Cast
Sridevi as Shashi Godbole
Priya Anand as Radha
Mehdi Nebbou as Laurent
Adil Hussain as Satish
Sujata Kumar
Cory Hibbs as David Fischer
Rajeev Ravindranathan as P Ramamurthy
Sumeet Vyas as Salman Khan
Ruth Aguilar as Eva
Damian Thomson as Udumbke
Maria Romano as Yu Son
Neelu Sodhi as Meera
Ross Nathan as Kevin
Maria Pendolino as Jennifer
Sulbha Deshpande as Mrs. Godbole
Shivansh Kotia as Sagar
Guest appearances
Ajith Kumar - in Tamil Version
Amitabh Bachchan - in Hindi Version
During the early 2011, it was reported that Sridevi would make a comeback with a film to be directed by ad filmmaker Gauri Shinde and produced by Gauri's husband R. Balki. It was said that Sridevi will play the protagonist and will be play the role of a lady speaking English and the hilarious sequences that takes place in the process to learn the language forms the rest of the story.Amitabh Bachchan is playing a cameo in the film and he shot with us for a day".[4]
Owing to Sridevi's comeback after more than a decade, the film garnered much media excitement. Amitabh's cameo, music by Amit Trivedi and Balki's track record have further added to the interest in the film. The film rights have been bought by Eros International for a sum for Rs. 20 crore owing to Sridevi's continuing popularity and superstar status.
The film marks the Bollywood debut of actress Priya Anand,[7] whose previous work is in the Tamil and Telugu cinemas. It is also the directorial debut of Gauri Shinde and has been shot mostly in New York.[7] Balki also clarified that, other than Sridevi all the actors in the film will be new.[4] The principal photography concluded in October and the film will also be dubbed and released in Tamil and Telugu.[4][1][7]
Promotion
The first look of English Vinglish was launched on 14 June 2012. The official distributor Eros International posted the first look video and poster on 14 June on YouTube and Twitter.[8][9]. The two-minute teaser showed Sridevi reading out the Censor Certificate of the film in deliberate broken English according to her character Sashi in the film who struggles with the language. The first look met with a very positive response and was praised for its unique and fresh concept.[10][11] The full theatrical trailer was unveiled at a special media event on 13 August 2012 to coincide with Sridevi's birthday. The trailer met with an overwhelming response and went viral on YouTube crossing one million views within a week of release.[12] Sridevi's performance in the trailer was also highly acclaimed by her fans and the media with Hindustan Times reporting, "Sridevi casts a spell in English Vinglish."[13] Tamil and Telugu theatrical trailers were subsequently released at Chennai and Hyderabad respectively.
Soundtrack