The President Is Coming (2009)

In 2006, George Bush, President of The United States, visited India. In addition to the many diplomatic and political things on the agenda was a rather unique event - a meeting with one of ... See full summary »

Director:

Kunaal Roy Kapur

Writer:

Anuvab Pal

Stars:

Konkona Sen Sharma, Shernaz Patel, Shivani Tanksale

Cast

Credited cast:
Konkona Sen Sharma	...	Maya Roy
Shernaz Patel	...	Samantha Patel
Shivani Tanksale	...	Ritu Johnson
Anand Tiwari	...	Kapil Dev Dholakia
Namit Das	...	Ramesh S.
Vivek Gomber	...	Rohit Seth
Satchit Puranik	...	Ajay Karlekar
Ira Dubey	...	Archana Kapoor
Imran Rashid	...	Mohammed Aslam
Paul Knox	...	Michael Frayn
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Faezeh Jalali	...	Nun
Akarsh Khurana	...	Presidential Chef

Storyline

In 2006, George Bush, President of The United States, visited India. In addition to the many diplomatic and political things on the agenda was a rather unique event - a meeting with one of the young faces responsible for shaping "The New India". This is a fact. The rest is fiction. The US Consulate hires a dysfunctional PR agency that "knows America" to find 1 young Indian to be the face of the New India before The American President. The agency brings in 6 Young Indians who have been selected by NDTV as the "top Indian achievers under 30". The winner is to be selected in a day through a round of bizarre tests that get progressively tougher in a room in the US Consulate. The President will shake their hand among a long line of waiting Indian luminaries, the next day. Each is desperate to win and will resort to any means to do so.

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Taglines:

Six Hundred Million Young Indians. He Wants One.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Connections

References Taxi Driver (1976)

User Reviews

Good Story ..... Bad Movie

The story idea was decent. But the movie was bad, very disappointing. I felt the director didn't do a good job because the screenplay was lacking. There were a couple of good scenes that made me laugh. But most of the jokes were contrived.

You can't get away from criticism by calling it a documentary (i.e. low budget). It needs to be compared to a commercial movie. My test is simple - Was it an entertaining movie? After sitting through the whole movie - the answer is No. I felt cheated because the movie could have been better than the final product that was presented.

Konkona Sen Sharma was a waste. I decided to watch the movie as I saw her name in the titles.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

English Hindi Bengali Urdu

Release Date:

9 January 2009 (India)

Filming Locations:

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$104,235

Company Credits

Production Co:

R.S. Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color