--- title: 'English Vinglish (2012)' type: 'film' director: 'Gauri Shinde' released: '2012-01-01' runtime_minutes: 133 genres: - 'Comedy' countries: - 'India' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/english-vinglish-2012' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2181931/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # English Vinglish (2012) 2012 · 133 min · Comedy · India ## Synopsis English Vinglish is a 2012 Indian comedy drama film written and directed by Gauri Shinde. The film stars Sridevi as Shashi Godbole, a small-time entrepreneur who makes snacks and sweets. Shashi enrolls in an English-speaking course to stop her husband and daughter mocking her poor English, and gains self-respect in the process. Shashi was written by Shinde, inspired by her mother. The film marked Sridevi's return to film acting after a 15-year hiatus; it also features Adil Hussain, French actor Mehdi Nebbou, and Priya Anand. Amitabh Bachchan makes a cameo appearance in the film's original Hindi version, whereas Ajith Kumar replaced him in the same portions of the film that were reshot for the Tamil-dubbed version. ## Credits - **Director:** [Gauri Shinde](https://cinepixo.com/people/gauri-shinde) - **Screenplay:** [Gauri Shinde](https://cinepixo.com/people/gauri-shinde) - **Original Music Composer:** [Amit Trivedi](https://cinepixo.com/people/amit-trivedi) - **Producer:** [R. Balki](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-balki), [Rakesh Jhunjhunwala](https://cinepixo.com/people/rakesh-jhunjhunwala) - **Director of Photography:** [Laxman Utekar](https://cinepixo.com/people/laxman-utekar) ## Cast - [Mehdi Nebbou](https://cinepixo.com/people/mehdi-nebbou) - [Ajith Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/ajith-kumar) - [Priya Anand](https://cinepixo.com/people/priya-anand) - [Amitabh Bachchan](https://cinepixo.com/people/amitabh-bachchan) - [Sridevi](https://cinepixo.com/people/sridevi) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://englishvinglishacademy.com/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/english-vinglish-2012 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3054309); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.