It's very amiable, feelgood entertainment, featuring some broad comedy and stereotypes, yet with a notably bold repudiation of homophobia. The excitement of America inspires her to attend English classes Shashi blossoms and grows in confidence, and catches the eye of lonely, handsome French classmate Laurent (Mehdi Nebbou) who begins to declare his untranslated, unsubtitled feelings to our gently flustered heroine. Fate lends a hand when she has to travel on her own to New York for a month to help prepare a family wedding. She plays Shashi, a shy housewife, mother and devoted cook who is feeling increasingly left out of things because, unlike her hip kids and businessman husband (Adil Hussain), she speaks hardly any English.
Former ad director Gauri Shinde makes her feature debut, and the star is Bollywood veteran Sridevi. Here is a likable family comedy from India with its own air of innocence, and a boisterous cameo from Amitabh Bachchan. Stars: Sridevi, Adil Hussain and Mehdi NebbouĬountry: India Language: English | Tamil | Hindi | Telugu Set to hit the screens on 5 October 2012. Simultaneously along with the Hindi versions. Vinglish will be dubbed into Telugu Tamil and will release Sridevi's character is inspired from Gauri's mother. That the family will be Marathi, which is why the film was shot in Pune.
Of a Pune-based Maharashtrian housewife Shashi Godbole, who enrols forĪn English language course in order to please her husband andįamily.Shinde wanted her characters to be rooted and so they decided Same role in the Tamil version.This film also marks the comeback of In the Hindi version of the film, while Ajith Kumar comes in for the Amitabh Bachchan makes a guest appearance The film marks the comeback of Sridevi after aġ4-year sabbatical.The film also features French actor Mehdi Nebbou,Īdil Hussain, and Priya Anand. Vinglish is a 2012 Indian drama film directed by Gauri Shinde and