Cast: Shabana Azmi (Mrs. Sethi), Goldy Notay (Roopi), Sendhil Ramamurthy (D.S. Murthy), Zoe Wanamaker (Mrs.
Goldman), Sally Hawkins (Linda), Sanjeev Bhaskar (Curry Man), Jimi Mistry (Dev), Shaheen Khan (Kebab Woman),
Mark Addy (D.I. Smythe), Ash Varrez (Nan Man), Adlyn Ross (Rolling Pin Woman)
Writers: Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha
Director:Gurinder Chadha
My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Shaun of the Dead meet in this charming comedy romp about an Indian-Punjabi
mother taking her obsession with marriage into frighteningly funny territory.
Mrs Sethi, a widow, can't bear the thought of her only daughter being alone and unhappy. Okay, 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 stomach the rudeness of families who refuse her daughter, she takes
matters into her own hands with the only way she knows...Suddenly a police hunt begins for a serial murderer who
cooks a killer curry.
Mrs Sethi doesn't feel too guilty until the spirits of her victims come back to haunt her as they are unable to be
reincarnated until their murderer dies. Mrs Sethi has no problem killing herself – she'll get to see her dead husband
again – but how can she go before her beloved daughter is married?
The spirits realize that helping Mrs Sethi's daughter find a suitable husband before the police catch her is their only
chance for a wonderful afterlife!
It's a big bloody wedding and a comic feast which takes the phrase 'I could murder a curry' to hysterical new
heights.
It's A Wonderful Afterlife is a keenly anticipated "killer romantic comedy" from Gurinder Chadha, the international
award-winning director of box office hits like Bhaji On The Beach, Bend It Like Beckham and Bride & Prejudice.
Saturday, April 17, 2010 13:07 IST