An unemployed Indian engineer emigrates to England to find work and through a series of circumstances, ends up impersonating a doctor to win the attention of an attractive young woman.An unemployed Indian engineer emigrates to England to find work and through a series of circumstances, ends up impersonating a doctor to win the attention of an attractive young woman.An unemployed Indian engineer emigrates to England to find work and through a series of circumstances, ends up impersonating a doctor to win the attention of an attractive young woman.
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Jane Laurie
- Jo Masters
- (as Janet Laurie)
Sinitta
- Lovely Indian girl
- (as Sinitta Renet Malone)
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Cute!
This movie is hilarious and heart-warming. It is a great thing to turn the channel on the cable box which has all too many worthless t.v.-movies on it and come across a movie that is so cute that you can't stop watching it. This great movie is something rare. A movie with a cute story that doesn't take too much thinking to love it.
It is an unusually candid movie. It depicts the world around mid 1900s
It is one of movies that poignantly depicts an era. It is plainly descriptive with many silly but candid admission of our time. A historical piece which can be used by future cinema researchers. I watched this when I was in early 20s. I thought it was a kind of silly porn because of the wrong summary of the movie. I think it failed badly in making money because marketers did not understand the value of the movie. Don't be fooled by the cover summary. I was surprised by the story then. I went to the UK to study and found out that the movie has some historical value. I am now in my 40s and I find it a very good movie. I think its average point should be around 8.2.
The music is great and comes in right times.
The music is great and comes in right times.
Pretty good for what it is
FOREIGN BODY is a pretty good little British comedy from 1986 about an Indian guy who comes to the UK to make a career but finds himself struggling to find work. In the end, through some bizarre machinations of the plot, he ends up masquerading as a Harley Street doctor and the plot goes from there. Given its obscurity this is a funnier picture than I was expecting, with Banarjee giving a very warm performance as the lead and able support from the likes of Trevor Howard, Anna Massey and Geraldine McEwan.
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Nuttin' great but you gotta love that Ram Das
"Foreign Body" is a cute Brit flick which tells of a lowly, humble, and naive Calcutta flop-house clerk who manages to make his way to the UK where, with the help of a distant relative, he manages to stumble and bumble his way into a position as a physician to the rich. A fun little "East Meets West" flick with a pleasing performance by Banerjee, a bit part by Trevor Howard, and plenty of nonsense, silliness, and corn, "FB" will be an enjoyable tier-two watch for many.
Unexpected find: a funny small movie with an interesting cast.
It's a charming and funny film whose humor also lampoons class distinctions and cross-cultural differences in a very believable manner. The casting is just perfect. If you can find it, rent it or, better yet, buy it: it's a keeper.
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- 1h 51m(111 min)
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