Rumor Has it

I recently got the opportunity to meet with the talented director of the hit new film Kissing Cousins. It is currently being played at film festivals across the world. My sources Mumbai tell me that it is quite a hit, receiving cheers, claps, and laughs.

The story is about 29 year old Amir who is a "relationship termination specialist". No I'm not trying to be cute this time, this is his actual job. Remember your last breakup the pain, the awkwardness, the retrieval of the box full of sweatshirts, dvds and underwear. Well Amir's career is to be the anti cupid. The one who breaks the bad news. Good for other people but the job has taken its toll on Amir and he is now dead inside. His friends even say he has bad relationship karma and won't allow them to be apart of their weddings! When he goes home for Thanksgiving he is reunited with Zara his cousin who he does not get along with. After taking a road trip back home together she softens up to his situation and introduced herself as his girlfriend to his friends. She even helps him figure out better ways to give the bad break up news to his victims. What happens next? Watch it and find out!

Check out what the insider's are saying about the film!

Amyn Kaderali on professional dumping:
(write-director-producer)
How did you get the idea of the professional heartbreaker?
I heard a story several years ago on NPR about professional "dumpers" in Japan. Because Japanese culture tends towards "saving face" and avoiding drama, people in Japan were starting to hire an intermediary to do the dirty work for them. When I started writing Amir, I wanted him to have a really original job. The "heartbreaker" idea came to my mind immediately. Not only was it great fun to come up with various breakup scenarios, but his job ended up helping to show why Amir was single when all his friends were couples.

Samrat Chakrabarti and some funny moments:
(Amir)
It was tremendous fun to shoot, because the film is full of off-the-wall characters and it was cast perfectly. I had to hold in my laughter during takes because the other actors were so funny and unpredictable, especially Gerry Bednob, whose delivery is priceless. Sometimes Amyn didn't call cut at the end of the scene, so we would improve different endings. And the minute he would call cut, you would hear a roar of laughter from the crew. Rebecca and I had many laughs too-she's a very spontaneous actor and we just played off each other. Sometimes it got pretty goofy; watch the elevator scene after the Christmas party and you will see what I mean.

Rebecca Hazlewood on being Zara:
(Zara)
Well when I was little I was kind of aggressive like her. I'm sure I used to frighten my cousins. Also, it was a truthful portrayal of a chick from London who happens to be Indian. The film wasn't making an issue of race. It is what it is.

Still want more? Be sure to check it out at the Indian film Festival in Los Angeles in April or visit the website
http://web.mac.com/amynkaderali/iWeb/KissingCousins/Home.html

Thanks for stopping by~*~ReshmaDhawan~*~