The Other End of the Line
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Theatrical poster of The Other End of the Line
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| Directed by | James Dodson |
| Produced by |
Ashok Amritraj Patrick Aiello |
| Written by | Tracey Jackson |
| Starring |
Jesse Metcalfe Shriya Saran Anupam Kher Tara Sharma Larry Miller Sara Foster Resh Ballam |
| Edited by | Ethan Maniquis |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Release date
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October 31, 2008 |
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Running time
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106 minutes |
| Country | India United States |
| Language | English Hindi |
| Budget | $2.5 million |
| Box office | $507,534 |
The Other End of the Line is a 2008 Indian-American romantic comedy film starring Jesse Metcalfe, Shriya Saran and Anupam Kher. James Dodson directed the project. The film is based on an employee at an Indian call-center who travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone. The tagline is "Two countries. Two cultures. One chance at love."
It is the first combination between the Indian powerhouse production house, Adlabs with their American counterpart MGM. The film was co-produced by the Indian-American producer Ashok Amritraj and Patrick Aiello.It was a low-budget film,which reportedly cost $2.5 million.
Filming began in October 2007 in Mumbai, and continued in San Francisco during 2008. The film was released on October 31, 2008.
Priya Sethi (Shriya Saran) indulges her infatuation with American culture by working nights (while Americans are at work, on the other side of the world) at the Citi One Bank Card call center in Mumbai, India. Speaking in a perfect American English accent, she tells her customers her name is Jennifer David and a native of San Francisco. Her conservative father Rajeev (Anupam Kher) is unhappy that she is so eager to forsake her own culture for another, but will be pleased when she goes through with her arranged marriage to wealthy but childishly dull Vikram.
Priya, posing as Jennifer David, happens to call the handsome and charming Granger Woodruff (Jesse Metcalfe) to help him with the fraudulent charges on his credit card. Priya and Granger have an instant connection over the phone. Unable to suppress the intrigue their easy chemistry offers, Priya agrees to meet Granger in San Francisco. When Priya goes to the meeting place, he doesn't recognize her. As she is attempting to check out of the hotel, they stumble into each other and finally meet, but Priya does not tell him that she is Jennifer. They immediately hit it off and he invites her out to dinner. Priya and Granger's relationship blossoms as they share a wonderfully romantic date the following day. They tour the City by the Bay by cable car, sample some especially spicy curry (much to his chagrin), and nearly—but not quite—kiss with the Golden Gate Bridge as a backdrop. Improbably, they are falling in love.
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