It's a Wonderful Afterlife

Name: It's a Wonderful Afterlife
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Released: 2010
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Steve Morphew, Steve Jones, Jamie Sives, Sendhil Ramamurthy

2010 · 100 MIN · IMDB 5.4 · 1,721 VOTES · DIR. Gurinder Chadha

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,350 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:12 MAN GROANS

00:04:11 I transferred to the Southall station.

00:08:05 There is no excuse for a moustache like that.

00:14:29 You said she's not good enough for your nephew Tej.

00:17:25 # And I'm trying to discover my sou-ou-ou-ou-oul... #

00:20:49 It's not easy for them to move on so they hang about.

00:23:54 He's way out of moto's league.

00:26:43 The only link seems to be

00:30:15 And she met you the day she died.

00:34:15 What? Just like that?

00:37:24 I was fine about it.

00:41:28 You ate a poisoned ladoo I made.

00:45:10 OK, try to find out what kind of man she likes.

00:48:25 MAN LAUGHS SPIRITS: Next.

00:52:05 She shouldn't drink in front of him. Very bad.

00:56:07 OK. I admit it.

01:00:38 So wet.

01:04:24 NAAN MAN: Say nothing, or they will check receipts.

01:09:14 I think you are.

01:12:31 Numerologist. Our charts, our foreheads, it's all just rubbish.

01:18:20 He's going in the back.

01:23:11 MUSIC AND CHEERING

01:29:24 # Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive Stayin' alive

01:32:55 # And I will love you for always... #

Cast & Characters

Sanjeev Bhaskar Curry Man (Mr. Bhatti) Steve Morphew A&E Doctor Steve Jones Earnest Reporter Jamie Sives Detective Hughes Sendhil Ramamurthy D S Raj Murthy Mark Addy D I Smythe Shabana Azmi Mrs. Sethi Goldy Notay Roopi Sethi Sacha Shilov Bike Kid Teghvir Gujral Bike Kid

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,350

Dialogue density13.5 lines / min

First line00:00:12

Final line01:32:55

Production Record

DirectorGurinder Chadha

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes1,721