Outsourced (film)
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Promotional poster for Outsourced
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| Directed by | John Jeffcoat |
| Produced by |
Tom Gorai Gwen Bialic (co-producer) David Skinner (producer) |
| Written by | George Wing (writer) |
| Starring |
Josh Hamilton Ayesha Dharker Asif Basra Arjun Mathur Siddarth Jadhav |
| Music by | BC Smith |
| Cinematography | Teodoro Maniaci |
| Edited by | Brian Berdan |
| Distributed by | ShadowCatcher Entertainment |
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103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $703,042 (worldwide) |
Outsourced is a romantic comedy film, directed by John Jeffcoat, released in 2006.
Todd Anderson (Josh Hamilton) has to travel to India when his department is outsourced. Todd is not happy but when his boss Dave informs him that quitting would mean losing his , he goes to train his Indian replacement Puro (Asif Basra).
When he arrives, Todd is frustrated with everything in the country where people call him "Mr. Toad". He has difficulty making the call center employees of Gharapuri understand what their American customers expect. He feels that he is never going to get the Minutes-per-Incident (MPI) under six minutes and so will never get to return to the USA.
Todd experiences the festival of Holi and with it, a sense of calm. At the call center the MPI slowly improves. He recognizes a leader in an employee Asha (Ayesha Dharker) and offers her the job of assisting Puro when Todd leaves. Todd tries to improve the workplace experience for the employees; when they tell him they would like some of the products they are selling, he decides to implement a rewards program and asks Dave for a shipment. Dave initially refuses, but when Todd manages to convince him that he is opening the products to a market of a billion people, Dave agrees to ship them overnight.
Asha realizes that the shipment has gone to another Gharapuri, an island. They both reach the island and get the shipment, but the boat that was supposed to ferry them back catches fire. With no resort, they check in to a hotel, where Asha accuses Todd of being frivolous with Kali. They argue but end up having sex. Upon their return Asha informs Todd that she has been engaged to a family friend named Ashok since she was four years old. She says their affair could be only a "Holiday in Goa", a term for a short time spent with a lover before marrying another. Todd is confused but accepts the situation.
One day, a laundry man invites him to his home for lunch and gives him a rice flour cake.
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