English Vinglish (2012)

Meet Shashi (Sridevi), the perfect Indian middle-aged housewife, who knows no better than to keep her family happy. So, while her ever-busy-with-work hubby (Adil Hussain) and mocking daughter Sapna team up to scoff at her broken English, she takes it in her stride and feeds them yummy food instead. She loves cooking; snacks and ladoos to be precise.

And packets of delicious food items made by her sell like hot cake in the neighbourhood. Her adorable younger son Sagar and mother-in-law (Sulabha Deshpande) provide her with the occasional but much required comic relief. She flies to The United States of America to help out with her niece’s wedding, two weeks before her family would join her. These two weeks prove to be crucial in Shashi’s life. Circumstances compel her to overcome her insecurities; master the English language and eventually transform into a self assured and confident woman.

English Vinglish portrays the most ordinary aspects of life in an extraordinary manner. It explores family values and relationships of a workaholic husband with his wife and that of a mother with her children. May it be the pent up frustration of a housewife, a young daughter grappling with the embarrassment of her mother’s inability to speak proper English or even a husband who believes his wife is only born to make ladoos. Each and every aspect of family dynamics is been handled with utmost care.

Theatrical Release : 05 October 2012

Producer : Sunil Lulla, R. Balki, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Director : Gauri Shinde

Music Director : Amit Trivedi

Starring : Sridevi, Adil Hussain, Sulabha Deshpande, Priya Anand and Mehdi Nebbou

Video Release : 

India : Eros Entertainment

Overseas : Eros Entertainment