Basmati Blues

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4.0/10

2.3K

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Brie Larson and Utkarsh Ambudkar in Basmati Blues (2017)

A brilliant scientist is plucked out of the company lab and sent to India to sell the genetically modified rice she created - which she doesn't realize will destroy the farmers she thinks she's helping.

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A brilliant scientist is plucked out of the company lab and sent to India to sell the genetically modified rice she created - which she doesn't realize will destroy the farmers she thinks sh... Read allA brilliant scientist is plucked out of the company lab and sent to India to sell the genetically modified rice she created - which she doesn't realize will destroy the farmers she thinks she's helping.A brilliant scientist is plucked out of the company lab and sent to India to sell the genetically modified rice she created - which she doesn't realize will destroy the farmers she thinks she's helping.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

4.0/10

2.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Bapuji
(as Busg Bhargava Krishna)

Dalip Tahil

Chief
(as Dileep Tahil)

Suhasini Mulay

Mrs. Patel

Kaizaad Kotwal

Director Kapoor

Jaswinder Singh Kambo

Munish
(as Jaswinder Singh)

Asif Ali Baig

Dileep
(as Asif Ali Beg)

Karim Hajee

Vikram

Prashant Prakash

Buddy

Firdaus Mevawala

Aman

Varun Thakur

Manjeet

Harrpad Sreekumar

Town Elder

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1sonikutta

Know the country you are filiming in

Not only are the songs and acting subpar ...you would think that if you say that you are in Bilari which is in UP (India) then the scenery, language on the signs, the little girl pointing to Larson as she speaks to her mom would be in Hindi or in Urdu...NOT in Malayalam which is from Kerala (south India). Typically American directors who have no clue about India to make it at least consistent.

1OnjiMooteDaMarle

When a 15 year old illiterate american makes a film..

You show rural Indians speaking english like it's usa? The idea behind the film is right and good. Brie is good. Extras are good. Everything else is fake and depressing.

Gordon-11

A Bollywood romantic comedy

This film tells the story of an American scientist, who is sent to India to market a new type of rice to farmers.

At first, I thought it was a musical as Brie Larson bursts into a song in the first scene. Then, I realised that this is actually a Bollywood film. It has all the entertaining elements of a Bollywood film, including songs and dances. The story is predictable, but it works. I enjoyed it.

7Bond009

Light comedy - rom com

It's a decent movie, light comedy and sweet rom com. It sure what's the controversy that it did not got India release. It's a great introduction to the Indian culture. Me and my girlfriend we watched it and we loved it! We were not expecting it to be mind blowing.

4GrizzlyBear01

Mixing cultures doesn't look so good

Brie Larson is my favorite actress. So I didn't care about the poor ratings, I went for the movie. As I watched many Indian movies before, so I knew what I was watching. Random dancing, singing and the critical situations like hindi tv serials. I wonder why people think that American actors would fit in a Indian film.

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The film was first shot in 2013, but not enough scenes to make into a film were made because final stages of the production coincided with monsoon season, forcing the filmmakers to raise more money and do a reshoot, which took place in 2015.