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, Shriya Saran, Sara Foster

Cast

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

Storyline

Struggling to convince his new hotelier client, Kit Hawksin, Granger Woodruff is told by one Jennifer David 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. She does not show up, and Woodruff befriends an East Indian woman, Priya Sethi, who has come to attend a relative's marriage. Woodruff will get a rude awakening when he finds out that Priya is actually Jennifer - who is the fiancé of wealthy Mumbai-based Vikram Bhatia - and has traveled there without informing her family. He will also incur her dad's (Rajeev) wrath, who has been compelled to travel there, along with his wife, Manju, to first locate, and then escort Priya back home to get her married to Vikram.

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Plot Keywords:

call center | wet jeans | interracial relationship | love

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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 [us]

Country:

UK USA India

Language:

English Hindi

Release Date:

12 February 2009 (Singapore)

Also Known As:

Agapi stin anamoni

Filming Locations:

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

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

Runtime:

106 min

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

(at around 1h 30 mins) Granger leaves his friend's wedding for the airport holding a rectangular shape suitcase. Once he arrives at the Indian airport, his suitcase becomes smaller and squarer.

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Quotes

Granger Woodruff: Nothing should ever hold a man back from his future.

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Soundtracks

"Everything"
Written by Rick Garcia and William V. Malpede
Performed by Sire

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!!