THE comical new series Mumbai Calling on HBO, in English is to be a laughter riot, funny and entertaining and based on the business of outsourcing, which will have you glued to your seats, with a twist in each episode and humorous sequences leaving you with immense anticipation and a yearning to know more! The story is set in the Tecknobable Call Centre in downtown Mumbai where England has outsourced its mundane day to day problems to a team of tech-savvy Universi ty graduates. The hilarious adventures of the team are recounted with Kenny Gupta (Sanjeev Bhaskar), a London born accountant who has been sent to run the centre. His journey in Mumbai is redolent with his encounters with Dev Rajaha (Nitin Ganatra), his erstwhile general manager and purveyor of clandestine goods and services who has been running the operation, and with Terri Johnson (Daisy Beaumont), a dynamic, feisty woman who comes from the UK headquarters to streamline the Indian operations.
Shot entirely on location in India, Mumbai Calling is a series of sitcoms created and produced by Allan McKeown.
The lead character is played by British comedian and actor Sanjeev Bhaskar. British actor Nitin Ganatra (from Bride and Prejudice), and British actress Daisy Beaumont (who plays a leading role in the popular British comedy Star Stories) are also in the star cast of this series.
Guest appearances in Mumbai Calling by actors Chunky Pandey and Dalip Tahil, Mumbai-based film and television actor Raj Zutshi and India’s youngest comedian Vir Das win your hearts with their spectacular acting in this hilarious comedy.
Mumbai Calling also features a host of popular Indian stars from the television fraternity— actor Vrijesh Hirjee, Rajesh Khera, Namit Das, Ratnabali Bhattacharjee, Indian actress Anaitha Nair, Siddharth Kumar, Vivek Gomber, Naren Chandavarkar, Puja Sarup and Raoul Amar Abbas.
Tune into HBO every Saturday at 8.30 p.m. to view the outsourcing world at its most madcap, zany and witty best in this entertaining series.
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