From the team behind Bend it Like Beckham comes this year’s new romantic comedy, It’s A Wonderful Afterlife, which is out on April 21st in the UK and Ireland.

Starring veteran actress Shabana Azmi in a pivotal role, 'It’s A Wonderful Afterlife', a romantic comedy, tells the story of a hysterical Punjabi mother who will go to extreme lengths to get her only daughter married.

It additionally stars an ensemble international cast comprising Goldy Notay, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Sally Hawkins, Mark Addy, and Jimi Mistry.

"I think 'It’s A Wonderful Afterlife' is my best work to date," said Gurinder Chadha of her latest outing after directing films 'Bend it Like Beckham' and 'Bride and Prejudice' to name a few.

Synopsis
Award-winning director, Gurinder Chadha, is back with an Indian mum whose match-making efforts turn deadly when she tries to marry off her daughter in this killer comedy, Mrs Sethi can't bear the thought of her daughter being alone and unhappy. When she can no longer stomach the rudeness of families who refuse her daughter, she takes matters into her own hands with the only way she knows...  Suddenly a police hunt begins for a serial murderer who cooks a killer curry but will her daughter find love before the police come knocking on their door? 

'It's A Wonderful Afterlife' is a comic feast which takes the phrase 'I could murder a curry' to hysterical new heights. The film is due to release in cinemas on the 21st April.

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