As the ‘Bush’ jokes era winds down with Barack Obama taking over on 20th January, here’s one last satirical jibe at ‘The Decider’ who has been ‘misunderestimated’! So, it’s 2006 and the President (of the US of A of course!) is coming. Among other things on his agenda after Air Force One (the Presidential plane) touches down in 
India, is his wish to shake hands with a ‘young’ Indian and the responsibility for finding that Indian is of Samantha Patel’s whose Zenith PR is the agency hired for the job. Six madcap shortlists later, Samantha and able assistant Ritu Johnson find themselves in the American consulate taking the contestants through a ‘Survivor’ meets ‘Big Boss’ style reality show setting to find out who will be the last one standing to shake hands with the President.
Throw in six dysfunctional contestants in a room for a night as they compete in farcical rounds (‘Recognising American Faces’ where one guy thinks Bin Laden is Osho or reading out a Bush speech while acting like a duck!) and the laughs are bound to come. The beauty is that the laughs are a result of insightful writing and dialogue as much as the ability of the cast. Konkona Sen Sharma is in top form as the Bengali author and the frontrunner in the contest, but the others too play their slightly typecast (there’s the Gujju stock broker, the right wing MBA, the cool accent trainer, the software engineer and even a Paris Hilton wannabe!), but hilariously funny, roles with aplomb!....Continue
India, is his wish to shake hands with a ‘young’ Indian and the responsibility for finding that Indian is of Samantha Patel’s whose Zenith PR is the agency hired for the job. Six madcap shortlists later, Samantha and able assistant Ritu Johnson find themselves in the American consulate taking the contestants through a ‘Survivor’ meets ‘Big Boss’ style reality show setting to find out who will be the last one standing to shake hands with the President.Throw in six dysfunctional contestants in a room for a night as they compete in farcical rounds (‘Recognising American Faces’ where one guy thinks Bin Laden is Osho or reading out a Bush speech while acting like a duck!) and the laughs are bound to come. The beauty is that the laughs are a result of insightful writing and dialogue as much as the ability of the cast. Konkona Sen Sharma is in top form as the Bengali author and the frontrunner in the contest, but the others too play their slightly typecast (there’s the Gujju stock broker, the right wing MBA, the cool accent trainer, the software engineer and even a Paris Hilton wannabe!), but hilariously funny, roles with aplomb!....Continue
