai Thade	...	Govinda R. Sethi
Kiran Juneja	...	Aunt Pimmi (as Kiran Joneja)
Suhita Thatte	...	Priya's Aunt #2
Anupam Kher	...	Rajeev Sethi
Avantika Akerkar	...	Miss Prasad

Storyline

While struggling to impress new hotelier client Kit Hawksin, Granger Woodruff of the ad agency Stimulus is told by Jennifer David of the CityOne Bank call center that his identity has been compromised and his credit card is being misused. While tracing transactions, both become friendly and agree to meet in San Francisco at the Hawksin Hotel. When she apparently does not show up, Granger befriends an Indian girl, Priya Sethi, who has flown in to attend a relative's birthday party. Granger will get a rude awakening when he finds out that Priya is actually Jennifer, additionally the fiancée of wealthy Mumbai-based Vikram Bhatia. Since Priya has traveled to America without her family's consent, Granger will also incur her family's wrath, three of whom have felt compelled to travel there to locate Priya then escort her back home to marry Vikram.

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Plot Keywords:

indian | call center | birthday | hotel | fiance | 

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Taglines:

Two countries. Two cultures. One chance at love.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some suggestive material

Details

Official Sites:

MGM [United States]

Country:

UK USA India

Language:

English Hindi

Release Date:

12 February 2009 (Singapore)

Also Known As:

Bei Anruf Liebe

Filming Locations:

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Budget:

$14,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$59,078 (USA) (31 October 2008)

Gross:

$115,504 (USA) (5 December 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Hyde Park Entertainment, Adlabs Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie is the first combination between the Indian powerhouse production house, Adlabs, with their American counterpart MGM. The film was co-produced by the Indian-American producer Ashok Amritraj and Patrick Aiello.

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Goofs

When Rajeev grabs his chest, son Govinda helps him into a chair with arms around his chest, but when the scene cuts to a different camera, Govinda is several feet away from him. Wife Manju holds a coat during this, which then completely disappears in the same camera cut.

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Quotes

Kit Hawksin: Excuse me. Did you say you're looking for a young Indian girl?
Manju R. Sethi: Yes! Yes-yes. Yes.
Kit Hawksin: I think I know the girl. I should. I gave her a hotel room last night. Pretty girl. No, I'm saying, good-looking kid. Wait a minute. Is this about me paying for it? 'Cause, I'll be honest with you, I do it all the time.
Rajeev Sethi: You are the one who has kidnapped my daughter!
Kit Hawksin: Wait! Kidnapped? Take it easy. Buddy, she wanted it. She liked it.
Ula: Yeah.
Manju R. Sethi: Is she with you?
Kit Hawksin: No, no, no. I was with her LAST night. Tonight she's ...

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Connections

References Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

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Soundtracks

Nacho Mix
Written & performed by Guarav Raina

User Reviews

Fresh movie with awesome moments

I won't think twice about rating this movie 8/10 mainly because: 1.) It's like a fresh breeze amongst all the stupid Indian movies that come out these days (barring masterpieces like A Wednesday, Shaurya, etc.) 2.) It's an unbelievable idea yet you can easily see it happening in real life. 3.) Even though it is a movie, one can relate to many moments in the movie. I liked many!

Shreya Saran acted very well even though I had never even heard of her name. She is pretty and did her part really well (even the fake accent was decent). Tara Sharma didn't have much to do, but she filled in OK. Anupam Kher was also funny yet did not turn into an idiot as many such roles do. I have no clue why this movie is rated so low. I just hope that haters stay away from this movie. I will highly recommend that you watch this at least once and I'm sure you'll love this one!!