Maya Roy (Konkona Sen Sharma), the Bengali divorcee wearing ethnic chic, who’s an opinionated intellectual and a novelist, who listens to only Hindustani classical, and is also involved in NGO work; Kapil Dev (Anand Tiwari), a Gujarati obsessed with money and shares; the racist Maharashtrian Ajay Karlekar (Satchit Puranik) who’s a grassroots social worker abhorring all things American and non-Marathi; Ramesh S (Namit Das), the South-Indian software engineer who’s a Math whiz and talks of his rank in the arranged marriage market, the bubble-headed Daddy’s girl, heir to a cosmetics company Archana (Ira Dubey); and Rohit Seth (Vivek Gomber) the America-returned `dude’ who flaunts his accent and coaches local call-centers. We’ve seen so many films that exploit these characters and their quirks that they’ve become grating stereotypes. And frankly, these severe typecasts seem gratuitous to the film’s core concept.

The six are competing for a chance to meet President Bush who is scheduled to arrive to India and has expressed desire to shake hands with a young Indian. In picking this representative, a PR agency gets to work. The Agency is headed by Samantha (Shernaz Patel) a bossy, strong-headed CEO, also a divorcee. She makes life miserable for her next-in-command Ritu (Shivani Tanksale) a simpering push-over who does all the hard work. One smells a hint of chauvinism here – the two divorced women are ambitious, smart women confirming the parochial cliché that strong women and marriage don’t mix. The simpering push-over, for example, is happily married.

The group, for them to be shortlisted, is put through ridiculous rounds of `interviews’ like one judging their talent, body flexibility, and one where they must recite Bush’s famous speeches. Through these rounds, we get to know our protagonists a bit. Ajay, for example, once exclaims about Maya – “If they allow divorced women in the competition, they’ll allow non-Hindus next”. Rohit makes a fool of himself by proclaiming that he’s the only one who can have a real conversation with Bush as he is “practically one of them”. Ramesh, when disqualified, says that this competition is just like the Survivor show, “except I didn’t survive”.

There are some funny moments like the one where some prominent American celebrities are shown to be identified and the excited bunch mistakes Britney Spears for Paris Hilton and M. Night Shyamalan for Mahesh Bhupathi. Another interesting scene is where the contestants are asked to spout Bushisms (a term defining the President’s verbal lapses) like his famous ` Singapore is the capital of Asia; `some of our imports come from abroad’; and ` Is our children learning’. As the film moves on we also discover hidden secrets of the gang and aspects to their personality that surprise us.

They are extraordinary actors all but the funniest, perhaps, is Anand Tiwari’s rendering of the bulls-and-bears spouting, self-made Kapil Dev. He calls people `Ae Person’ when he’s at a lack for words, goes out partying Saturday night with his new-found money, which is eating dinner in a lonely corner and enviously watching a group of friends drowning in laughter. His battered esteem propels him to out-prove himself at the competition as he screams `I have been to a disco, ok, with my mummy” and “I have a girlfriend and I am going to tell her that in a few days”. Hilariously, his eagerness to meet Bush has ulterior motives: he wants to bribe the President so that stocks can be manipulated (“Bush has two college-going daughters; imagine the White House electricity bill – he needs my money”).

It’s always tricky making a film outof a play; and indeed, there are portions in the film that are too stagey. Technically, the film gives no reason for complaint. The animated interludes that show which contestant is nearing the finishing line is a fun touch. Debut director Kunaal Roy Kapur has picked a wonderful cast – it’s a bunch of note-perfect, charismatic performers who you hope to spot in future films. For the performances and the irreverent tone, this one could be a sparing weekend option.

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