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Thanks Mom

Country: India, 22 mins

  • Director: Manik Sanjay Talwar

CGiii Comment

Ridiculously melodramatic...with all the tiresomely predictable Indian themes; gay son, pushy mother and that arranged marriage hanging around in the background.

Change the record!


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The(ir) Blurb...

Mrs. Deshpande is worried about her son Rohan living separately with some stranger. Using her chemotherapy sessions as an excuse she wants him to move back with her so that he can accompany her to the hospital, but Rohan can’t as his leg got fractured recently. Concerned about the situation they both are in; she visits Rohan that changes her views about his roommate.