Phas Gaye Re Obama
- Director: Subhash Kapoor
- Writer: Subhash Kapoor; Shellee
- Producer: Ashok Pandey
CGiii Comment
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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Cast & Characters
Rajat Kapoor as Om Shastri;
Neha Dhupia as Munni Madame;
Sanjay Mishra as Bhai Sahab;
Manu Rishi Chadha as Anandprakash Rameshprakash 'Anni' Rastogi;
Pragati Pandey as Ritu O. Shastri;
Brijendra Kala as Inspector Tiwari;
Sushil Pandey; Sumeet Nijhawan;
Amit Sial as Mukhtar Ali;
Surendra Rajan;
Devender Chaudhary;
Amole Gupte as Dhananjay Singh;
Roopesh Thapliyal as Lal Kishan;
Dinesh Nag as Kanhaiya Lal;
Kuldeep Sareen as Kailash Agarwal - Estate Agent