Curry Munchers

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Curry Munchers - 2011



Mahayana Films Ltd. - 110 min.
UPC - 9312590153242


Cast: Anand Naidu, Alison Titulaer, Ajay Vasisht, Leela Patel, Rajeev Varma, Tarun Mohanbhai, Ben Mitchell, Vidya Venugapalan, Bhavnesh Soni, Jenny Li
Screenwriter: Padma Akula from a story by Anand Naidu; Director of Photography: Karl Schodt; Music Director: Allen Jansson; Editing: Jennie Cruse; Production Manager: Gaurav Gupta; Art Director: Haley Williams; Technical Director and Post-Production Supervisor: Ken Khan; Producers: Anand Naidu, Rajendran Naidu;
Director: Cristobal Araus Lobos

Sid is an Indian immigrant who has recently arrived in New Zealand. Instead of focusing on his studies to become an engineer, he goes behind his parents back and gets a part-time restaurant job to buy a motor bike and catch the attention of girls. However things begin to change when the first ever 'Auckland Metro Cooking Competition' presents an opportunity to change his life. The struggle to keep all sides happy leads Sid to question who and what is most important in his new life. A comedy mixed with some serious issues that made me laugh more than once. Very good dialogue soundtrack, although I found most of the music to be less appealing. Photography was also a bit off the mark in technical quality, but satisfactory. Recommended.

Censor Rating: PG - Review rating: B-


AVAILABILITY OF DVD COPIES

The PAL R4 dvd's format is 1.78:1, enhanced for 16:9, with a 5.1 dolby digital English soundtrack that contains subtitles when Hindi is spoken. Extras include a 9 minute "Behind the Scenes" featurette, a 6 minute music video and the trailer.
It is available from New Zealand resellers for about $25nz. As of 14 July 2011, I have not found any sources outside of NZ.



SOUNDTRACK ON AUDIO CD

No known soundtrack CDs of this title.

Link to soundtrack sample download



REVIEWS

Helen Martin's review at OnFilm

Arvind Kumar Review in the NZ Indian Weekender

Peter Calder's NZ Herald Review

Jacqueline Smith NZ Hearld Review

Michael McLachlan's Voxy Review

Darren Bevan's TVNZ Review

UNITEC Scoop News Report

Flicks (NZ) Reviews



TRAILER & MISC

Official Trailer

Radio NZ National audio interview with Anand Naidu

Fiji's Ministry of Information report of Fiji premiere

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