It's a Wonderful Afterlife

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

99 mins | Comedy, Romance | May 7, 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.

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

99 mins | Comedy, Romance | May 7, 2010

It's a Wonderful Afterlife
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.
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers Studio 18, Bend It Films, Indian Film Company
Original title It's a Wonderful Afterlife
Directors Gurinder Chadha
Writers Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha

Cast

Shabana Azmi

as Mrs. Sethi

Goldy Notay

as Roopi Sethi

Sendhil Ramamurthy

as D S Raj Murthy

Sally Hawkins

as Linda / Gitali

Mark Addy

as D I Smythe

Ray Panthaki

as Jazz Sethi

Lalita Ahmed

as Old Woman at Market

Zoë Wanamaker

as Mrs. Goldman

Don Warrington

as Chief Superintendent

Jimi Mistry

as Dev

Harvey Virdi

as Overbearing Mother

Preeya Kalidas

as Karishma

Ace Bhatti

as Tej

Amit Shah

as Speed Dating Man 6