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Umrika (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Sundance Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Hindi ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2015 and produced in:
India ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Prashant Nair

Written By:
Prashant Nair

Actors:
Aashish Bhatt ..... Arun
Uplaksh Kochhar ..... Balwinder
Megh Pant ..... Bhima
Mayur More ..... Delivery Boy
Pankaj Chaudhary ..... Deliver Boy #1
Mukesh Agrohari ..... Farmer #1
Pramod Pathak ..... Father
Shreyas Pandit ..... Gopi
Rajesh Singh ..... Inspector at Docks #1
Mandar Shende ..... Jugaad Driver
Ayussh Ashwani K. Verma ..... Lalu (younger)
Tony Revolori ..... Lalu (older)
Shrikant Yadav ..... Lalu's Father - Harish
Shruti Bapna ..... Lalu's Mother - Champa
Atharva Upasni ..... Madan
Suraj Sharma ..... Ramakant (older)

Synopsis:

A small village in India is invigorated when one of their own travels to America (aka Umrika) and details his adventures through letters home, sparking community debate and inspiring hope. But when the letters mysteriously stop coming, his younger brother Rama sets out on a journey to find him. With the help of his best friend Lalu, Rama retraces his brother's path to find himself charting one of his own.

A small village in India is invigorated when one of their own travels to America (aka, UMRIKA) and details his adventures through letters home, sparking community debate and inspiring hope. But when the letters mysteriously stop coming, his younger brother Rama (Suraj Sharma) sets out on a journey to find him. With the help of his best friend Lalu (Tony Revolori), Rama retraces his brother's path to find himself charting one of his own. Set in the mid-1980s, UMRIKA is a funny and meaningful story of the lengths taken to realize one's dreams.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 14 June, 2016.