English Vinglish

Shashi Godbole(Sridevi) is your average, upper-middle-class mother of two, whose special skills also include making ladoos. In fact, she’s so good in her sweetmeat that she even markets it.

But one skill that Shashi lacks is speaking English. This makes her the constant butt of jokes and rebuttal with her husband and teenage daughter . The film drives home the point that those who speak English fluently usually adapt a condescending attitude towards those who don’t.

Shashi is not your average Jane. When opportunity takes her to New York for a niece’s wedding; the sari-clad Shashi, steals a few hours each day and enrolls for a four-week crash course in English.

The students of the English class also act as a support system to the protagonist, who despite her own dedication, finds that complacency has slipped into her marriage and there’s self-respect lacking in her relationship with her teenage daughter.

Gauri Shinde, who made advertising films before she ventured into the feature area; proves she’s an ace cinema writer-director. The result is a sweet, sensitive and superlative film that makes you laugh, cry and smile. Every emotion is identifiable. The characters are real, the performances effortless.

Amit Trivedi’s music is hummable. The beauty of the soundtrack is that flows naturally, without disturbing the narrative. joy in simplicity.

Sridevi is the backbone of EV. Anxiety, anger, arrogance, anguish, attraction, the actress conveys emotions effortlessly with or without words.

one of the best films on 2012; is tale of  empowerment.  It is bound to empower every viewer because it strikes a chord, right from the start to the end titles. It’s the movie to which you must take your grandmother, mother, sister, wife, sweetheart and saas.