It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010)

Hindi 2 hrs 30 mins Drama
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31%
Total Reviews: 13
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Review Summary: On the whole this one's a woeful experience not wonderful by any standard!

Average Critic Rating: (2.54)
Cast: Sanjeev Bhaskar , Goldy Notay , Sendhil Ramamurthy , Jimi Mistri , Sally Hawkins , Zoe Wanamaker , Shabana Azmi , Shaheen Khan
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Release Date: 07 May 2010

Plot: Mrs. Sethi ( Shabana Azmi ) is a widow living in Southall who wants to marry off her only daughter, for she is alone and unhappy. Her daughter, Roopi, ( Goldy Notay ) is a little plump and opinionated. Mrs. Sethi finds that all her matchmaking efforts are rudely rejected. Read more

It's a Wonderful Afterlife - Top Reviews

As reel after reel of Gurinder Chadha's It's a Wonderful Afterlife unspooled, it set me thinking.
Full review on SIFY
Taran Adarsh, SIFY
Death becomes her
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Rajeev Masand, Rajeev Masand
The writing isn’t sparkling enough and after a while, the ghosts with their incessant chatter and peeling skin start to grate on your nerves. There are moments of affection and sweetness but It’s a Wonderful Afterlife is purposefully silly and way over th
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Anupama Chopra, NDTV 
On the whole this one's a woeful experience not wonderful by any standard!
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Taran Adarsh, Bollywood Hungama
There are some films you’re certain you’ll enjoy - you like the cast, the outrageousness of the plot, the director’s past work and so on.
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Sonia Chopra, SIFY
Cast: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Shabana Azmi, Goldy Notay, Steve MorphewDirector: Gurinder ChadhaGurinder Chadha's latest, "It's A Wonderful Afterlife" is missing the energy and the zing of her previous hit "Bend It Like Beckham", but it's a moderately entertainin
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Rajeev Masand, IBN 

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It's a Wonderful Afterlife - All Reviews

It’s a Wonderful Afterlife offers various depictions of a British-Asian society and uses anecdotes to illustrate the shortcomings of a mixed culture. However, Chadha has, once again, tried to put too many ingredients in an already complicated mixture. The
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Amrita Tanna, Bolly Spice
Gurinder's "Bend it like Beckham" has been her only feather in her cap.  All the movi...
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Sulekha Reviewer, Sulekha
Director : Music : Lyrics : Starring :Gurinder Chadha  Bally Sagoo, Sukhwinder Shinda, Taz  Ankur Tewari, Simon Duggal, Diamond Duggal, Tarsame S Jarnail, Andrew Griffiths, Syrona Marie, Gurinder Chadha, Parminder Chadha  Shabana Azmi, Sendhil Ramamurthy,
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Martin D'Souza, Glam Sham
‘It’s A Wonderful Afterlife’(U/A) produced & directed by Gurinder Chadha is a ...
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Sulekha Reviewer, Sulekha
story put sourly, the tale begins in the backdrop of London where Mrs Sethi (shabana), a widow is quite worried. Her concern is about her daughter (shaheen) who is not getting married and with no other choice left, she decides a plan. Soon, a series of mu
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Bharat Student
She sees dead people. Not in the Sixth Sense way but on a totally different level.
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Tushar Joshi, Mid-Day
It's quite fitting that a batch of marijuana-laced pakoras drives the plot of Gurinda Chadha's It's a Wonderful Afterlife.
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Matthew Schneeberger, Rediff