Cast: Anupam Kher, Rajit Kapoor, Seema Biswas, Sarika, Perizaad Khan, Smilie Suri, Rajpal Yadav, Purab Kohli, Atul Kulkarni, Vijay Raaz, Sayaji Shinde

Director: N Chandra

Rating:**

It is a morning in Mumbai. A call-centre owner is readying himself for yet another night in a new girl’s bed. A self-righteous hospital administrator is going to be mean, again, to her housemaid. A good-hearted Mumbaikar, who happens to be Muslim, will know rejection. A sharpshooter will come face to face with his target. A week-kneed suitor will come to his senses, his politician father unmasked. A hungry, poor newcomer will find food.

These separate stories with some intertwining strands play out over one day in N Chandra’s `Yeh Mera India’, reminding us of too many similar sagas. (The film was ready two years ago but has managed to find a release only now). It suffers from a staleness of format, and that’s a pity because the director, known for his socially-angry films, has found his feet after a few duds. And the ensemble cast is very effective, especially Sarika as the woman who finds fault with everyone except herself, and Rajit Kapoor as the crude call-centre owner who thinks money can buy everything.

`YMI’ could have also done without the too-neat rounding-off in the end. Only the really bad guy is killed, and the less bad guys all find redemption. Moral of the story : everyone has a conscience.