Overview
A comedic twist on the global recession that turns a millionaire's life upside down.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- irreverent
- absurdist
- lazy sunday
- group movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film a smart, witty, and unusually textured recession satire with strong comic performances, though some felt its energy weakened in the second half.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The global financial meltdown drives Om's foreclosure crisis and the gangsters' collapsing criminal economy.
The kidnappers are recession-hit gangsters struggling to profit from their supposedly wealthy captive.
The film reshapes Barack Obama's 'Yes We Can' slogan for small-town Indian gangsters.
Om's American mortgage emergency is juxtaposed with the gang's local criminal survival problems.
Films like Phas Gaye Re Obama, and why
Khosla Ka Ghosla!
shared black comedy, criminal underworld satire, and socially observant ensemble humor
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
shared witty social satire, comic criminal schemes, and middle-class economic pressures
The Trouble with You
shared recession-era anxiety, darkly comic crime plotting, and absurdist social commentary
Movie Details
- Director
- Subhash Kapoor
- Release Date
- 2010-11-01
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (62)
Cast
- Rajat Kapoor
- Manu Rishi Chadha
- Neha Dhupia
- Sanjay Mishra
- Amole Gupte
- Amit Sial
- Sushil Pandey
- Devender Chaudhary
- Pragati Pandey
- Brijendra Kala
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Phas Gaye Re Obama about?
- A financially ruined Indian-American businessman becomes an unexpectedly inconvenient kidnapping target for recession-stricken gangsters in small-town India.
- What is Phas Gaye Re Obama like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Phas Gaye Re Obama as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Phas Gaye Re Obama violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Phas Gaye Re Obama as mild.
- What did critics think of Phas Gaye Re Obama?
- Critics broadly found the film a smart, witty, and unusually textured recession satire with strong comic performances, though some felt its energy weakened in the second half.
- Which films are like Phas Gaye Re Obama?
- Films with a similar feel include Khosla Ka Ghosla!, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, and The Trouble with You.
- How long is Phas Gaye Re Obama?
- Phas Gaye Re Obama runs 111 minutes.
- Where can I watch Phas Gaye Re Obama?
- In United States, Phas Gaye Re Obama streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
