The Other End of the Line

Released: October 31, 2008

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Rated: PG-13

Run Time: 1 hr 46 mins

Director: James Dodson

Cast: Jesse Metcalfe, Anupam Kher, Sara Foster, Austin Basis, Shriya Saran, Kit Hawksin

The Other End of the Line is a charming romantic comedy about global love connections and clashing cultures. An employee at an Indian call-center named Priya travels to San Francisco to meet a guy (Jesse Metcalfe) she falls in love with over the telephone.

Metcalfe plays the role of Granger Woodruff, an advertising hotshot who is trying to land a new client. Granger receives a call from “Jennifer David” who is actually Priya disguised as an American who lives in San Francisco (she is really in Mumbai, India) about fraudulent charges to one of his credit cards. They strike up a casual flirtation, which causes them both to question their respective romantic prospect: He, a diva-like girlfriend (Sara Foster); she, an arranged marriage to a mama’s boy.

When Granger has to go to San Francisco on business, he decides to ask Priya to meet him while he’s there, since she lives in Mumbai she declines at first, making something up. She then changes her mind and decides to take a chance. She finally meets him, but not as her alter ego (Jennifer, as he knows her). But with Priya’s traditionalist family on the hunt to find their “innocent” daughter, it isn’t long before the two are forced to confront their true identities and intentions.

I found this movie to be entertaining from beginning to end, with a fabulous story-line and great characters. I don’t particularly like Jessie Metcalfe’s movies; however he did a great job alongside Shriya Saran in this movie. She is quite lovely; I had never seen her in a movie before last night. I would recommend giving this under-the-radar movie a chance.