Phas Gaye Re Obama

Phas Gaye Re Obama

Movie

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  • Genre(s): Comedy, Crime
  • Language(s): हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Director(s): Subhash Kapoor
  • Cast(s): Neha Dhupia, Rajat Kapoor, Sanjay Mishra, Manu Rishi, Brijendra Kala See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 48min
  • Award(s): Screen 2011 (Won)
    Searchlight 2011 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Daadi Ki Shaadi, Mirg
  • Story:
    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.
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7.5/10
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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
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.
Ratings

7.5/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
Screen Award

Best Performance by an Actor in a Comic Role | 2011 | Sanjay Mishra

Star Screen Award

Best actor in a comic role | 2019 | Sanjay Mishra

Nominations
Searchlight Award

Best Actress | 2011 | Neha Dhupia

Screen Award

Best Ensemble Cast | 2011 | Pragati Pandey

Apsara Award

Best Comic Actor | 2011 | Sanjay Mishra

Popular Award

Best Performance in a Comic Role | 2011 | Sanjay Mishra

Global Indian Film and TV Honours Award

Best Performance In A Comic Role | 2011 | Sanjay Mishra

TRIVIA

Trivia

Subhash Kapoor had developed an idea of making a movie on recession after his first film Salaam India had a relatively low-key release. He didn't get many opportunities thereafter, leaving him "frustrated". Stating the reason for choosing the recession as the theme.

"The producers would say 'We are facing recession'. The frustration was more from the fact that recession was something in which we had no role to play. Like many of our problems, it was also a creation of the U.S. So, in a way, to give vent to my anger I wrote a satire. I thought when the whole world was affected by recession how could the underworld and politicians stay away from it. So I created a set of gangsters who have no money in their pockets. They pin their hopes on an NRI, who also turns out to be hit by recession.

Before turning director, Subhash Kapoor, as a journalist toured North India extensively, and it is reflected in the dialect that the characters speak.This was the reason he opted for kidnapping as the "industry" that got affected by recession. "Kidnapping has become an industry in the region and often the characters involved in action have a humorous take on life"

Amole Gupte plays multiple roles in the film industry, and is even the writer of Taare Zameen Par, one of the best movie of Bollywood. Mostly, he prefers to work for movies that have children in the centre of the plot.

The film did not have a theatrical release in British Columbia, Canada.