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{{Infobox film| name = Yeh Mera India
| image = Yeh Mera India poster.jpg
| caption = YMI Theatrical Poster
| director = [[N. Chandra]]
| producer = N. Chandra Dhaval Gada
| starring = [[Anupam Kher]] [[Perizaad Zorabian]] [[Purab Kohli]] [[Rajpal Yadav]] [[Sarika]] [[Seema Biswas]]
| music = Suhas Siddharth [[Kavita Seth]]
| distributor = N Chandra Global Infotainment Ltd Pen India Pvt. Ltd.
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2008|08|13|Filmi South Asian Film Festival|2009|08|28|Indian}}
| runtime = 134 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
}}
'''''Yeh Mera India''''' (also named '''''Y.M.I. Yeh Mera India''''' {{lang-hi| ये मेरा इंडिया (भारत)}}) is a 2008 [[Hindi]] movie, written and directed by [[N. Chandra]]. The film stars [[Anupam Kher]], [[Perizaad Zorabian]], [[Sayaji Shinde]] [[Purab Kohli]], [[Rajpal Yadav]], [[Sarika]], and [[Seema Biswas]].

==Plot==
''Yeh Mera India'' focuses on the comprehensive [[lifestyle (sociology)|lifestyle]] of [[Mumbai]], with a special focus on the biases that permeate the corner of its society. Whether it is communal, social, economic, religious or educational biases, the "bias" factor dominates the entire depiction of the film, merging different characters into one story.

The different biases that are incorporated into the film are as following:

#Religious bias - A devout [[Muslim]] listens to the radical sermons of a religious leader that aims to instigate his followers to take revenge for the wrongdoings occurring within the Islamic community. This leads his followers to collaborate to create havoc in the city, but plans fail. However, when the plan is about to succeed, the follower decides to abort it, seeing a Hindu boy walk towards it. This child had previously helped a lost Muslim girl find her mother.
#Communal bias - [[Rajpal Yadav]] is a [[Bihari people|Bihari]] who has just arrived in Mumbai, looking for work. In his quest for some money and food, Yadav encounters incredible bias against his community, with [[Marathi people|Marathis]] blaming his creed for taking away jobs and others ridiculing his sub-par technical skills. On the other side, [[Shrivallabh Vyas]] a [[Brahmin]] politician opposes his son's courtship of [[Smilie Suri]] a [[Dalit]] girl; however, he decides to exploit the relationship for political gain.
#Social bias - [[Sarika]] is the administrator of a large hospital, running it with zeal and fervor. [[Seema Biswas]] is a poor woman who is trying to gather funds for her husband's bail money, as he has been framed in a fraudulent case. Biswas works at Sarika's house, cooking meals and cleaning the house. Despite Seema's honest work, Sarika continues to doubt her when things go missing, checking her purse and doubting her character. In the end, it is Biswas who comes to the aid of Sarika at a crucial moment.
#[[Sexism|Gender bias]] - [[Sarika]]'s husband is a successful builder and owner of several [[Call Centre]] across Mumbai. Intoxicated with money and power, he finds himself unable to resist deflowering women, using every moment to lure women, by showering expensive gifts on them. However, a moment arrives where he finds himself on crossroads, unable to face the reality, but understanding its repercussions.
#Economic bias - [[Perizaad Zorabian]] is a successful creative head of a [[Television channel|channel]]. However, work and life has tensed her. She is unable to bear the hectic pressure of Mumbai and asks her husband to find work in either the [[United States]] or [[United Kingdom]]. Perizaad looks for opportunities to insult people and finds her financial power too strong to succumb to emotion.

Biases of these sort weave the entire story into finding resolutions based on the biases of individuals and the reality of the lifestyle of Mumbai. The message clearly floated through movie is ''We have to learn to live together like Brothers or perish like Fools'', as said by [[Martin Luther King, Jr.|M. Luther King]]. This movie plot has certain similarities with the plot of ''[[Crash (2004 film)|Crash]]'' (2004), an American movie starring [[Matt Dillon]], [[Sandra Bullock]], [[Don Cheadle]], [[Thandie Newton]] and [[Brendan Fraser]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Jhunjhunwal|first=Udita|title=Yeh Mera India|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review_real-stories-behind-the-headlines_1285779|access-date=15 July 2011|newspaper=DNA|date=28 August 2009}}</ref>

==Cast==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Actor or actress !! Role
|-
|[[Anupam Kher]]|| Judge Ayyar
|-
|[[Atul Kulkarni]]||Raja Shetty
|-
|[[Aakash Pandey]]|| TV Director
|-
|[[Milind Gunaji]]|| Ashfaq
|-
|[[Perizaad Zorabian]]|| Jennifer Ali
|-
|[[Purab Kohli]]||Nachiket Joshi
|-
|[[Shrivallabh Vyas]]||Vivek Joshi
|-
|[[Smiley Suri]]|| Asha Ambedkar
|-
|[[Parvin Dabbas]]|| Sameer Ali
|-
|[[Rajit Kapoor]]||Arun Talreja
|-
|[[Rajpal Yadav]]||Bhola Paswan
|-
|[[Sarika]]|| Sushma Talreja
|-
|[[Sayaji Shinde]]|| Inspector Chandrakant Shinde
|-
|[[Seema Biswas]]||Sharada Bai
|-
|[[Vijay Raaz]]||Noor Ahmed Khan
|-
|[[Ashwin Mushran]]||Amarjit Singh
|-
|[[Virendra Saxena]]||Dr. Mandadhi
|-
|[[Siddhant Karnick]]||Jatin Gunguly
|-
|}

==Reception==
''Yeh Mera India'' received mixed reviews from critics. [[Rajeev Masand]] said in his review that "the acting's embarrassingly weak and the scenarios all exaggerated",<ref>{{cite news|last=Masand|first=Rajeev|title=Masand's Verdict: Yeh Mera India over the top|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masands-movie-review-yeh-mera-india-over-the-top/100182-8.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830183230/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masands-movie-review-yeh-mera-india-over-the-top/100182-8.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 August 2009|access-date=15 July 2011|newspaper=CNN-IBN|date=29 August 2009}}</ref> but [[Taran Adarsh]] wrote, "Here's a film that pricks your conscience and makes you think".<ref>{{cite news|last=Adarsh|first=Taran|title=Y.M.I. - Yeh Mera India|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/14175/|access-date=15 July 2011|newspaper=Bollywood Hungama|date=29 August 2009}}</ref> It also failed to do well at the box office.<ref>{{cite news|last=Adesara|first=Hetal|title=Box Office: All eyes on Wanted and Dil Bole Hadippa|url=http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=14351|access-date=15 July 2011|newspaper=Business Of Cinema|date=8 September 2009}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
#"Aap Roothe Rahe" ([[Kavita Seth]])
#"Bansuri" ([[Zubeen Garg]])
#"Dil Mandir" (Kavita Seth)
#"More Naina" (Kavita Seth)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1002963|Yeh Mera India}}
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[[Category:2008 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films about the caste system in India]]
[[Category:Films about women in India]]
[[Category:Films about poverty in India]]
[[Category:Films about religious violence in India]]
[[Category:Films directed by N. Chandra]]
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