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Following the death of his father, Ramakant realises that the letters his family has been receiving from Udai have been forged by his father and uncle, and learns that Udai vanished when he reached his port city, Mumbai. He embarks upon a journey to locate his brother. | Following the death of his father, Ramakant realises that the letters his family has been receiving from Udai have been forged by his father and uncle, and learns that Udai vanished when he reached his port city, Mumbai. He embarks upon a journey to locate his brother. | ||
Later Rama found that his brother was working as a barber in Mumbai in a rural area. Rama was devastated and came back to his mess. After that Rama decides to join the Trafficking gang led by a underground lad whon asked him to give 2lakhs in offer to take him to New York City. Rama didn't hesitate once and gave 2laks to the man. By the night of that day he was called at serine place to get picked up. He was then dropped off a port where he finds his brother was working as an assistant for the underground boss. He did'nt looked at his brother and got up into a container with other girls and boys which naturally stated us it was a human trafficking container. In the climax the ship boarded for the New York city and camera pans to the back view of Uday who stares at the container ship sailing off on the huge ocean. After that the BHAI came to him and said to return the loan of 2lakhs he took from him. | |||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
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===Critical reception=== | ===Critical reception=== | ||
On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] ''Umrika'' has an approval score of 77% based on 13 reviews with an average rating of 6.4 out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/umrika/ |title=Umrika - Tomatometer |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> Kenneth Turan of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called ''Umrika'' a "warmly intelligent film"<ref>{{cite web|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|title= Sundance preview: Diverse lineup unspools in Park City|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-sundance-curtain-raiser-20150122-column.html#page=1|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> and included it in his 25 Films of note at Sundance 2015.<ref>{{cite web|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|title=Sundance Film Festival 2015: 25 films of note|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-sundance-film-festival-2015-films-to-spotlight-pictures-photogallery.html|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Dennis Harvey of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' praised the film, giving kudos to "Nair’s soundly constructed script and deft handling of a very good cast."<ref>{{cite web|last=Harvey|first=Dennis|title=Umrika Review: Prashant Nair's Satisfying Drama|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/sundance-film-review-umrika-1201417108/|website=Variety|access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref> Boyd van Hoeij of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' stated Nair has managed to incorporate several big and abstract topics—including what ties us to our families and place of birth and the extent to which these things are important—into a story in which they become highly personal for the characters.<ref>{{cite web|last=Van Hoeij|first=Boyd|title='Umrika': Sundance Review|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/umrika-sundance-review-767929|website=Hollywood Reporter|access-date=29 January 2015}}</ref> Nikola Grozdanovic of [[IndieWire]] gave the film a rating of | On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] ''Umrika'' has an approval score of 77% based on 13 reviews with an average rating of 6.4 out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/umrika/ |title=Umrika - Tomatometer |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> Kenneth Turan of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called ''Umrika'' a "warmly intelligent film"<ref>{{cite web|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|title= Sundance preview: Diverse lineup unspools in Park City|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-sundance-curtain-raiser-20150122-column.html#page=1|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> and included it in his 25 Films of note at Sundance 2015.<ref>{{cite web|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|title=Sundance Film Festival 2015: 25 films of note|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-sundance-film-festival-2015-films-to-spotlight-pictures-photogallery.html|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Dennis Harvey of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' praised the film, giving kudos to "Nair’s soundly constructed script and deft handling of a very good cast."<ref>{{cite web|last=Harvey|first=Dennis|title=Umrika Review: Prashant Nair's Satisfying Drama|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/sundance-film-review-umrika-1201417108/|website=Variety|access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref> Boyd van Hoeij of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' stated Nair has managed to incorporate several big and abstract topics—including what ties us to our families and place of birth and the extent to which these things are important—into a story in which they become highly personal for the characters.<ref>{{cite web|last=Van Hoeij|first=Boyd|title='Umrika': Sundance Review|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/umrika-sundance-review-767929|website=Hollywood Reporter|access-date=29 January 2015}}</ref> Nikola Grozdanovic of [[IndieWire]] gave the film a rating of C− saying that, '"Umrika" is ultimately a [[Non sequitur (fallacy)|non sequitur]] story that, at worst, holds no weight, and, at best, makes little sense to someone born outside of Indian values and traditions.'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2015/01/sundance-review-bollywood-film-umrika-starring-suraj-sharma-tony-revolori-267744/ |title=Sundance Review: Bollywood Film, 'Umrika' Starring Suraj Sharma & Tony Revolori |publisher=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref> ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'' gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5 and said that, "It's a sobering watch and an interesting, if not outstanding, film."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11529056 |title=Movie review: Umrika |publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]]}}{{Rating|3.5|5}}</ref> Paul Byrnes of ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' gave the film a rating of 4 out of 5 saying that, "Umrika achieves remarkable power as a story by concentrating its view of America through the eyes of people who have never been there."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/movie-review-umrikas-subtle-exploration-of-migration-is-exquisitely-painful-20150908-gjhac1.html |title=Movie review: Umrika's subtle exploration of migration is exquisitely painful |publisher=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}{{Rating|4|5}}</ref> Sharon Hurst of [[Cinephilia]] gave the film a rating of 4 out of 5 and said that, "Umrika captures the anomaly and paradox that is life in India. But it is also a finely wrought narrative that ticked enough boxes for it to be a crowd-pleasing winner of the Audience Award at Sundance 2015."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinephilia.net.au/show_review.php?movieid=5858&reviewid=6573 |title=Umrika Movie Review - Sharon Hurst |publisher=[[Cinephilia]]}}{{Rating|4|5}}</ref> | ||
==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||