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English Vinglish Plot

Money, Fame and the Knowledge of English. In India, these 3 factors play a huge role in how society judges an individual. English Vinglish is the story of a woman who does not know English and is made to feel insecure by her family and society at large. The film is a light-hearted yet touching and transformational journey of Shashi. Circumstances make her determined to overcome this insecurity, master the language, teach the world a lesson on the way to becoming a self assured and confident woman. The film is shot mostly in New York and captures the inherent struggle of many people all over the world with the English Language. Hilarious, touching, sensitive, this film marks the come back of India's biggest female star...Sridevi. -- (C) Official Site

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Budget : ₹150 mn
Box Office : ₹1.2 bn

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  • 3/5
By Madhurima Mukhopadhyay
[contains spoilers]
watch it with your mom. :)

Th introductory scene shows Shashi(Sridevi) engaged in household chores just like any busy mother who has her to send her children off to school and pack lunch for her husband. But Shashi has another identity. She makes scrumptious Laddoos and sells them. The West tags her an entrepreneur, but her husband and daughter finds her business embarrassing. While Shashi is kearned enough to teach proper English words to a servant. WHat embarrasses her family is her inability to speak it fluently and confidently. Shashi, herself is a woman who knows who can make it but lacks the spur to take an attempt.

The humiliation at home,airport and at the Cafeteria in Manhattan finally provides the fuel which...

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