Review of unINDIAN (2015) by Sanjay N — 18 Aug 2016

UnIndian is an unabashed feel-good Romantic comedy that has the best trappings of its genre. Set in Austrlia, this film features Brett Lee in his first cinematic avatar. He plays the role of a teacher who specializes in Aussie accents & way of speaking and he does so with a degree of comfort you would not think possible with a first- time actor whose past career was as an international cricketer.

The film essentially weaves the plot of his friendship & eventual romance with the Indian Origin character played by Tannishta who plays a single mom against the Multi-cultural melting pot that is the Australia of today.

While the story line stays simple, the execution is Breezy, Light hearted & well-paced. The Characters are etched well & nuanced ever so in a manner that shows that the Director understands the background that the movie is set in.

Led by Tannishta, the cast has all-round done a good job. Special mention for the background score work by Salim-Sulaiman. This is a great debut film for the Director Anupam Sharma as well as the Once fast bowler & now actor Brett Lee.

Must say like him much more here than when he was hurling those scary bouncers against Indian batsmen.