Writing
The Mrs is one of five films based on the same script from Bombay Sapphire Imagination Series 2012.
Amir is an illegal Pakistani immigrant smuggled into England in the 1960's to work, to send money to his family and perhaps even bring them over with him. A skilled laborer, he is forced to do unskilled work like shoveling sheep dung and processing wool. He lives in a boarding house with nearly a dozen other men, under the supervision of Hussein Shah. He befriends a young student, Sakib, who dreams of being a writer. Their existence is punctuated by secret movies, a visiting prostitute, fear of detection and deportation, and the gangster-like smuggler who comes by for his take every week. The household is shaken up by the arrival of a white girl, Shah's girlfriend, and the sense of femininity and family she brings.
Shammi (Grewal) is a wanderer, forced to return home to Southall in West London after the death of his brother Paji, His time away has left his family and friends with mixed emotions about his return. His best friend Banger is distant toward him; his nephew, Sonu and niece, Preeti, are indifferent at best. Above all Shammi is haunted by the memories of the woman he lost. The murder of his love Yasmin is what drove him away – was it a revenge killing? A question that Shammi cannot face…
A Jewish boy nurturing a secret romance with a Muslim girl, despite the realities of their backgrounds, is unaware he is being stalked. While the young lovers struggle to be open about their relationship, the stalker's obsession reveals a thought provoking turn culminating in the trio coming face to face.
Locked down, shielded and isolated, ShoPaapaa hobbles around his tiny universe. In a monologue that has no audience, he rails against racism and bullies, he ponders his existence lying fallen on the floor, and he makes his bed...slowly, miserably, painfully. And he never loses hope.
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