Phas Gaye Re Obama

Phas Gaye Re Obama

108 mins | Crime, Comedy | Nov. 1, 2010

Phase Gaye Re Obama is a comedy set against the backdrop of global recession/meltdown that originated in USA. The film traces the journey of OM Shashtri, an American citizen of Indian origin, who loses all his wealth overnight to the global recession & has been asked to vacate his home by the bank unless he pays up $100,000 (mortgaged amount) within 30 days. Seeing no other option Om comes to India to sell a small piece of an ancestral property. But within days of landing in India he is kidnapped by a 'recession-hit' underworld gang those who think that he is still a millionaire. What happens to Om, is he able to save his home, how did the 'poor' gangster cope with their 'poor' catch & what do small town Indian gangsters have to say to President Obama...is largely forms the rest of the story. The film, showcases how global recession/ meltdown impacted lives from an America based businessman to underworld dons in the dusty plains of small town India.

Phas Gaye Re Obama

108 mins | Crime, Comedy | Nov. 1, 2010

Phas Gaye Re Obama
Phase Gaye Re Obama is a comedy set against the backdrop of global recession/meltdown that originated in USA. The film traces the journey of OM Shashtri, an American citizen of Indian origin, who loses all his wealth overnight to the global recession & has been asked to vacate his home by the bank unless he pays up $100,000 (mortgaged amount) within 30 days. Seeing no other option Om comes to India to sell a small piece of an ancestral property. But within days of landing in India he is kidnapped by a 'recession-hit' underworld gang those who think that he is still a millionaire. What happens to Om, is he able to save his home, how did the 'poor' gangster cope with their 'poor' catch & what do small town Indian gangsters have to say to President Obama...is largely forms the rest of the story. The film, showcases how global recession/ meltdown impacted lives from an America based businessman to underworld dons in the dusty plains of small town India.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers
Original title Phas Gaye Re Obama
Directors Subhash Kapoor
Writers

Cast

Neha Dhupia

as Munni Gangster

Rajat Kapoor

as Om Shastri

Sanjay Mishra

as Bhai Sahab

Manu Rishi Chadha

as Anandprakash Rameshprakash 'Anni' Rastogi

Pragati Pandey

as Ritu O. Shastri

Brijendra Kala

as Mukhtar Ali