My Boss (2012)

Original title

My ബോസ്

Directed by

Jeethu Joseph

Genre

romantic comedy film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 32m

Rated

U

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man takes a job as an executive assistant to a boss who is an Indian-born Australian citizen. When her visa expires and she risks losing a promotion, she pressures him into a fake marriage so she can stay in India.

lightheartedromanticplayfulupbeatcheerfulfeel-goodamusingbreezy

What happens

My Boss is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph. The film stars Dileep and Mamta Mohandas in the lead roles. The film is produced by East Coast Vijayan under the banner of East Coast Communications. It was filmed in Mumbai and various locations in Kerala. The film is an adaptation of the 2009 American film The Proposal starring Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock. The American film included various dialogues and plot twists which were adapted into My Boss. The film is set in the backdrop of the IT industry. The film follows Manu Varma (Dileep) who's hired as the executive assistant in a leading firm in Mumbai who aspires to migrate to a foreign country while Priya Nair (Mamtha Mohandas), his boss, an Indian-born Australian citizen has visa problems at a time when she has the opportunity to get a promotion. This leads Priya to get into a fake marriage with Manu to stay in India. My Boss was released on 13 November 2012 coinciding with Diwali to positive reviews from critics and was declared a commercial hit. The film was remade in Kannada in 2014 as Software Ganda starring Jaggesh and Nikita Thukral. It is currently being remade in Tamil as Sandakkari since 2019 starring Vimal and Shriya Saran. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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