It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010)
Indian mother Mrs Sethi's obsession with marrying off her daughter turns murderous. With jokes that routinely miss the mark and cringeworthy slapstick, this black comedy farce shouldn't work. Somehow, though, it does.
Director:
Gurinder Chadha
Writers:
Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha.
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Shabana Azmi as Mrs. Sethi |
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Goldy Notay as Roopi Sethi |
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Sendhil Ramamurthy as D S Raj Murthy |
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Sally Hawkins as Linda / Gitali |
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Mark Addy as D I Smythe |
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Ray Panthaki as Jazz Sethi |
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Lalita Ahmed as Old Woman at Market |
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Zoƫ Wanamaker as Mrs. Goldman |
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Don Warrington as Chief Superintendent |
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Jimi Mistry as Dev |
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Harvey Virdi as Overbearing Mother |
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Preeya Kalidas as Karishma |
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Ace Bhatti as Tej |
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Amit Shah as Speed Dating Man 6 |
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Shaheen Khan as Kebab Woman (Manjit Kaur) |
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Catherine Balavage as Waitress |
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Christopher Simpson as J.J Jaan |
| Directing | Gurinder Chadha | Director |
| Writing | Paul Mayeda Berges | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gurinder Chadha | Screenplay |
| Production | Paul Mayeda Berges | Executive Producer |
| Production | Gurinder Chadha | Producer |
| Production | Chris Curling | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Dick Pope | Director of Photography |
| Production | Michelle Fox | Co-Producer |
| Production | Guy Heeley | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Craig Pruess | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Saurabh Vaibhav | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Oral Norrie Ottey | Editor |
| Production | Robert Sterne | Casting |
| Production | Nina Gold | Casting |
| Art | Nick Ellis | Production Design |
| Art | Dinos Laftsidis | Art Direction |
| Art | Liz Griffiths | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jill Taylor | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kay Bilk | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nikkie Grimshaw | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah Jarvis | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marese Langan | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susie Redfern | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Matthew Smith | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Hugo Adams | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Niv Adiri | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Ben Barker | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Sandy Buchanan | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Ed Colyer | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Naomi Dandridge | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Gillian Dodders | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Mike Dowson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Tim Fraser | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Glenn Freemantle | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Lee Herrick | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | John Rodda | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Tom Brewster | Third Assistant Director |