A quiet, sweet tempered housewife endures small slights from her well-educated husband and daughter everyday because of her inability to speak and understand English.
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Title: Englisch für Anfänger (2012)
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Shashi Godbole
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Radha
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Saagar Godbole
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Cory Hibbs | ... |
David Fischer
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P Ramamurthy
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Yu Son
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Salman Khan
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Eva
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Kevin
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The story of a quiet, sweet tempered housewife who endures small slights from her well educated husband and daughter everyday because of her inability to speak and understand English. She is resourceful and open-minded but somehow these traits don't get noticed by them. Then one day on a trip to visit her sister in Manhattan she decides to enroll in an English Learners class and meets a host of new people who teach her to value herself beyond the narrow perspective of her family. Written by Paroma
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Country:
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27 June 2013 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Englisch für Anfänger See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$745,414 (USA) (5 October 2012)Gross:
$1,670,773 (USA) (19 October 2012)Company Credits
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Written by Amit Trivedi
Performed by Sunidhi Chauhan Swanand Kirkire Natalie Di Luccio 'Neelambari Kirkire'
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Tamil SuperStar Ajith kumar did a Cameo in Tamil version of this film. That is, doing the exact same part Amithabh Bacchan did in Hindi. See more »Goofs
In the movie, the wife is seen using the PATH train system and talks about going to 22nd St. Station. There is no such station in the PATH system or in the New York subway system. The closest would be the PATH 23rd St. Station. See more »Quotes
Shashi Godbole: This marriage is a beautiful thing. It is the most special friendship. Friendship of two people who are equal. Life is a long journey. Meera, sometimes you will feel you are less. Kevin, sometimes you will also feel you are less than Meera. Try to help each other to feel equal. It will be nice. Sometimes... Married couple don't even know how the other is feeling. So... how they will help the other? It means marriage is finished? No. That is the time you have to help yourself. Nobody can help ...[...]
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Navrai MaajhiWritten by Amit Trivedi
Performed by Sunidhi Chauhan Swanand Kirkire Natalie Di Luccio 'Neelambari Kirkire'
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The movie is about the women not from English background better say not well versed in English, but lives with the people of English background--- classified as 'Modern'. The movie prescribes the way society lives. And how the women is categorized if she not proficient in English.
How this women learns English, the situations she overcomes, beats the challenges is the excitation plot and the movie is designed alike 'grope we are up taking the travel along'.
I share that Director handled the script very carefully, efficiently, and we can feel the Director's personal touch for this.
The movie has humor, commitment, and a lesson one should learn before provoking other's weakness, the art of the person's earning self-respect we call.
Sridevi is the forever topnotch actress, a tagged 'natural' actress, and she proves it once again. She is indeed the backbone of the film.
Hats-off to Sridevi(take a bow madam--you deserve an award for this film, the Director of the film, Gauri Shinde too, besides this is her first movie and she is going to set the levels on her future projects), cast n crew for giving such a good movie.
A must go film with your FnF :-)