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A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%. Scores higher than 97% of the 3,246 2000s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 3h 15m. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.
Ratings
IMDb8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
403 audience votes
Key crew
- Ashutosh GowarikerDirector
- Sameer SharmaScreenplay
- Lalit MaratheScreenplay
- Amin HajeeScreenplay
- Charlotte Whitby-ColesScreenplay
- Ayan MukerjiScreenplay
- Yashodeep NigudkarScreenplay
- A.R. RahmanOriginal Music Composer
- Ashutosh GowarikerScreenplay
Cast
- Shah Rukh KhanMohan Bhargav
- Gayatri JoshiGita
- Kishori BallalKaveri Amma
- Smit ShethChiku
- Lekh TandonDadaji
- Rajesh VivekNivaran Dayal Shrivastav
- Daya Shankar PandeyMela Ram
- Farrukh JaffarFatima Bi
- Vishnudutt GaurVishnu Dutt (Panchayat member)
- Raja AwasthiPanch Gungadin
- Vishwa S. BadolaPanch Munishwar
- Bhim VakaniPanch Narayan
Stills
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Themes
nasasocial issuesnon-resident indianinspirationaladmiringindian culture
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