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==Box Office==
==Box Office==
===India===
The movie opened with high critical acclaim and did well in multiplex screens and managed to earn 2.25 cr on its first day. <ref> http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4957&nCat= </ref> Movie had a huge jump on Saturday making its the biggest Saturday growth in recent times and collections for 2 days comes to 6.75 cr. <ref> http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4958&nCat= </ref> Movie has continued it's growth and 3Days collections totals up to 12.25cr <ref> http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4962&nCat= </ref>
The movie opened with high critical acclaim and did well in multiplex screens and managed to earn 2.25 cr on its first day. <ref> http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4957&nCat= </ref> Movie had a huge jump on Saturday making its the biggest Saturday growth in recent times and collections for 2 days comes to 6.75 cr. <ref> http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4958&nCat= </ref> Movie has continued it's growth and 3Days collections totals up to 12.25cr <ref> http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4962&nCat= </ref>
Tamil Box Office also biggest Collection.
Tamil Box Office also biggest Collection.
===Overseas===
English Vinglish was excellent overseas with collections of $1.65 million in first weekend.The all India weekend gross(nett. gross+entertainment tax) was around {{INR}}17 crore while Overseas it is {{INR}}9 crore which means overseas business is 53% of its India gross when the norm is 10-25%<ref>{{cite web|last=BOI|title=English Vinglish Is Excellent Overseas|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/overdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4968&nCat=}}</ref>


==Release==
==Release==

Revision as of 03:56, 10 October 2012

English Vinglish
Teaser poster in Hindi
Directed byGauri Shinde
Screenplay byGauri Shinde
Story byGauri Shinde
Produced bySunil Lulla
R. Balki
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
R. K. Damani
Starring
CinematographyLaxman Utekar
Edited byHemanti Sarkar
Music byAmit Trivedi
Production
companies
Hope Productions
IBC Spotlight
Distributed byEros International
IBC Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • 14 September 2012 (2012-09-14) (Toronto International Film Festival)
  • 5 October 2012 (2012-10-05) (India)
Running time
129 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesHindi
Tamil
Box office₹14.25 crore (US$1.7 million)
(4 days domestic nett)[1][2]

English Vinglish is a 2012 Indian drama film directed by Gauri Shinde and produced by R. Balki, made simultaneously in Hindi and Tamil. Starring Sridevi in the lead role, the film marks her comeback to Bollywood after 14 years and to Tamil cinema after 26 years.[3][4] The film also features French actor Mehdi Nebbou, Adil Hussain, and Priya Anand. Amitabh Bachchan and Ajith Kumar make a guest appearances in the Hindi and Tamil versions respectively.[5][6] The film revolves around housewife Shashi Godbole, who enrolls in an English language course in order to please her husband and family.[4] Shinde wanted her characters to be rooted and so they decided that the family will be Marathi, which is why the film was shot in Pune. Sridevi's character is inspired by Gauri's mother.

English Vinglish was also dubbed in Telugu and is released simultaneously along with the Hindi and Tamil versions.[7] English Vinglish hit the screens on 5 October 2012.[8]

Before its official worldwide release, English Vinglish had a gala premiere at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival on 14 September, where the film and Sridevi's performance received a standing ovation.

Plot

Shashi (Sridevi) is a middle-aged Maharashtrian housewife who earns her own money by making sumptuous snacks and selling them to the connoisseurs. She is a dedicated yet taken-for-granted homemaker who is ridiculed for her poor English skills by their English speaking family. Sashi finds herself being an object of constant potshots by her husband(Adil Hussain), who has little respect for her real talent and her 7th grade daughter Sapna who feels ashamed to even introduce her mother to her school folks.

So when an underestimated and belittled Shashi flies off to New York to lend a helping hand at her niece Radha's (Priya Anand) wedding, she sees an advertisement on a bus grabs the opportunity to enroll herself into English speaking classes that promise to teach the language within a period of four weeks. In no time, Sashi becomes the most committed student in her class, starts watching English films at night and doing her homework religiously- all to polish her English reading and writing skills and more importantly to earn respect that she duly deserves from her family. In the midst of her literary pursuit, she also finds her classmate cum friend – a Frenchman (Mehdi Nebbou) getting attracted to her plain simple personality. Yet, despite several barriers that come her way, Shashi manages to achieve her goal which could be an inspiration to many aspiring English learners. The movie ends with Shashi giving a speech (in english) at the wedding and stunning all by finally passing the test which her english tutor had set.

