It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010)

A comedy centered on an Indian mother who takes her obsession with marriage into the world of serial murder.

Director:

Gurinder Chadha

Writers:

Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha

Stars:

Shabana Azmi, Goldy Notay, Sendhil Ramamurthy

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shabana Azmi	...	Mrs. Sethi
Goldy Notay	...	Roopi Sethi
Sendhil Ramamurthy	...	D S Raj Murthy
Sanjeev Bhaskar	...	Curry Man
Mark Addy	...	D I Smythe
Ray Panthaki	...	Jazz Sethi
Jack Gordon	...	Ari
Shaheen Khan	...	Kebab Woman / Manjit Kaur
Jamie Sives	...	Detective Hughes
Lalita Ahmed	...	Old Woman at Market
Don Warrington	...	Chief Superintendent
Saraj Chaudhry	...	Young Man in Temple
Steve Jones	...	Earnest Reporter
Adlyn Ross	...	Rolling Pin woman / Mrs. Chopra
Ash Varrez	...	Naan Man / Mr. Chopra

Storyline

Southall Police are baffled by four successive homicides of East Indians, and request Detective Raj Murthy to mingle with the local community and find out who is behind the murders. Raj does so and meets with his childhood girlfriend, Roopi Sethi, who lives with her widowed mother and brother, Jazz. Both continue to meet and an unsuspecting Raj will be taken by surprise when his superiors consider Roopi as a suspect in these homicides as she knew all the deceased victims. Before they could take any further steps, a fifth homicide occurs - that of Mrs. Goldstein. Again this victim is also known to Roopi, but in order to arrest her, they must find evidence and also a motive.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | indian | police | british | interracial friendship | 

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Taglines:

Finding the right man can be MURDER

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Horror | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for drug content and comic violent images

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English Panjabi

Release Date:

21 April 2010 (UK)

Also Known As:

Hai Marjawaan!

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£464,468 (UK) (23 April 2010)

Gross:

£813,882 (UK) (30 April 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bend It Films, Indian Film Company, Studio 18

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Nearly all of Madhav Sharma's role was cut.

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Goofs

Roopi's DNA is checked for a match against a hair left by the killer, but comes back negative. However, the hair belongs to her mother and any follicle would share mitochondrial DNA, which would definitely be picked up during the test.

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Crazy Credits

Out takes and behind the scenes are shown over the credits

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Connections

References It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

User Reviews

The gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn't coming

Let face it Gurinder Chadha struck bingo with "Bend it like Beckham" and it was nothing but sheer luck. And came "Bride & Predujice" and the true colours surfaced. When you watch "It's A Wonderful Afterlife" you can be certain to demand refund for your ticket. Its an insult to my favourite feel-good Christmas movie "It's A Wonder Life" (can I demand a change of title as well?). Needless to say predictably pathetic, killing with Chiken Tikka? OMG! Its heights of brain-storming gone amok!

Shabana Azmi:: Its sad to see a powerhouse of talent being wasted.

Sendhil Ramamurthy, Sanjiv Bhaskar & Zoe Wanamaker were just OK.

The cinematic liberties under the garb of Bollywood type of cinema should be completely stopped.