Sally Hawkins, Zoe Wanamaker, Jimi Mistry and Mark Addy have joined the cast of Gurinder Chadha's It's A Wonderful Afterlife. Shooting now in the U.K., the picture features Indian actress Shabana Azmi in the lead role and reunites some of Chadha's "Bend It Like Beckham" cast including Shaheen Khan, Ash Varrez and Adlyn Ross. The comedy details the story of an Indian mother who takes her obsession with marriage into the world of serial murder. Billed as My Big Fat Greek Wedding meets Shaun Of The Dead, producer-director Chadha's latest was penned with her writing partner and husband, Paul Mayeda Berges.
- 4/1/2009
- bloody-disgusting.com
London -- Sally Hawkins, Zoe Wanamaker, Jimi Mistry and Mark Addy have joined the cast of Gurinder Chadha's "It's a Wonderful Afterlife."
Shooting now in the U.K., the picture features Indian actress Shabana Azmi in the lead role and reunites some of Chadha's "Bend It Like Beckham" cast including Shaheen Khan, Ash Varrez and Adlyn Ross.
The comedy details the story of an Indian mother who takes her obsession with marriage into the world of serial murder.
Billed as "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" meets "Shaun of the Dead," producer-director Chadha's latest was penned with her writing partner and husband, Paul Mayeda Berges.
The film is being co-produced by the Aim-listed the Indian Film Co. and Bend It Films in association with Studio 18, India's leading motion picture company.
HanWay Films is handling worldwide sales and distribution.
Shooting now in the U.K., the picture features Indian actress Shabana Azmi in the lead role and reunites some of Chadha's "Bend It Like Beckham" cast including Shaheen Khan, Ash Varrez and Adlyn Ross.
The comedy details the story of an Indian mother who takes her obsession with marriage into the world of serial murder.
Billed as "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" meets "Shaun of the Dead," producer-director Chadha's latest was penned with her writing partner and husband, Paul Mayeda Berges.
The film is being co-produced by the Aim-listed the Indian Film Co. and Bend It Films in association with Studio 18, India's leading motion picture company.
HanWay Films is handling worldwide sales and distribution.
- 4/1/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gurinder Chadha is hooking up with the original team behind Bend It Like Beckham, for martial comedy It's A Wonderful Afterlife. Indeed some of the original Beckham cast, including Shaheen Khan, Ash Varrez and Adlyn Ross are also back in the squad.Following an Indian mother whose obsession with marriage ends up in frighteningly funny territory, It's A Wonderful Afterlife stars queen of the Indian New Wave Shabana Azmi, Happy-Go-Lucky Sally Hawkins, and hero Sendhil 'Mohinder' Ramamurthy, as well as grand-dame Zoë Wanamaker, and side-parting-ed RockNRolla Jimi Mistry.Telly masters Sanjeev Bhaskar (The Kumars at No. 42), Mark Addy (Red Riding), and Ray Panthaki (Eastenders) complete the line-up.Written by Chada and husband Paul Mayeda Berges - it is heralded as a cross between My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Shaun Of The Dead, which makes for a very intereresting mix. It's A Wonderful Afterlife is filming now in London and...
- 4/1/2009
- EmpireOnline
Sally Hawkins ( Happy-Go-Lucky ), Zoe Wanamaker ( Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ), Jimi Mistry ( RocknRolla ) and Mark Addy ( The Order ) have joined the cast of Gurinder Chadha's horror-comedy It's a Wonderful Afterlife. Chadha directed Bend It Like Beckham and says her latest endeavor doesn't skimp on red stuff as it tells the story of an Indian mother who takes her obsession with marriage into the world of serial murder. It's supposedly Shaun of the Dead meets My Big Fat Greek Wedding . Afterlife is currently shooting in the UK and stars actress Shabana Azmi in the lead role and reunites some of Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham cast including Shaheen Khan, Ash Varrez and Adlyn Ross.
- 4/1/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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