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Directed by | N. Chandra |
Produced by | N. Chandra Dhaval Gada |
Starring |
Anupam Kher Perizaad Zorabian Purab Kohli Rajpal Yadav Sarika Seema Biswas |
Music by | Suhas Siddharth Kavita Seth |
Distributed by | N Chandra Global Infotainment Ltd Pen India Pvt. Ltd. |
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134 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Yeh Mera India YMI (also named Y.M.I. Yeh Mera India Hindi: ये मेरा इंडिया (भारत)) is a 2008 Hindi movie, written and directed by N. Chandra. The film stars Anupam Kher, Perizaad Zorabian, Sayaji Shinde Purab Kohli, Rajpal Yadav, Sarika, and Seema Biswas.
Yeh Mera India focuses on the comprehensive lifestyle of Mumbai, with a special focus on the biases that permeate the corner of its society. Whether it is communal bias, social bias, economic bias, religious bias or educational bias, the "bias" factor dominates the entire depiction of the film, merging different characters into one story.
The different biases that are incorporated into the film are as following:
Biases of these sort weave the entire story into finding resolutions based on the biases of individuals and the reality of the lifestyle of Mumbai. The message clearly floated through movie is We have to learn to live together like Brothers or perish like Fools, as said by M. Luther King. This movie plot has certain similarities with the plot of Crash (2004), an American movie starring Matt Dillon, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Thandie Newton and Brendan Fraser.
Yeh Mera India received mixed reviews from critics. Rajeev Masand said in his review that "the acting's embarrassingly weak and the scenarios all exaggerated", but Taran Adarsh wrote, "Here's a film that pricks your conscience and makes you think". It also failed to do well at the box office.