Rotten
It's frightfully formulaic, with nary a twist or turn on the patented mockumentary form.
Reyhan Harmanci, San Francisco Chronicle
Overview
A ruthless philantrophist. A bhangra rapper. An over-protected prodigy. A reckless actress. A lovelorn businessman. An entrepreneurial yogi. And a Loin King. Enter a roller-coaster world of seven strangers whose lives collide during a singing contest in a small New Jersey town.
Director and cast
- Shabana Azmi as Rrita Kapoor
- Ajay Naidu as Turbanotorious B.D.G.
- Ayesha Dharker as Opama Menon
- Michael Raimondi as Josh Cohen
- Seema Rahmani as Sania Rehman
- Jameel Khan as Mr. Bokade
- Darshan Jariwala as Sanjeev Patel
- Ishitta Sharma as Preeti Patel
- Manish Acharya as Vikram Tejwani
- Kunaal Roy Kapur as Mr. White
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
60%
Tomatometer
Rotten
An uninspired cultural comedy with a few sharp lines to recommend it.
Sam Adams, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
The zany incomprehensibility of the title should serve as fair warning of the quirkfest to come.
Kristi Mitsuda, L.A. Weekly
Rotten
The cast is personable even though their characters and the story are cliched.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Fresh
Joins show-time antics to sociocultural commentary without reducing its characters, colorful as they are, to cartoons.
Nathan Lee, New York Times
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