The Playback Singer
2014 • Feature Film • ReleasedComedy, DramaAimless Ray and his grounded lawyer wife Priya, find their lives and marriage disrupted when Priya's estranged father Ashok comes to visit them from India. Ashok is a washed up "playback singer" who has spent his life singing for Bollywood films while divorcing several wives and ignoring Priya, who is his only child. He tells them that he is on a singing tour in the US, but in fact Ashok was an investor who has lost his money. Embarrassed, Ashok sticks around while Priya tries to get his money back. He and Ray pick on each other at first, but eventually bond over beers and their shared laid-back attitude. But when Priya finds out she's pregnant and Ray has a less than ideal reaction, Ashok realizes he needs to help Ray turn things around so he can be the good father and husband Ashok never was.
Aimless Ray and his grounded lawyer wife Priya, find their lives and marriage disrupted when Priya's estranged father Ashok comes to visit them from India. Ashok is a washed up "playback singer" who has spent his life singing for Bollywood films while divorcing several wives and ignoring Priya, who is his only child. He tells them that he is on a singing tour in the US, but in fact Ashok was an investor who has lost his money. Embarrassed, Ashok sticks around while Priya tries to get his money back. He and Ray pick on each other at first, but eventually bond over beers and their shared laid-back attitude. But when Priya finds out she's pregnant and Ray has a less than ideal reaction, Ashok realizes he needs to help Ray turn things around so he can be the good father and husband Ashok never was.
