Word: meenu
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...dream it, be it.") We flash back to Gurukant's youth in a Gujurat village, then follow the mogul's progress, with some Bollywood embellishments: his marriage to Sujatha (Rai) - at first for her $25,000 dowry, then for love - and his fraternal devotion to a feisty crippled girl, Meenu (Vidya Balan), who will grow up to marry Shyam (Madhavan), the very muckraking reporter who's determined to bring Gurukant down...
...point in the winning new romantic comedy "Chutney Popcorn," Meenu (played by Madhur Jaffrey), the not-so-understanding mother of two squabbling sisters in an Indian-American family, points to the Statue of Liberty and observes "Look - even she's wearing a sari." And that's the way this film sees contemporary life: all dressed up in a warmly comic, multicultural wardrobe. It's more than a fashion statement, it's a declaration of a new America...
...movie's main focus is Reena (played by director/co-screenwriter Nisha Ganatra), a young Indian-American lesbian who works as a photographer and a henna tattoo artist. Both Reena and her sister Sarita (Sakina Jaffrey) are struggling to live their lives independently of their often-intrusive mother Meenu; the situation becomes even more complex when Sarita decides she wants to have a baby...
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