English Vinglish is an upcoming Indian drama
film directed by debutant director Gauri
Shinde and produced by R. Balki.
The film marks the comeback of Sridevi
after a 14-year sabbatical. The film also features French actor Mehdi Nebbou, Adil Hussain and Priya Anand. Amitabh Bachchan makes a
guest appearance in the Hindi version of the film, while Ajith Kumar comes in for the same role in the Tamil version. This
film also marks the comeback of Sridevi to
Tamil cinema after 26 years. The film has screenplay and story by Gauri Shinde, music by Amit Trivedi, cinematography by Laxman Utekar and editing by Hemanti Sarkar.
Sridevi plays the central role of a
Pune-based Maharashtrian housewife, who enrolls for an English speaking course
in order to please her husband and family. Gauri
wanted her characters to be rooted and so they decided that the family will be
Marathi. That is why the film was shot in Pune. Sridevi's character is inspired from Gauri's mother.
English Vinglish will be dubbed into Telugu
and will release simultaneously along with the Hindi and Tamil versions. English
Vinglish is all set to hit the screens on 5 October 2012.
Before its official worldwide release, English
Vinglish had a gala premiere at the 2012
Toronto
The film has Sridevi
as Shashi, Priya Anand, Mehdi Nebbou, Adil Hussain, Sujata Kumar, Ajith Kumar
(Guest appearance) - in Tamil Version, Amitabh
Bachchan (Guest appearance)- in Hindi Version, Cory Hibbs as David Fischer,
Rajeev Ravindranathan as P Ramamurthy, Sumeet Vyas, Ruth Aguilar, Damian Thomson, Maria Romano, Neelu Sodhi, Ross
Nathan and Maria Pendolino.
Thus Sridevi has
made a comeback with a film directed by ad filmmaker Gauri Shinde and produced by Gauri's
husband R. Balki. Sridevi plays the
protagonist and plays the role of a lady speaking English and how the hilarious
sequences take place in the process while learning the language forms the rest
of the story. Some feel that the film is a remake of the old Hindi TV series Zabaan
Sambhalke. But according to R.
Balki the story of the film is not even remotely close to what has been
stated. Amitabh Bachchan is playing
a cameo in the film and he shot for a day.
Owing to Sridevi's
comeback after more than a decade, the film is already garnering much media
excitement. Amitabh's cameo, music
by Amit Trivedi and Balki's track record have further added
to the interest in the film. The film rights have been bought by Eros International for a sum for Rs. 20
crore owing to Sridevi's continuing
popularity and superstar status.
The film marks the Bollywood debut of actress Priya Anand, whose previous work is in
the Tamil and Telugu cinemas. It is also the directorial debut of Gauri Shinde and the film has been shot
mostly in New York
The first look of English Vinglish was
launched on 15 June, 2012. The two minute teaser showed Sridevi reading out the Censor Certificate of the film in
deliberate broken English according to her character Sashi in the film who struggles with the language. The first look
met with a very positive response and was praised for its unique and fresh
concept. The full Theatrical Trailer was unveiled at a special media event on
13 August, 2012 to coincide with Sridevi's
birthday. The trailer met with an overwhelming response and went viral on
YouTube crossing one million views within a week of release. Sridevi's performance in the trailer was
also highly acclaimed by her fans and the media with Hindustan Times reporting,
“Sridevi casts a spell in English
Vinglish.”
Hindi lyrics of the film are written by Swanand Kirkire, and music is composed
by Amit Trivedi. The songs are English Vinglish I sung by Shilpa Rao, Dhak Dhuk by Amit Trivedi,
Manhattan
Shresht Poddar, of Score Magazine, gave the album 4 out of 5 stars saying, "I can
happily say that Amit Trivedi has
composed an excellent album befitting Sridevi’s
comeback venture. Despite lacking an out-and-out commercial track, the album
manages to hold itself well - especially thanks to Swanand Kirkire’s amazing lyrics." Karthik from Milliblog
has aptly said it is a "Competent vompetent soundtrack from Amit Trivedi." Digiblog gave it a very high score of 8
out of 10 saying "This one is a gem vem from Amit Trivedi. He shows us again that he is a genius venius." Biz Asia also scored it 8 out of 10
calling it "a must-buy album with a global sound." Boxoffice
India also gave the album a rating of 'Delightful'. Musicperk.com rated the album 7.5/10 calling it "An album with
class"
Reviews by World media for English Vinglish were
also highly positive and Sridevi was
hailed as the 'Meryl Streep of India
Thus English Vinglish is a great film. Do
watch it when it gets released on 5 October 2012.
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