After the success of Jhankaar Beats, here comes another hilarious comedy by director Anant Balani in Eros International's 'Mumbai Matinee.' The late Anant Balani, who recently passed away in August after a cardiac arrest, was one of India's young and upcoming filmmakers.

Balani made his directorial debut in 1989 in the Film 'Gawahi' starring Shekar Kapur and Zeenat Aman. He followed this up with 'Pathar Ke Phool' in 1991 starring Salman Khan and Raveena Tandon who debuted in the film.

Mumbai Matinee stars Rahul Bose, Vijay Raaz, Anusha Dhandekar and former soap actress Perizaad Zoribian, who starred in Bollywood Calling. The film is a far cry from the typical masala films that are usually turned out by Bollywood, and it is great to see India finally touching on a subject that is no longer taboo.

SYNOPSIS

Debashish - Debu Chatterjee - is 32, employed in an advertising agency, upwardly mobile but beset with a strange problem. He is still a virgin. He needs to find a cure to his problem. Fast. Hope comes in the form a gentleman who calls himself 'Baba Hindustani', who promises to "cure" him. Ecstatic, Debu pays a visit to Hotel Piccadilly where the Baba operates, where he meets Nitin Kapoor, a small time filmmaker. An affable sort of fellow, Kapoor and Debu get along instantly.

The Baba gives Debu a bottle of coloured pills, telling him his problem will be over in a week's time. But it isn't. In the meantime, Kapoor has unwillingly asked the Baba to bail him out of a career crisis. On the Baba's advice, Kapoor films Debu doing some physical exercises and then uses the footage in his film as a man performing enthusiastic sexual intercourse. Kapoor's film becomes a huge success while the still virginal Debu suddenly becomes a 'Sex Star'!

This film has English subtitles.

The film releases on the 26 September 2003 in selected cinemas nationwide. For more information on the film, please visit the official website at www.mumbaimatinee.com.