English Vinglish, 2012 at Excell Cinema

A scene from the film
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English Vinglish, 2012 an Indian drama film directed by Gauri Shinde
and produced by R. Balki in Hindi and Tamil is now screened at Excell
Cinema, Excell World, starring Sridevi in the lead role. The film marks
her comeback to Bollywood after 14 years and to Tamil cinema after 26
years. The film also features French actor Mehdi Nebbou, Adil Hussain,
and Priya Anand, Amitabh Bachchan and Ajith Kumar make guest appearances
in the Hindi and Tamil versions.
The film revolves around housewife Shashi Godbole, who enrols in an
English language course to please her husband and family. Shinde wanted
her characters to be rooted and so they decided that the family will be
Marathi and the film was shot in Pune. Sridevi's character is inspired
by Gauri's mother. English Vinglish was also dubbed in Telugu and
released simultaneously along with the Hindi and Tamil versions. Before
its official worldwide release, English Vinglish had a gala premiere at
the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, where the
film and Sridevi's performance received a standing ovation.
Shashi (Sridevi) is a middle-aged Maharashtrian housewife who earns
her money by making sumptuous snacks and selling them to the
connoisseurs. She is a dedicated yet taken-for-granted homemaker who is
ridiculed for her poor English skills by their English-speaking family.
Sashi finds herself being an object of constant potshots by her husband
(Adil Hussain), who has little respect for her real talent and her 7th
grade daughter Sapna who feels ashamed to even introduce her mother to
her school folks.
When an underestimated and belittled Shashi flies off to New York to
lend a helping hand at her niece's wedding, she sees an advertisement on
a bus, grabs the opportunity to enrol herself into English speaking
classes that promise to teach the language within four weeks.
In no time, Sashi becomes the most committed student in her class,
starts watching English films at night and doing her homework
religiously - all to polish her English reading and writing skills and
more importantly to earn respect that she duly deserves from her family.
In the midst of her literary pursuit, she also finds her classmate
cum friend - a Frenchman (Mehdi Nebbou) getting attracted to her plain
simple personality. Yet, despite several barriers that come her way,
Shashi achieves her goal which could be an inspiration to many aspiring
English learners.
The movie ends with Shashi giving a speech (in English) at the
wedding and stunning all by finally passing the test which her English
tutor had set.
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