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:

Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges

Stars:

Sanjeev Bhaskar, Steve Morphew, Steve Jones

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sanjeev Bhaskar	...	Curry Man (Mr. Bhatti)
Steve Morphew	...	A&E Doctor
Steve Jones	...	Earnest Reporter
Jamie Sives	...	Detective Hughes
Sendhil Ramamurthy	...	D S Raj Murthy
Mark Addy	...	D I Smythe
Shabana Azmi	...	Mrs. Sethi
Goldy Notay	...	Roopi Sethi
Sacha Shilov	...	Bike Kid
Teghvir Gujral	...	Bike Kid
Harry Rance	...	Bike Kid
Ray Panthaki	...	Jazz Sethi
Jack Gordon	...	Ari
Shaheen Khan	...	Kebab Woman (Manjit Kaur)
Lalita Ahmed	...	Old Woman at Market

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 | f rated | overweight woman | 

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Taglines:

Finding the right man can be MURDER

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | 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 Punjabi

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 (United Kingdom), 25 April 2010, Limited Release

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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Quotes

Mrs. Sethi: Please let them be, don't make me harm you
D I Smythe: Calm down
[Mrs Sethi picks up a set of hedge clipper shears]
D I Smythe: My god... it's you
Mrs. Sethi: Leave them
D I Smythe: Put down the shears
Mrs. Sethi: I don't want to harm you... please
[last lines]
D I Smythe: Put down the shears

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Crazy Credits

Out takes and behind the scenes are shown over the credits

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Connections

Featured in The Wright Stuff: Episode #12.38 (2010)

User Reviews

Messy and funny

This film was more slapstick than horror, but it also had charm. I don't believe this film was meant to be a serious comment on the British Asian way of life, just a wry look at the lengths this mother would go to in order to secure a husband for her daughter. The characters were engaging, making me want to know what was going to happen to them all, and I never yawned once, which is a good barometer of an entertaining film in my opinion. Some scenes had me wanting to jump up and join in, while another was an obvious homage to a 70's horror movie, but with an amusing twist. If you want cerebral,don't bother, but if you want to have a laugh, go for it.