Sui Dhaaga: Made in India
2018 · Movie · 150 min · ★ 7.2 · 86% critics
A young man in a village near Delhi works at a sewing-machine shop where his boss and the boss’s son regularly humiliate him. After a public insult at a family wedding leaves his wife devastated, the couple begins looking for a way to reclaim their dignity and build a better life through their own skills.
Also known as Needle and Thread: Made in India
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Details
- Original title
- सुई धागा
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-09-28
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 150 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (94 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a feel-good, small-town story about self-respect, family support, and finding courage to stand up for yourself, in the vein of English Vinglish; Not for you if you dislike predictable, sentimental dramas.
Pros: heartwarming underdog journey; relatable small-town feel; inspiring message | Cons: predictable story beats; uneven performances; ending feels unrealistic
Themes
- tailor
- earnest
Cast & crew
Varun Dhawan
as Mauji
Anushka Sharma
as Mamta
Raghubir Yadav
as Mauji's Father
Yamini Das
as Mauji's Mother
- ST
Sawan Tank
as Jugnu (Mauji's Brother)
Namit Das
as Guddu
Shrikant Verma
as Palte Ram
- MP
Manukriti Pahwa
as Kumud Sharma
Directed by Sharat Katariya