Phas Gaye Re Obama (2010) on Netflix
Om Shastri, a businessman in America, faces losing his house. He comes to India to sell inherited property. Bhai Sahab, a gangster short of money, has him kidnapped for a ransom.
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Plot summary
Anni and his fellow gangsters work for Bhai Sahab. On television they watch Barack Obama deliver his 'Yes We Can' speech, and Anni, who admires Obama, dreams of moving to America. In America the recession has brought the businessman Om Shastri heavy losses; he will lose his house unless he repays a $100,000 loan within thirty days. He flies to India to sell property he inherited, but buyers are hard to find. Anni meets Om, who offers to take him abroad. Anni tells Bhai Sahab, who takes Om for a rich man and orders his kidnapping.
Cast
- Dinesh Nagas Kanhaiya Lal
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Phas Gaye Re Obama (2010)
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- Director Subhash Kapoor drew the politician played by Amol Gupte from the real-life politicians D.P. Yadav and Shibu Soren, saying some of the character's actions remind him of Raja Bhaiyya.
- Subhash Kapoor developed the idea of a film about recession only after his first film, Salaam India, had a relatively low-key release; he got few opportunities afterwards, leaving him frustrated.
