One of the most funny and darkly atmospheric British-Asian films of recent times is to have it's Indian premiere at the Mumbai Film Festival on Sunday 1 November 2009 at 8pm. Cash and Curry which won the coveted Best Audience Award at last year's London Portobello Film Festival is being lined up as a special treat for cinemagoers at the Fun Republic Cinema, Andheri ( West ), Mumbai. The Mumbai Film Festival is officially India's biggest independent film festival and attracts many high profile names. The screening of Cash and Curry will be attended by the films director, Sarjit Bains, and writer and producer, Manish Patel.

Cash and Curry is a fast-paced, comedy-thriller, set in multicultural London. Raj (Ameet Chana) and his friends are tired of being "errand boys" at the bottom of the food chain. Ambition, leads Raj and his friends into the middle of a gang war between two of the biggest drug lords in London – Gabbar (Manish Patel) and Isaac! (Lawrence Stevenson).

Directed by Sarjit Bains who also directed the underground cult classic 'Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees' (2003), the film stars Ameet Chana (Bend It Like Beckham), Pooja Shah (EastEnders), Ronny Jhutti (Eastenders /Shameless), Lee Latchford-Evans (of Steps pop band fame), Lawrence Stevenson, Dane Logan, Richard Angol (Kidulthood / Camp Xray), Sofia Hayat (star of The Forbidden) and Andrew 'Tiny' Harrison (Dead Man Running).

Although Cash and Curry is a comedy it has a dark undercurrent running through its veins and director Sarjit Bains said: "I am absolutely delighted that the film has been selected by the Mumbai Film Festival. This film is a little bit different from the British gangster flicks we have seen in the past…".

The films producer is Manish Patel who also pops up in a cameo role as the 'Baddest Gangsta in Wembley' aka 'Gabbar Patel'. “It is an honour for me and the team who put this film together that it will finally be shown to an Indian audience. The fact that there is an Indian influence running through the heart of this film makes it even better,” said Manish. “Although it is a crime film, there are lots of funny scenes that will be appreciated by an Indian audience” he added.

Shyam Benegal, chairperson of the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI), which organises the Mumbai Film Festival, said it was important to prop up young film-makers by showing their films and rewarding them generously so that they could fund subsequent projects. “Often their first films are good but they may not do well in the market,’’ he said. “We don’t want them to hang about before making their second film.’’

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