Cast

  • Sridevi as Shashi Godbole
  • Priya Anand as Radha
  • Mehdi Nebbou as Laurent
  • Adil Hussain as Satish
  • Sujata Kumar
  • Cory Hibbs as David Fischer
  • Rajeev Ravindranathan as P Ramamurthy
  • Sumeet Vyas as Salman Khan
  • Ruth Aguilar as Eva
  • Damian Thomson as Udumbke
  • Maria Romano as Yu Son
  • Neelu Sodhi as Meera
  • Ross Nathan as Kevin
  • Maria Pendolino as Jennifer
  • Sulbha Deshpande as Mrs. Godbole
  • Shivansh Kotia as Sagar
Guest appearances

Production

Development

In early 2011, it was reported that Sridevi would make a comeback with a film to be directed by ad filmmaker Gauri Shinde and produced by Gauri's husband R. Balki. It was said that Sridevi will play the protagonist and will be play the role of a lady speaking English and the hilarious sequences that takes place in the process to learn the language forms the rest of the story.Amitabh Bachchan is playing a cameo in the film and he shot with them for a day.[6]

Owing to Sridevi's comeback after more than a decade, the film garnered much media excitement. Amitabh's cameo, music by Amit Trivedi and Balki's track record have further added to the interest in the film. The film rights have been bought by Eros International for Rs. 20 crore.

The film marks the Bollywood debut of actress Priya Anand,[9] whose previous work was in the Tamil and Telugu cinemas. It is also the directorial debut of Gauri Shinde and has been shot mostly in New York.[9] Balki also clarified that, other than Sridevi, all the actors in the film will be new.[6] The principal photography concluded in October and the film was dubbed and released in Tamil and Telugu.[3][6][9]

Promotion

The first look of English Vinglish was launched on 14 June 2012. The official distributor Eros International posted the first look video and poster on 14 June on YouTube and Twitter.[10][11] The two-minute teaser showed Sridevi reading out the Censor Certificate of the film in deliberate broken English according to her character Sashi in the film who struggles with the language. The first look met with a very positive response and was praised for its unique and fresh concept.[12][13] The full theatrical trailer was unveiled at a special media event on 13 August 2012 to coincide with Sridevi's birthday. The trailer met with an overwhelming response and went viral on YouTube crossing one million views within a week of release.[14] Sridevi's performance in the trailer was also highly acclaimed by her fans and the media with Hindustan Times reporting, "Sridevi casts a spell in English Vinglish."[15] Tamil and Telugu theatrical trailers were subsequently released at Chennai and Hyderabad respectively.Sridevi also appeared in Kaun Banega Crorepati with her director Gauri Shinde.

Soundtrack

Untitled

Tracklist

Hindi

All lyrics are written by Swanand Kirkire; all music is composed by Amit Trivedi

No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."English Vinglish I"Shilpa Rao04:34
2."Dhak Dhuk"Amit Trivedi05:03
3."Manhattan"Clinton Cerejo, Bianca Gomes04:36
4."Gustakh Dil"Shilpa Rao05:39
5."Navrai Majhi"Sunidhi Chauhan, Swanand Kirkire, Natalie Di Luccio, Neelambari Kirkire04:23
6."English Vinglish II"Amit Trivedi04:32
Total length:28:47

Tamil

All lyrics are written by swanand kirkire; all music is composed by Amit Trivedi

No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."English Vinglish I"Shilpa Rao04:34
2."Dhiku Dhiku"Benny Dayal05:03
3."Manhattan"Benny Dayal, Bianca Gomes04:36
4."Alai Payuthe"Hamsika Iyer05:39
5."Ummachchi Ummachchi"Sneha Suresh, Vijay Prakash, Chandan Bala & Lavanya Padmanabhan04:23
6."English Vinglish II"Benny Dayal04:32
Total length:28:47

Critical reception

Shresht Poddar, of Score Magazine, gave the album 4 out of 5 stars saying, "I can happily say that Amit Trivedi has composed an excellent album befitting Sridevi’s comeback venture. Despite lacking an out-and-out commercial track, the album manages to hold itself well - especially thanks to Swanand Kirkire’s amazing lyrics." [16] Karthik from Milliblog has aptly said it is a "Competent vompetent soundtrack from Amit Trivedi."[17] Digiblog gave it a very high score of 8 out of 10 saying "This one is a gem vem from Amit Trivedi. He shows us again that he is a genius venius."[18] BizAsia also scored it 8 out of 10 calling it "a must-buy album with a global sound."[19] BoxofficeIndia also gave the album a rating of 'Delightful'.[20] Musicperk.com rated the album 7.5/10 calling it "An album with class".[21]

Box Office

India

The movie opened with high critical acclaim and did well in multiplex screens and managed to earn 2.25 cr on its first day. [22] Movie had a huge jump on Saturday making its the biggest Saturday growth in recent times and collections for 2 days comes to 6.75 cr. [23] Movie has continued it's growth and 3Days collections totals up to 12.25cr [24] Tamil Box Office also biggest Collection.

