Mad Sad & Bad (2009)
HARDEEP, RASHMI and ATUL are brothers and sisters. Which means they can say anything they like to each other, no matter how honest. Mad, Sad and Bad is a 90-minute comedy about mixed race relationships set in Luton. It's about mid-thirties siblings and friends whose personal lives are continuously messed up by their own selfish needs. Mad, Sad and Bad explores our contemporary metropolitan neuroses through the intersecting lives of these siblings and their friends. The narrative slips from one character to the next as they escape and attack each other. all reluctant members of the same dysfunctional family. Written by Ed Barratt
Director: Avie Luthra
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Meera Syal as Rashmi |
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Nitin Ganatra as Atul |
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Zubin Varla as Hardeep |
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Andrea Riseborough as Julia |
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Leena Dhingra as Usha |
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Ayesha Dharker as Roxy |
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Gordon Kennedy as Harry |
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Tony Gardner as Graham |
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Zita Sattar as Kirsty |
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Les Loveday as Jason |
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Richard Dillane as Roger |
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Omar Kent as Farouq |
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Dominic Kinnaird as Bouncer |
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Jeff Mirza as Dillip |
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Francesca Wilson as Receptionist |
| Directing | Avie Luthra | Director |
| Editing | Liz Roe | Editor |
| Camera | Stuart Biddlecombe | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Andrea Cuadrado | Editor |
| Writing | Avie Luthra | Writer |
| Sound | Mat Davidson | Original Music Composer |