Walkaway is an independent romantic comedy film directed and produced by Shailja Gupta released in 2010. Walkaway has a 40% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 5 reviews with an average rating of 3.6 out of 10.[1]

Walkaway
Directed byShailja Gupta
Written byShailja Gupta
Ruchika Lalwani
Screenplay byShailja Gupta
Produced byShailja Gupta
Shrikant Mohta
Mahendra Soni
Varun Shah
Ruchika Lalwani
Shawn Rice
Executive producers
Kurush Mistry
Neelkanth Ghanwat
Nishith Shah
Co-producers
Shruti Tiwari
Hursh Singh
Misbal Dalvi
Vinay Sharma
StarringManu Narayan
Samrat Chakrabarti
Manish Dayal
Saniv Jhaveri
Deepti Gupta
Carrie Anne James Pallavi Sharda
Ami Sheth
CinematographyTrisha Solyn
Edited byNishany Radhakrishnan
Co-editors
Sanjay Sharma
Shailja Gupta
Music byVishal & Shekhar
Ram Sampath
Sagar Desai
Samrat Chakrabarti
Kurush Mistry
Release date
  • October 29, 2010 (2010-10-29)
Running time
1 hour 37 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Tamil
Hindi
French
Budget$150,000

Synopsis

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Four intersecting stories, each exploring different aspects of love and companionship, as four friends struggle to find their way through the meanders of Indian matrimony, in a bittersweet attempt to combine their deep-rooted tradition and 'modern' New York life in perfect harmony.

Set in New York, this film mocks the clutches of social obligations on 'modern' professionals from India, and explores subtleties of the Indian mega-institution of marriage, from the now-veiled urban dowry system to the overwhelming compromises demanded of a cross-cultural couple. Darius, Vinay, Shridhar and Soham - single, dating, engaged and married, struggle to maintain some semblance of sanity while questioning themselves, their desires and choices, and the importance of unshakeable traditions. Join them and their loved ones on this journey fraught with ethnic and generational differences, and the pressures of modern relationships and careers. What will they choose to walk away from... family, love, their roots?

Cast

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  • Manu Narayan as Darius, The Charmer
  • Samrat Chakrabarti as Sridhar, The Village Boy
  • Manish Dayal as Vinay, The Endearing Spoiled Brat
  • Saniv Jhaveri as Soham, The Prince Charming
  • Deepti Gupta as Nidhi, The Nagging Wife
  • Carrie Anne James as Genevieve, The Dreamer
  • Pallavi Sharda as Sia, The Practical
  • Ami Sheth as Anu, The Wild Child


References

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  1. ^ "Walkaway". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
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