It's a Wonderful Afterlife

Overview

Indian mother Mrs Sethi's obsession with marrying off her daughter turns murderous. With jokes that routinely miss the mark and cringeworthy slapstick, this black comedy farce shouldn't work. Somehow, though, it does.

Release date

May 7, 2010

Rating

4.8 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 40 minutes

Genres

Comedy
Romance

Cast

Shabana Azmi
As Mrs. Sethi
Goldy Notay
As Roopi Sethi
Sendhil Ramamurthy
As D S Raj Murthy
Sally Hawkins
As Linda / Gitali
Mark Addy
As D I Smythe
Ray Panthaki
As Jazz Sethi
Lalita Ahmed
As Old Woman at Market
Zoë Wanamaker
As Mrs. Goldman
Don Warrington
As Chief Superintendent
Jimi Mistry
As Dev
Harvey Virdi
As Overbearing Mother
Preeya Kalidas
As Karishma
Ace Bhatti
As Tej
Amit Shah
As Speed Dating Man 6
Shaheen Khan
As Kebab Woman (Manjit Kaur)
Catherine Balavage
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As Waitress
Christopher Simpson
As J.J Jaan

Crew

Paul Mayeda Berges
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Role: Screenplay
Gurinder Chadha
Role: Producer
Paul Mayeda Berges
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Role: Executive Producer
Gurinder Chadha
Role: Director
Chris Curling
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Role: Executive Producer
Gurinder Chadha
Role: Screenplay
Dick Pope
Role: Director of Photography
Michelle Fox
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Role: Co-Producer
Kay Bilk
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Role: Makeup Artist
Oral Norrie Ottey
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Role: Editor
Dinos Laftsidis
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Role: Art Direction
Gillian Dodders
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Role: Dialogue Editor
John Rodda
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Role: Sound Mixer
Guy Heeley
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Role: Associate Producer
Nick Ellis
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Role: Production Design
Saurabh Vaibhav
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Role: Original Music Composer
Marese Langan
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Role: Hairstylist
Mike Dowson
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Role: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Niv Adiri
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Role: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Nina Gold
Role: Casting
Tim Fraser
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Role: Sound Mixer
Craig Pruess
Role: Original Music Composer
Hugo Adams
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Role: Foley Editor
Robert Sterne
Role: Casting
Jill Taylor
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Role: Costume Design
Deborah Jarvis
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Role: Makeup Artist
Liz Griffiths
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Role: Set Decoration
Ben Barker
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Role: Sound Effects Editor
Susie Redfern
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Role: Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Ed Colyer
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Role: Foley Mixer
Matthew Smith
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Role: Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Sandy Buchanan
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Role: ADR Recordist
Nikkie Grimshaw
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Role: Special Effects Makeup Artist
Naomi Dandridge
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Role: ADR Recordist
Glenn Freemantle
Role: Sound Designer
Lee Herrick
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Role: Dialogue Editor

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