English Vinglish

2012, Bolly, Videos,

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Cast:     Sridevi, Mehdi Nebbou, Priya Anand,  Adil Hussain
Directed by     Gauri Shinde
Produced by     Sunil Lulla, R. Balki, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, R. K. Damani
Music by     Amit Trivedi
Cinematography     Laxman Utekar
Editing by     Hemanti Sarkar
Release date    5 October 2012 (India )
              14 September 2012 (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country     India
Language :Hindi, Tamil, Telugu (dubbed)

English Vinglish is a 2012 Indian comedy-drama film directed by Gauri Shinde and produced by R. Balki. It was made simultaneously in Hindi and Tamil and released on 5 October 2012. It was also dubbed in Telugu and released simultaneously with the Hindi and Tamil versions.

The film stars Sridevi in the lead role, marks her comeback to Bollywood after 15 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 respectively.

The film revolves around housewife Shashi Godbole, who enrolls in an English language course in order to please her husband and family. Shinde wanted her characters to be rooted and so they decided that the family will be Marathi, which is why the film was shot in Pune. Sridevi's character is inspired by Gauri's mother.

Before its official worldwide release, English Vinglish was premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, where the film and Sridevi's performance received a standing ovation. Prior to its release, English Vinglish was screened for the Indian press and critics and one of the biggest premieres of 2012 was held for the film fraternity.It received near universal critical acclaim and several critics hailed it as a must watch film. The film was declared a big Hit in India and overseas

Story:
Shashi Godbole (Sridevi) is a middle-aged Maharashtrian housewife who loves cooking and as a hobby makes and sells laddoos, which she considers to be a small business. She is a dedicated homemaker who is taken for granted by her husband and daughter. She is ridiculed for her poor English by her husband, Satish (Adil Hussain) and daughter, Sapna. However, her young son Sagar loves her as she is.

Shashi's sister, who lives in New York, invites Shashi's family for her daughter's wedding. It is decided that Shashi will go to New York alone to help her sister set up everything for the marriage. Her husband and kids will join her later when the wedding closes in. While Shashi is in New York, Shashi becomes embarrassed when her lack of English causes chaos a local coffee shop so she secretly enrolls herself into a conversational English class that promises to teach the language in four weeks. The class comprises a Mexican nanny, a Pakistani cab driver, a Chinese hairstylist, a Tamil software engineer, a quiet young African man, and a soft-spoken French chef named Laurent (Mehdi Nebbou). Shashi quickly emerges as amongst the most promising and committed students in her class. In midst of all this, Laurent becomes attracted to Shashi.

Meanwhile, Shashi's niece Radha (Priya Anand) finds out about her secret English classes and supports and helps her in her literary pursuit. Shashi starts watching English films at night and doing her homework religiously. To complete the English speaking course each of the student must take a final test, as announced by her teacher David Fischer. The test is a 5 minute speech that each student should prepare and deliver which will be judged by the tutor who will then issue the certificate. Shashi's family joins her in New York earlier than expected, as a surprise. At first Shashi tries to attend class, but when this becomes impossible, she asks Radha to tell the teacher she's quitting. Furthermore, the test date coincides with the wedding date so she misses the test.

Shashi's niece invites her English teacher and all her friends at the English speaking class to the wedding. At the wedding, Shashi gives the speech (in English), more of a toast to the couple at the wedding and stuns everyone. The English tutor, who is present amongst the guests, declares that she has passed the test with distinction and issues her the certificate. Shashi's husband and daughter finally realize their mistake of mocking her lack of proficiency in English and taking her for granted. Shashi thanks Laurent for "making her feel better about herself". The movie ends with Shashi's family returning to India. On the flight Shashi requests (in fluent English) if the stewardess has any Hindi newspapers.