The Other End of the Line (2007)

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

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

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Plot Keywords:

cricket the sport | man wrapped in a towel | indian | call center | birthday | 

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Taglines:

Two countries. Two cultures. One chance at love.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some suggestive material

Did You Know?

Trivia

The entire time Priya is wearing a big honking ring on her ring finger. Yet, Granger never notices it. Then at the end of the movie he checks her right a hand for the engagement ring.

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Goofs

Nearly the entire time, Priya wears a big honking ring on her ring finger, yet Granger never notices it. Only at the end of the movie, after learning she's engaged, does he check her right hand for the engagement ring.

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Quotes

Rajeev Sethi: [finding that his son messed up the house] That's it. My children are hooligan. I've done nothing right! Just go to weeds.
Manju R. Sethi: Oh, no, please, plaease, please, one minute.
Rajeev Sethi: He is probably following the example of his sister to see who can humiliate the family more - he with the party or she who ran away to America with some stranger.
Govinda R. Sethi: Definitely the one who ran away.

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Connections

References Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

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Soundtracks

Like a River
Written by Rick Garcia and William V. Malpede
Performed The Jack Darby featuring Amrita Sen
Hindi translation by Cj Charenjeet Virdi (as Charenjeet)

User Reviews

I wanted to like this movie more!

All the elements were there, but the editing was flat and scenes tended to play out way past their usefulness.

Thinking it was directed by an Eastern Indian, I excused these things to my companion as, "Well, perhaps they have a different sensibility and sense of timing in Mumbai." But then I learned it was written and directed by Americans and was doubly depressed.

...Line has a great premise and is mostly acted and directed well. Maybe I'm too used to the fast pace of a/a films and TV, but scenes trailed off with no 'button,' some of the time actors looked adrift and the Indian actors ("Jennifer's" relatives in particular) were very melodramatic and over-the-top. All IMO, of course.

All that aside, I teared up at the right moments and for the most part enjoyed the two leads. I'd recommend it, but unfortunately not whole-heartedly.

Details

Official Sites:

MGM [United States]

Country:

UK USA India

Language:

Italian English Hindi

Release Date:

6 April 2007 (Armenia)

Also Known As:

The Other End of the Line

Filming Locations:

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Budget:

$14,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$59,078, 2 November 2008

Gross USA:

$115,592

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$507,534

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