Revel Films Pvt. Ltd project ?Phas Gaya Re Obama? is slated to release on Nov 26.
Warner Bros. Pictures will be distributing the film across India.
?Phas Gaya Re Obama?, produced by Ashok Pandey, is written and directed by Subhash Kapoor.
The curtain raiser of the film was held on Wednesday at a glittering event at Dockyard, Andheri (West) here, wherein the entire star cast of the movie was present.
The film stars Rajat Kapoor, Neha Dhupia and Amole Gupte.
?Our audiences really appreciate comedy films. Phas Gaye Re Obama will surely be a treat to the funny bones of the viewers. The script sounded crazy and the film looks crazier with ensemble cast that we have. The cast and crew members have had a ball while making the film and I am sure everyone watching it will love it,? said Ashok Pandey, CEO of Revel Films.
Writer & director Subhash Kapoor said, ?If five comedians can make people cry of laughter, you will really have to imagine what a team of so many talented actors will do. I have full faith I all the actors. It was a wonderful experience working with the whole cast. I?m looking forward to the release day and I?m confident that everyone will like it.?
?Phas Gaye Re Obama? is comedy set against the backdrop of global recession/meltdown that originated in USA. The film traces the journey of Om Shashtri, an American citizen of Indian origin, who loses all his wealth overnight to the global recession & has been asked to vacate his home by the bank unless he pays up $100,000 (mortgaged amount) within 30 days.
Seeing no other option Om comes to India to sell a small piece of an ancestral property. But within days of landing in India he is kidnapped by a ?recession-hit? underworld gang those who think that he is still a millionaire.
What happens to Om, is he able to save his home, how did the ?poor? gangster cope with their ?poor? catch & what do small town Indian gangsters have to say to President Obama…is largely forms the rest of the story.
The film, showcases how global recession impacted lives from an America based businessman to underworld dons in the dusty plains of small town India.