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Nala Damayanthi (2003)
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Original name: நள தமயந்தி
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A village cook Ramji goes to Australia to become a chef at a multi-millionaire Indian's home. Unfortunately, the millionaire dies of indigestion the day Ramji arrives, leaving him jobless with an expired visa. Desperate to stay and earn, he starts working illegally as a cook, but to stay on, he needs to get legal. A solution comes up when Damayanthi, a free-spirited biker, agrees to marry the docile cook for a price.
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, intercultural, romantic comedy, light hearted, road movie
Plot:
chef, satire, visa, marriage of convenience, illegal alien, fish out of water, job, coping, escapades, problem, immigration, illegal immigration, cooking, working class, secret marriage, diaspora, friendship, transformation, identity, love hate relationship, biker, social commentary, tamil, guilty pleasure
Time:
2000s, contemporary
Place:
australia, india
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