It's A Wonderful Afterlife
Filmmaker: Gurinder Chadha (director)
UK / 2010 / 100 mins / English
Opening Weekend Date: 21 April 2010
Cinemas screening the film: Nationwide
Finding the perfect son in law can be murder.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Shaun of the Dead meet in this charming and fun comedy romp about an Indian mother taking her obsession with marriage into frightening territory. This wonderfully amusing and fresh story of funny ghosts searching for the perfect man takes comedy to a new spirit-level (geddit?).
Mrs Sethi, a widow can't bear the thought of her daughter being alone and unhappy. She's a little plump and opinionated...but she would make a great wife for some lucky man, if only she were given a chance. When Mrs Sethi can no longer take the marriage refusals from the families she picks for her daughter's potential in-laws, she takes matters into her own hands. Suddenly a policeman (Sendhil Ramamurthy, Heroes) appears at their door step looking for the serial curry killer. After the spirits of her victims realise that their only chance to receive a wonderful afterlife is to help Mrs Sethi find a husband for her daughter, this comic feast hits histerical new heights.
About the Director: Gurinder Chadha
Gurinder Chadha is most famous for directing the hit films Bhaji on the Beach (1993) that she co-wrote with Meera Syal, Bend it Like Beckham (2002) starring Keira Knightly, Bride and Prejudice (2004) ( a Bollywood style adaptation of Pride and Prejudies) and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008) with Alan Davies. Chadha was awarded an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) on 17 June 2006.