English Vinglish

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English Vinglish

"The first time only happens once."

2012

2h 14m

7.2(266 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Family

Overview

In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into her personal language school.

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18 members

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Sridevi

Shashi Godbole

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Adil Hussain

Satish Godbole

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Mehdi Nebbou

Laurent, a French cook

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Priya Anand

Radha

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Navika Kotia

Sapna

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Shivansh Kotia

Sagar

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Sujata Kumar

Manu

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Rajeev Ravindranathan

P Ramamurthy

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Sumeet Vyas

Salman Khan

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Ruth Aguilar

Eva

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Maria Romano

Yu Son

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Cory Hibbs

David

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Damian Thompson

Udumbke

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Sulabha Deshpande

Grandma

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Ashwin Mathew

Father Vincent

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Amitabh Bachchan

A passenger in flight (uncredited)

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Rajeev Pahuja

Dancer

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Ajith Kumar

A passenger in flight - Cameo

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