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Shashi Godbole (Sridevi) is a housewife who makes and sells laddoos as a home-run business. Her husband Satish and daughter, Sapna take her for granted, mock her poor English skills and generally treat her with disrespect, making Shashi feel negative and insecure. However, her young son, Sagar, loves her as she is, and her mother-in-law offers her words of sympathy. When her niece who lives in New York announces her wedding, Shashi and kin prepare to fly over the pond for the big event. Arriving earlier in the Big Apple to help with wedding preparations, Shashi secretly enrolls in an English class. "Amiable, feelgood entertainment." (Guardian)

Keywords

  • Arthouse
  • education
  • family
  • friendship
  • Love
  • Rapid Eye Movies
  • Rapid Eye Movies Asia
  • women

Actors

  • Sridevi
  • Mehdi Nebbou
  • Adil Hussain

Director

  • Gauri Shinde

Comedy


2h 13min


0 FSK

HI


DE

India
2012
Shashi Godbole (Sridevi) is a housewife who makes and sells laddoos as a home-run business. Her husband Satish and daughter, Sapna take her for granted, mock her poor English skills and generally treat her with disrespect, making Shashi feel negative and insecure. However, her young son, Sagar, loves her as she is, and her mother-in-law offers her words of sympathy. When her niece who lives in New York announces her wedding, Shashi and kin prepare to fly over the pond for the big event. Arriving earlier in the Big Apple to help with wedding preparations, Shashi secretly enrolls in an English class.

Shashi Godbole (Sridevi) is a housewife who makes and sells laddoos as a home-run business. Her husband Satish and daughter, Sapna take her for granted, mock her poor English skills and generally treat her with disrespect, making Shashi feel negative and insecure. However, her young son, Sagar, loves her as she is, and her mother-in-law offers her words of sympathy. When her niece who lives in New York announces her wedding, Shashi and kin prepare to fly over the pond for the big event. Arriving earlier in the Big Apple to help with wedding preparations, Shashi secretly enrolls in an English class.


"Amiable, feelgood entertainment." (Guardian)

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