Overseas

English Vinglish was excellent overseas with collections of $1.65 million in first weekend.The all India weekend gross(nett. gross+entertainment tax) was around ₹17 crore while Overseas it is ₹9 crore which means overseas business is 53% of its India gross when the norm is 10-25%[25]

Release

Toronto International Film Festival

In July 2012, English Vinglish was selected by the prestigious 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and slotted for a World Premiere at the coveted Galas section of the festival.[26][27] The comeback of Sridevi made it a highly anticipated film at the festival and all shows at TIFF were sold out during advance booking. The World Premiere took place at the Roy Thomson Auditorium on 14 September and was attended by Sridevi, Mehdi Nebbou, R. Balki, Gauri Shinde and other cast and crew. At the end of the premiere, the full-house audience gave a 10 minute long standing ovation to the film.[28][29]

After the Toronto Premiere, some international media outlets hailed Sridevi as the "Meryl Streep of India".[30][31] Two weeks later America's famous entertainment weekly Variety wrote in its review of English Vinglish that it found Sridevi "Disarmingly charming in a manner that recalls Audrey Hepburn."[32]

English Vinglish was released in India and worldwide on 5 October.

Reception

Prior to the official release of the film on October 5, English Vinglish was specially screened for several actors in the Indian film fraternity and received unanimous praise. Amitabh Bachchan tweeted "English Vinglish" a delightful film, tender, soft, beautiful, relevant .. Sridevi immaculate, director Gauri Shinde .. YMUP !!" and later wrote in his blog that "A viewing of “English Vinglish” directed by Gauri Shinde, wife of R Balki tonight, leaves me with collective lumps in the throat and a surge of flushed eyes near the tear ducts. And it is not all the emotion of a particular moment that puts one in such state. It is the uncontrollable effect of appreciation that prevents one from expressing any at all."[33] Rajnikanth also praised the film and said "Sridevi has lived the character." [34] Ace director Shekhar Kapur tweeted "English Vinglish is not just a film about Sridevi learning English. It's a funny heartwarming story of a woman coming into her own" while Anupam Kher tweeted that "English Vinglish is Spectacularly Beautiful. Film with a Golden Heart. Take a bow Gauri Shinde.Sridevi, ORIGINAL QUEEN OF CINEMA is BACK.:)"

Many actors also voiced their excitement after watching the promos of the film. Hrithik Roshan predicted that the film will be a success and even postponed his travel plans to attend the premiere.[35] Salman Khan also cancelled his shoot for a day to travel back to Mumbai for the premiere.[36] Anil Kapoor called Sridevi '"the best actress'" and said that he was expecting "a great performance."[37] Konkona Sen Sharma also tweeted "Have to say I'm really looking forward to watching Sridevi in her new film English Vinglish!".

The review from UK also gave it 4/5 and called the film "a hilarious, touching, sensitive, and sweet film that marks the triumphant come back of India's biggest female star...Sridevi."[38] A review from Canada said the film "leaves you with sweet after taste, just like a ladoo to be savoured and enjoyed with every bite. So bite into English Vinglish, it's just delicious!".[39]

English Vinglish released on October 5, 2012 and was immediately greeted with high critical acclaim. Times of India gave the film a whopping 4/5 calling it "Easily one of the best films of 2012...Sri's performance is a masterclass for actors...Request you to make a little place next to you, Rajkumar Hirani; Gauri Shinde has taken a bow in mainstream Bollywood." [40] Aniruddha Guha of Daily News and Analysis also gave the film 4/5 saying English Vinglish is "among the most refreshingly novel films made in recent times...If you're a Sridevi fan, you can't miss it. If you aren't, you still can't miss it." [41] Another 4/5 came from Raja Sen of Rediff who found the film "a winner all the way...Sri excels in fleshing out her character." [42] Taran Adarsh also scored it 4/5 calling it "a remarkable motion picture...A must-watch for every parent, every child. Strongly recommended!" [43] Critic Subhash K Jha gave a 4.5 saying Sridevi "makes the contemporary actresses, even the coolest ones, look like jokes...If you watch only two films every year make sure you see "English Vinglish" twice!" [44] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave it 3.5 stars saying Sridevi delivers "a performance that is nothing short of perfect...It's warm and fuzzy, and leaves you with a big smile on your face." [45] Anupama Chopra also gave it 3.5 calling English Vinglish "that rare thing...Sridevi doesn't miss a beat. Her performance is a triumph." [46] Firstpost's Rubina Khan gave the film a full 5/5 saying "Sridevi brings acting back in English Vinglish." [47] Komal Nahta said the film was 'beyond stars' applauded Sridevi saying she "makes the best comeback in Bollywood history and delivers a landmark performance." [48]Social Movie Rating site MOZVO gave it 4.1 out of 5 putting it in Must Watch category.[49]

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