Hank and Asha

2013, Comedy/Romance, 1h 13m

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Mahira Kakkar as Asha in "Hank and Asha."

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Movie Info

An Indian woman studying in Prague corresponds with a young filmmaker in New York. As their relationship intensifies, they must choose whether to meet.

Genre:

Comedy, Romance
Original Language:

English
Director:

James E. Duff
Producer:

James E. Duff, Kristie Lutz, Julia Morrison, Anne Svejgård Lund, Padmini Narumanchi
Writer:

James E. Duff, Julia Morrison
Release Date (Theaters):

Apr 11, 2014 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Jun 15, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA):

$10.5K
Runtime:

1h 13m
Distributor:

FilmRise

Cast & Crew

Mahira Kakkar
Asha

Andrew Pastides
Hank

James E. Duff
Director

James E. Duff
Screenwriter

Julia Morrison
Screenwriter

James E. Duff
Producer

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Critic Reviews for Hank and Asha

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Full Review… Wesley Morris Grantland

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Audience Reviews for Hank and Asha

May 06, 2015

Hank and Asha's video penpal friendship starts off enchanting as hell, but the sweet yet staid gimmick eventually commits storytelling suicide. The entire movie is told in back and forth video diaries, and at no point does the narrative structure break into real time or real exigence. By the middle-end, the previously low-stakes conflict blows up into go-to cultural misunderstanding and an unsatisfying, open-ended ending. Mahira Kakkar is doe-eyed and beguiling as Asha, an Indian film student studying in Prague, and frankly, her letters are livelier and more interesting than Hank's. Andrew Pastides is fine as Hank, but both actor and character rub me the wrong way. Perhaps it's the glassy blue eyes and the self-deprecating mien that projects a Nice Guy sensitivity but actually belies the garden-variety narcissist underneath who prides himself on being such a Nice Guy. I just had to groan and laugh at that vociferous letter in which he bellows at Asha to reject her arranged marriage because he understands her more than her fiancée does (presumably). Really? What does he truly understand about her or her culture?

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