Flavors Movie (2004) Details :
Flavors is a 2003 romantic comedy film concerning Indian immigrants in America. It was part of the first wave of cinema from the Indian diaspora. The film gained cult status over time, amongst the NRI audience.
- Director : Krishna D.K. ,Raj Nidimoru
- Producer: Krishna D.K.,Anupam Mittal,Raj Nidimoru
- Writer: Raj Nidimoru,Krishna DK
- Starring: Reef Karim,Anjan Srivastav,Bharati Achrekar,Pooja Kumar,Rishma Malik,Anupam Mittal,Jicky Schnee,Sireesha Katragadd
- Music: Mahesh Shankar
- Cinematography: Dave Isern
- Film Editing: Frank Reynolds
- Production Company: Art in Motion Productions,dreams2reality Films
- Distributor: Net Effect Media
- Production Design: Tushar Unadkat
- Assistant Director: Manan Katohora
- Sound Department: Tom Hammond, Scot Reynolds
- Visual Effects: Avik Banerjee
- Music Department: John Woong-Sae Jung
- Genres: Comedy
- Release date: 30 October 2003,16 July 2004 United States
- Running time: 118 minutes
- Country: United States
- Language: English, Hindi
Story Of The Film :
Flavors tells the stories of 13 different main characters in 5 parallel story lines. The marriage of NRI Rad (Anupam Mittal) to his American fiancée (Jicky Schnee) brings his family to the US where they quickly adapt to American ways. Meanwhile, Kartik (Reef Karim), tries to maintain a long distance relationship with his friend Rachna (Pooja Kumar) and bored housewife Sangita (Sireesha Katragadda) is neglected by her workaholic husband (Gaurang Vyas).
She makes a call to her Telugu-speaking mother and works on housework. Sangita’s husband had been laid off and had lost her job without her knowledge, but he was too ashamed to tell her.
Vivek (Gaurav Rawal), Ashok (Punit Jasuja), and Jas (Gaurav Rawal) are Candy’s (Rishma Malik’s) roommates. Vivek, who is depressed after losing his job, finds out that Gita, his Indian sweetheart, has already wed someone else.
The rest of the story is based on how these personalities come together for Rad and Jenni’s wedding.
Star Cast Of The Film :
- Reef Karim … Kartik
- Anjan Srivastav … Mr. Gopalkrishna
- Bharti Achrekar … Mrs. Gopalkrishna
- Pooja Kumar … Rachna
- Rishma Malik … Chandramukhi ‘Candy’ Unadkat
- Anupam Mittal … Radhakrishna
- Jicky Schnee … Jenni
- Sireesha Katragadda… Sangita
- Gaurang Vyas … Nikhil Sastri
- Mohit Shah … Vivek
- Punit Jasuja … Ashok Mittal
- Gaurav Rawal … Jas
- Manan Katohora … Ramana Dasarakothapalli
- Gayatri Khanna … Smita
- Tushar Unadkat … ‘Randy’ Sandy
- Sangeet Sharma … Aunt
- C. Taylor Graham … Priest
Flavors Movie Release :
Flavors was an official selection at the Cairo International Film Festival, the Hamptons International Film Festival, the Milan Film Festival, the Hawaii International Film Festival, the Bangkok International Film Festival, the San Francisco International Film Festival, the Asian American International Film Festival and the Mumbai Film Festival.
Awards Of The Movie
For their work on Flavors, Nidimoru and Krishna DK received a nomination for Best Emerging Directors at the Asian American International Film Festival in New York. The film also won the President Award at the 2003 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. Pooja Kumar received the Screen Actors Guild Emerging Actor Award for her performance.
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Flavors Movie Review :
This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 7.2 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 429.
Flavors is the new gold-standard for Indo-American cinema, and sets the bar *very* high. This is the most grin-, guffaw-, chuckle-, and howl-inducing film I have seen in a very long time. Directors Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru have accomplished something that I have long suspected and seldom seen – that comedy can be fast-paced, clean, heartening, and insightful without compromising the genre.
So go see Flavors for the chattiness and character-development of Robert Altman, the non-linearity and parallel storylines of Quentin Tarantino, and the quirkiness and ultimate humanity of R K Narayan. And then go see it again, this time with a shameless grin of anticipation plastered all over your mug!
Critics Rating by Rotten Tomatoes User, from Rotten Tomatoes give 2.5 star out of 5 Star.
Flavors Movie Box Office Collection :
In India, Flavors averaged 125,000 per print and was the second top grosser in metro theatres for its opening week behind Vaastu Shastra. In the US, the film grossed around $150,000 on 14 screens
Which movie Anupam Mittal worked?
Flavors (film)
Anupam Mittal also produced and acted in Bollywood films, such as 99, Flavours, which was directed by his good friends Raj & DK. Mittal has made television appearances in Seasons 1 and 2 of the SonyLiv business reality series Shark Tank.