Divorce Invitation is a 2012 American romantic comedy film directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy and co-written by Robert Naturman and Bala Rajasekharuni.[3] It was produced by R. R. Venkat and co-produced by M S P Srinivas Reddy.[4] Upon release, the film received mixed reviews.[5][6] The movie is based on director's own 1997 Telugu movie Aahvaanam.[7][8]
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| Directed by | S. V. Krishna Reddy |
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| Based on | Aahvaanam |
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| Cinematography | Brad Rushing |
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Production company | Venkat Productions |
| Distributed by | R. R. Movie Makers |
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Running time | 115 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States[1] |
| Language | English |
Plot
editMike Christian falls in love with a Jewish girl, Dylan Lipnick. Her grandparents initially disapprove, but finally agree to their marriage after Mike converts to Judaism. Dylan's parents' divorce badly affected her and she draws up with a long prenup that Mike signs without reading. They honeymoon and return to the house the grandparents have bought for them.
After four months of marriage, Mike comes up with the idea of franchising the family business to make money, he is joined in this by his best pal Scotty. After putting together a business plan they approach a large business only to find the CEO is on her way to a golf/business week. Dylan takes out a new Visa card to allow Mike to track the CEO down and broker the business deal because this will make for a "happy husband". Mike tracks the CEO down in Scottsdale, Arizona and finds she is actually Alex Birch, the girl he was supposed to take to prom 13 years earlier and did not happen due to interference from her dad. The spark that was there before reignites and they start a relationship. Mike e-mails Dylan to ask for a divorce and immediately afterwards finds out she is pregnant. Following the prenup, Dylan refuses the divorce; the prenup has a clause that a divorce can only happen with a formal divorce ceremony, with everyone from the original wedding and the bride and groom in their original clothes. This has to be followed by a formal ceremony paid for by the person wanting a divorce. Also, the person bringing the divorce has to explain the reasons.
Mike spends a lot of time organizing the ceremony and getting people to attend. On the day of the divorce ceremony, he decides he loves Dylan and apologizes to Alex, and stays with his wife.
Cast
edit- Jonathan Bennett as Mike
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Dylan
- Nadia Bjorlin as Alex
- Maeve Quinlan as Pam
- Elliott Gould as Dylan's grandfather
- Lainie Kazan as Dylan's grandmother
- Paul Sorvino as Daniel Miller
- Richard Kind as George Mason
- Andrea Bowen as Melanie
Production
editDivorce Invitation was reported to be a remake of S. V. Krishna Reddy's 1997 Indian Telugu-language film Aahvaanam,[9] however, Reddy denied the same by saying that it's a completely different subject.[10]
References
edit- ^ Divorce Invitation the movie
- ^ "Divorce Invitation | Yahoo Movies". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
- ^ "'The Sopranos Jamie-Lynn Sigler to Star in Indian Company's First U.S. Film". 28 July 2011.
- ^ "Divorce Invitation Adds Richard Kind, Elliott Gould, and Lainie Kazan – MovieWeb.com". Archived from the original on 26 July 2014.
- ^ Divorce Invitation – Influx Magazine | Influx Magazine
- ^ "Rom-Com Divorce Invitation Goes Out To Elliott Gould, Lainie Kazan – CinemaBlend.com". Archived from the original on 26 July 2014.
- ^ "SV Krishna Reddy's Divorce Invitation to premiere in LA". 12 May 2013.
- ^ "Bollywood News: Latest Entertainment News & Gossips from Bollywood, Hollywood, Korean".
- ^ "Telugu producer RR Venkat passes away aged 57 due to kidney-related ailments". Firstpost. 27 September 2021.
- ^ S. V. Krishna Reddy (2012-03-10). Interview with SV Krishna Reddy. Desiplaza TV USA. Event occurs at 1m37s.