The Playback Singer

Name: The Playback Singer
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: November 14, 2014

2014

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House Lights Media | Release Date: November 14, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Ray (Ross Partridge), an aimless, would-be jungle-gym architect and his grounded, lawyer, wife Priya (Navi Rawat), find their lives disrupted and their marriage upended when Priya’s estranged father, Ashok (Piyush Mishra), comes to visit them from India. Ashok, a washed up “playback singer” who has spent his life singing for Bollywood filmsRay (Ross Partridge), an aimless, would-be jungle-gym architect and his grounded, lawyer, wife Priya (Navi Rawat), find their lives disrupted and their marriage upended when Priya’s estranged father, Ashok (Piyush Mishra), comes to visit them from India. Ashok, a washed up “playback singer” who has spent his life singing for Bollywood films while divorcing several wives and ignoring his only child, stays with the couple as he embarks on a singing tour of the United States. When it turns out the tour is a scam and that Ashok was an investor and has lost his money, an embarrassed Ashok sticks around while Priya tries to get his money back. He and Ray at first spend their days picking on each other but eventually bond over beers and their shared laidback attitude towards life. But when Priya finds out she’s pregnant and Ray has a less than ideal reaction, Ashok realizes he needs to help Ray turn things around so he can be the good father and husband Ashok never was.… Expand

Director: Suju Vijayan

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

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Sheri Linden

Nov 13, 2014

Droll, unforced humor and low-magnitude emotional tremors register persuasively thanks to the natural performances of the three leads. Read full review

Simon Abrams

Nov 13, 2014

Were it not for Partridge's and Mishra's performances, the generic plot -- Ray becomes inspired after bonding with Ashok, a down-on-his-luck Bollywood singer -- would be completely unmoving and unenlightening. Read full review

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