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Touch of Pink

TOUCH OF PINK is a comic clash of cultures, values, and sexuality. Alim (THE GURU’S Jim Mistry) seems to have it all: a great career, a handsome boyfriend, and a personal guide in the spirit of Cary Grant (Kyle MacLachlan from TV’s “Sex and the City”). And living thousands of miles from his mother Nuru (Suleka Matthew) and his family in Toronto, he can keep his lifestyle hidden. But when Alim’s conservative mom pays an impromtu visit, with the intention of dragging her son to a big fat monsoon wedding and getting him matched up with a “nice girl”, the spirit of Cary Grant sudddenly becomes indispensable.
Jimi Mistry (THE GURU, EAST IS EAST) stars in this charming and surprisingly poignant romantic comedy, which is driven by the humor that infuses the multifaceted cultural divide between the young and old, Indian and Western, gay and straight–not to mention real and imaginary, alive and dead–characters. Alim is a young South Indian movie photographer living in London after relocating there from Canada. He lives with his boyfriend Giles (Kristen Holden-Reid), as well as the ghost of Cary Grant (Kyle MacLachlan), whom only Alim can see. Pursuing the ideal world presented in the films of Grant-era Hollywood, Alim seeks and then follows the advice of the ghost. This works out pretty well until his mother Nuru decides to come for a visit. She is a conservative Indian mother who is concerned at Alim’s bachelorhood, especially in light of her nephew’s impending wedding and the friendly sibling rivalry she shares with his mother. Madcap confusion ensues as Alim tries to keep Giles’ true identity and his own, from being discovered by his mother, all the while trying to maintain composure in the style of his mentor.

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