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This is the story of Armaan Ali, a driver working for a senior executive in Mumbai. He takes a month's leave to find a husband for his teenage daughter, who lives near Hyderabad. When he is delayed and returns to work after three months, his employer threatens to sack him. But he is persuaded to listen to the reason for Armaan Ali's delay. The story he relates is delightful, hilarious -- and poignant. Written by DDA PR

26 March 2010 (India)

Cast: Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba, Sameer Dattani, Ila Arun, Ravi Kissen, Sonali Kulkarni, Rohan Kapoor, Yashpal Sharma, Ravi Jhankal, Rajit Kapoor

Director: Shyam Benegal

Rating: **

Two years back, Shyam Benegal revived the rural landscape in Hindi cinema with `Welcome to Sajjanpur’. He’s back with another slice of the countryside in `Well Done Abba’ : the only way to sell the village to multiplex audience is have an English title. Part irony, part reality, pretty much the tone of Benegal’s films.

`Well Done Abba’ scores on a couple of counts. By getting Boman Irani to play Armaan Ali, resident of Chikatpally in Andhra Pradesh, father of a teenage daughter, and above all, teller of truth. And by focusing on the emotive issue of water, or the lack of it : Ali’s village is drought-ridden, and water is a precious commodity, not to be shared with the thirsty.