Umrika movie is a 2015 Bollywood Hindi comic drama film, writer/directer is Prashant Nair, and Producer are Swati Shetty and Manish Mundra.
It featuring Suraj Sharma, Tony Revolori, Smita Tambe, Rajesh Tailang, Pramod Pathak, Adil Hussain, Amit Sial, Sauraseni Maitra and Prateik Babbar.
Umrika movie released at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award. Prashant Nair stated that the film is “about the mythology of America, and more generally, how cultures perceive each other”.
- Directer : Prashant Nair
- Producer : Swati Shetty,Manish Mundra
- Screenplay : Prashant Nair
- Starring : Suraj Sharma,Tony Revolori,Prateik Babbar,Smita Tambe,Sauraseni Maitra,Adil Hussain,Rajesh Tailang,Pramod Pathak,Amit Sial
- Music : Dustin O’Halloran
- Cinematography : Petra Korner
- Editor : Xavier Box,Patricia Rommel
- Casting Director : Anmol Ahuja, Abhishek Banerjee
- Production Design : Mahendra Shrivas, Rakesh Yadav
- Costume Design b: Jasvir Kaur, Nyla Masood
- Visual Effects : K L Sateesh Varma, Junaid Ullah
- Production Company : Drishyam Films, Samosa Stories
- Genres : Comedy, Drama
- Release Date : January 24, 2015 (Sundance)
- Running time : 102 minutes
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi
Umrika movie trailer :
Story of the film :
Film story Set in the mid-1980s – A small village in India – Young Boy Udai (Prateik Babbar) leaving his village for the United States, telling his little brother Ramakant (Suraj Sharma) to always remember what he tells him. While his mother is crying due to Udai’s departure, he tells him to always write to the family when he gets to “Umrika” (“America” as spoken with an accent).
Following the death of his father, Ramakant realises that the letters his family has been receiving from Udai have been forged by his father and uncle, and learns that Udai disappear when he reached his port city, Mumbai. He start new journey to locate his brother.
With the help of his best friend Lalu (Tony Revolori), Rama retraces his brother’s path to find himself charting one of his own.
Star Cast :
- Prateik Babbar as a Udai
- Lin Laishram as a Udai’s Wife
- Suraj Sharma as a Ramakant (older)
- Aashish Bhatt as a Arun
- Tony Revolori as a Lalu (older)
- Uplaksh Kochhar as a Balwinder
- Adil Hussain as a Patel
- Megh Pant as a Bhima
- Mayur More as a Delivery Boy
- Pankaj Chaudhary as a Deliver Boy #1
- Mukesh Agrohari as a Farmer #1
- Pramod Pathak as a Father
- Shreyas Pandit as a Gopi
- Rajesh Singh as a Inspector at Docks #1
- Mandar Shende as a Jugaad Driver
- Ayussh Ashwani K. Verma as a Lalu (younger)
- Shrikant Yadav as a Lalu’s Father – Harish
- Shruti Bapna as a Lalu’s Mother – Champa
- Atharva Upasni as a Madan
- Umesh Jagtap as a Man in Van #1
- Sunil V. Mohan as a MM Supervisor
- Smita Tambe as a Mother
- Swati Shetty as a Newscaster
- Aashish Kaariya as a Night Club Owner
- Rajkumar Prasad as a Patel Man #1
- Jay Bansal as a Patel Man #2
- Nidhi Bisht as a Pinky
- Rajesh Tailang as a Postman
- Ramesh Rai as a Priest
- Sauraseni Maitra as a Radhika
- Amit Sial as a Rajan
- Prafulla Kamble as a Rajan’s Father
- Meenakshi Deepak Shidore as a Rajan’s Mother
- Swapnil Sanjay Kidaye as a Raju
- Shubham More as a Ramakant (younger)
- Abhishek Bhardwaj as a Sonu
- Sushil Pandey as a Videographer
- Shubham Tukaram Parab as a Village Kid
- Rukmini Sutar as a Village Lady #1
- Prerna Nigadikar as a Village Lady #2
- Tauqeer Alan Khan as a Village Teacher
- Sayyed Siraj Alam as a Warehouse Guard
- Tauqeer Alam Khan as a Teacher
- Sunil Vishrani as a Mohan Mithiawala
- Kartik Krishnan as a NRI Man
- Candace McAdams as a Sarah
- Chaitanya Mohan as a Balwinder NRI
- Alexx O’Nell as a John
Umrika movie Songs / Music :
This film music composer is Dustin O’Halloran. The film music album have 17 songs listed as per below.
- “Prologue”
- “The Priest”
- “Letters”
- “Umrika Village”
- “Death of a Father”
- “Secrets Revealed”
- “A Chosen Path”
- “A Passage to Mumbai”
- “Into the City”
- “Umrika”
- “A Killing”
- “You Are Lost Brother”
- “Pictures of Family”
- “Goodbye”
- “Farewell My Brother”
- “A Voyage Begins”
- “Epilogue”
Release :
Shortly after its release, the film was sold by sales agent Beta Cinema to France, Germany, Austria, Australia, South Korea and numerous other territories, making it one of the most widely distributed Indian independent films of recent times that was incidentally, never released in India.
The film had its European release at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2015.
Review of the film :
This film reviews are mostly positive from critics.
Critics reviews :
- Roger Moore from rogersmovienation.com gave 3 star from 5 star and stated that “It’s a film of genuine surprises and tiny delights, even though it bogs down and loses its urgency when the quest that drives it falls into the background. There are hints of “Il Postino” and “The Third Man” in its mashup of plots. The performances are generally solid, if a little generic. Revolori stands out and makes the sharpest impression.”
- Nandini Ramnath from scroll.in on film reviewing stated that “Suraj Sharma brings sensitivity and heft to his role, and Prateik is just as convincing as the feckless Udai. American actor Tony Revolori fits snugly into the part of Ramakant’s friend from the village, who wants to hang out with busty blondes. You don’t have to leave India to find well-endowed women, that’s for sure.”
- IMDB Public reviewing site gave 6.6 star out of 10 star.
Awards :
- HP Briding The Borders Award. Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2016
- FIPRESCI Critic’s Prize. Cairo International Film Festival, 2015
- Golden Pyramid Award. Cairo International Film Festival, 2015 – Nominated
- Audience Award, World Cinema Dramatic Competition. Sundance Film Festival, 2015
- Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema Dramatic Competition. Sundance Film Festival, 2015 – Nominated
- Audience Award, Narrative Feature. CAAMFest, 2016
