Bazodee

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Bazodee

PG-13

2016

1h 30m

Romance

Drama

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An indebted East Indian businessman (Kabir Bedi) arranges a marriage for his young daughter (Natalie Perera), but she falls for a local singer (Machel Montano) on the island of Trinidad.

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Denise Balkissoon

Globe and Mail

09/30/2016

1/4

The film never weaves together its various strands as tightly as the soundtrack does, and it's unlikely that those unfamiliar with the cultures of the Caribbean will understand where everyone is coming from.

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Nick Schager

Variety

08/05/2016

Fails to capture either the freewheeling, joyous spirit of the Caribbean or the heady euphoria of blossoming romance.

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Helen T. Verongos

New York Times

08/04/2016

Pretty and upbeat, if insubstantial.

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David Noh

Film Journal International

08/04/2016

Hardly world-shaking, but a nice, very smoothly executed summer refreshment.

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11/06/2018

Fantastic film! Very funny, and you really feel for the characters. A great feel good movie with amazing music.

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07/19/2018

fun movie with a lot of soca.

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06/01/2018

Absolutely love the music my children love all the singing and dancing. Very good movie.

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11/19/2016

love love loved this movie...if you a soca junkie you will love it too...even the guys liked it....want more.

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09/23/2016

Overall an enjoyable movie with tremendous potential to showcase Trinidad its Carnival and Indo-Caribbean culture. I especially loved the underlying theme of unity through the mixing of our musical culture. The bollywood flavour is a sound basis to launch Machel's journey into movie fame and fortune and fits well with some of his most memorable pieces like "Unity".

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09/19/2016

Seeing this film through the eyes of a patriotic Trinidadian, I left the (Imax-thanks for supporting local content) cinema with an overall sense of happiness and pride. This film used established "soca" music to create a romantic storyline set in the annual carnival season. Not unlike how today's Broadway musicals use established music to construct contrived storylines to come up with a show. Case and Point, Mama Mia. The film can also be compared to the Bollywood genre of film making. Well-to-do girl falls in love with down trodden guy, against the family's wishes. We always seem to love the right people at the wrong time. But the movie itself, kept me entertained with the pulsating music of Machel Montano. The cinematic quality of the film was luxe and Trinidad and Tobago looked great. The casting was adequate and believable. I truly believed Anita was a Trini girl, her fiancee was dreamy, one brother nerdy while the other brother was "anal" and conniving. " Of course the supporting cast all did a pretty decent job. Well done.. Proud to support local film. Go see it.

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Todd Kessler

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Kabir Bedi

Ram Panchouri

Natalie Perera

Anita Panchouri

Machel Montano

Lee de Leon

Valmike Rampersad

Nikhil Kumar

Teneille Newallo

Poorvi Panchouri

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Synopsis

An indebted East Indian businessman (Kabir Bedi) arranges a marriage for his young daughter (Natalie Perera), but she falls for a local singer (Machel Montano) on the island of Trinidad.

Director: Todd Kessler
Producer: Susanne Bohnet, Steven Brown, Claire Ince, Ancil McKain, Lorraine O'Connor
Screenwriter: Claire Ince
Distributor: Serafini Releasing
Production Co: Trinidad & Tobago Film Commission, Create Entertainment, Monk Pictures, Indiepelago Films
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Language|Some Suggestive Content)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 5, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 4, 2018
Runtime: 1h 30m

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