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Phas Gaye Re Obama

Phas Gaye Re Obama is a comedy set against the backdrop of global recession that originated in USA. 

The film traces the journey of OM Shashtri, an American citizen of Indian origin, who loses all his wealth overnight to the global recession & has been asked to vacate his home by the bank unless he pays up $100,000 (mortgaged amount) within 30 days. 

Seeing no other option Om comes to India to sell a small piece of an ancestral property. But within days of landing in India, a ‘recession-hit’ underworld gang who think he is still a millionaire kidnap him. This is followed by a succession of crazy events. The story then revolves around what happens to Om and the rest of the poor gangsters who in particular have some interesting words to say to President Obama.

The film showcases how global recession impacted various lives, from an America based businessman to underworld dons in the dusty plains of small town India. The film is directed by Subhash Kapoor and stars the likes of Rajat Kapoor, Neha Dhupia, Manu Rishi Chadha, Amol Gupte and Sanjay Mishra among others. The music and the background score of the film was composed by Manish. J. Tipu and the lyrics were penned by Shellee and Gopal Tiwari.

This is a story about a neglected wife of a flamboyant busy executive, their extra marital affairs and how they contract AIDS while living a 'normal' life.

The story is woven with threads of choices one makes in life and how fragile they can be. It deals with the vulnerability of a person to short-term pleasures of life, especially while under stress of a fragile relationship, not realizing the steep price one may land up paying consequently. The film has been written and directed to give a very natural and matter-of-fact perspective while depicting a rather ‘normal’ life.