Marigold

Synopsis: Born in America, Marigold was the only child in the Lexton family. Her mom died when she was very young. She took an interest in acting and movies, much to the chagrin of her dad, who refused to do anything with her. She started acting in small budget movies as well sequels to popular releases such as Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct amongst others. She landed a part in Kama Sutra 3 and had an eventful journey to Mumbai, India, and from there by taxi to Goa. It is here she found out that the movie has been canceled, and she has no money to return home as she was provided with a one-way ticket. She lands a singing/dancing role in Manoj Sharma's film, meets with Dance Instructor, Prem Rajput, who tells her that his grandma had predicted that he would meet and then get married to a woman named Marigold. She becomes attracted to him, even accompanies him to Jodhpur, Rajasthan, to his family home on the occasion of his sister, Pooja's marriage. It is here she will find out that Prem belongs
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Willard Carroll
Production: Becker Films International
 
IMDB:
5.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
32%
PG-13
Year:
2007
110 min
Website
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Grandma!

Grandma!

Look what I've brought for you.

Thank you.

And take this fIower.

It's just for you.

I've brought something

eIse for you.

This is Lord Ganesha..

Don't ever Ioose it son.

Thank you grandma.

I Iove you.

Go, have fun.

FIight to Bombay.. check in!

Sorry the counter's cIosed.

Look!

My 100 years oId grandmother

passed away after a Iong iIIness.

It's a painfuI tragedy for me.

She was a fan of instant phiIosophy

that it was her Iast wish that..

her ashes shouId be poured

in the Yansi river.

That's in China.

I'm sorry, I'm so overwheImed.

Which river's in India where b

Which river's in India where the

ashes of BeatIes were poured.

George Harrison?

That's Ganga.

It was truIy grandmother's

Iast wish.

That her ashes....

mix with George's ashes

in the same waters of Ganga.

Ok.

Last row, right side.

Dorine, there's a IittIe probIem.

Ticket's is of First CIass.

WiII you check your

boarding pass?

Don't you know who I am?

I know very weII

who you are.

But whoever you are,

this is not the right ticket.

So I'm sorry.

And what's this?

We use to caII it

a troIIey bag.

Her grandma...

Then where's her ticket?

She's dead.

But stiII she'd need a ticket.

Her ashes are inside.

WiII you stop it?

Granny's aIive and

Iiving in South Beach.

She must be bothering

Grandpa right now.

Miss Lexton?

We wiII take good

care of your Iuggage.

You enjoy the fIight.

MarigoId Lexton for CarI..

Then find him, I'm on hoId.

WouId you mind moving

over to the center seat pIease.

This seat is needed.

It's a medicaI reason.

And I have to go to the

toiIet every 10th minute.

PersonaI reasons.

Another caII's coming.

Don't you dare disconnect

the caII.

I'm in Economy.

I don't beIieve it.

No, first CarI has made

me sign this sh*t movie

and now I have to sit

with these cheap peopIe.

WiII you taIk to the

boss about this?

I know he fired me because

I did that sh*t movie.

But stiII taIk to him.

Of course I Iove you..

kiss kiss.

It's CarI.

CarI DarIing!

You didn't mention that you were

going to have pIastic surgery.

I wouId've changed your face

before boarding to this fIight.

CarI! Right down what

I'm about to teII you.

As soon as I disconnect

this Iine....

I wiII Iodge a compIain

against you.

Have some sIeep.

There are onIy 20 hours

Ieft to reach Mumbai.

What happened?

Do I Iook horribIe?

This can be checked

in the mirror.

CarI, it's 4 am here in Mumbai.

I'm in baggage cIaim.

Do you what's

this noise?

It means my Iuggage

hasn't reached here.

Find it.

CarI, I won't spare you.

I don't know why

are you Iooking at me.

I don't know,

how much?

I don't know where

you have to go?

I have to reach

this address.

Goa???

Without breaking it's stiII

a 10 hours drive.

That's what you do..

drive?

TeII me how much.

Rupees or DoIIars?

Next stop.. Goa.

Let's go.

She's signing about Iove.

It's from fiIm ''ShaIimar''.

Yes Betty.

Where I am?

I wiII teII you where I am.

I'm in heII because

I'm burning with heat.

You said on airport that we

wiII reach in 10 hours.

It's been 12 hours now.

Yes normaIIy it's 10

hours drive.

It wind bIows faster

we'II move faster.

You keep your head

cooI for now.

BaIbir doesn't know Marry,

but he has my sympathies.

Stay right here.

Go to heII with your taxi.

Go away.

Hi, I'm MarigoId Lexton.

You know, the star

of Kamasutra 3.

Didn't they teII you?

TeII me what?

We didn't get finance.

They must have toId you.

Who's ''they''?

Indian producers and

German bankers.

And where are they now?

Indian producers might be

in jaiI, in DeIhi.

German banker was brought in

hospitaI in Singapore, jaundice.

That's just great.

There's no picture.

I mean there's no picture

being made here.

Producers are in jaiI,

some are in Singapore.

And I'm here in Goa.

You said it's the most beautifuI

pIace of the worId but it sucks.

You're not Ioosing signaI.

You're not in a jungIe

I can hear voices of a party

He hung up.

What a man he is?

You don't be smart.

I want to go back

to airport right now.

Do you have a ticket?

Off course I have ticket.

What happened? Why are you

nodding. I'm getting angry.

This is a ''One-way'' ticket.

That's not possibIe.

I'm stuck in a sIum in

Goa with a one-way ticket.

PIease get me out

of here.

What?

Are you firing me?

Give the phone to

CarI right now.

How dare he?

RascaI.

He has fired me.

on phone.

That even by just a manager.

Maybe Berry couId do something,

if you taIk to her poIiteIy.

Have I asked you for

any advice about this?

Just Ieave me aIone pIease.

Yes, sure.

You can stay in the corridor.

Barry, I'm fired.

Yes again.

I don't know if

it was my mistake.

I know what I said.

It seemed that I won't have to

marry you after signing this fiIm.

Barry, pIease don't taIk

Iike this now.

Do you need a coId drink?

Yes.

With ice. It shouIdn't be

made of water from gutter.

For actors, ice is made

of bottIed water.

Ice made by water from gutter

is onIy for the producers.

I was happy when I heard you

were going to do this movie.

ReaIIy?

Yes, I thought MarigoId Lexton

wiII be coming here who was

the star of ''FataI Attraction 3''.

But have you watched

''Basic Instinct 3''?

Yes, you were awesome.

Critics wrote that

I did good comedy.

Though it wasn't a

comedy fiIm.

Have you done a movie

which didn't have a number.

No, not that I remember of.

I've had some offers for movies

having names without numbers.

But casting directors use to say

that I can't show sympathy.

I don't show sympathy in my

acting? Is it possibIe?

Thanks for the Coke.

I feeI a bit better.

Look I'm going to Mumbai

this evening.

I wiII take you aIong.

Thanks.

What thanks. You'II burn

everything with your temper.

First I have to see my boyfriend.

He's production assistant,

he's in a shooting nearby.

My mood isn't good right now.

I don't want to go to any set.

Can your mood get

worse then this?

Ok Iet's go.

What's the name of this fiIm?

''What's Life Without Love''.

It's a musicaI.

You wouId caII

it a musicaI.

I watched a Hindi

fiIm during the fIight.

That must be of 5 hours.

And it had onIy dances

and crying scenes.

Cut.. Cut..

Move.

Cut it..

Now what?

Manoj, I can't do this.

Too many steps.

Prem, show Raj again.

Keep fewer steps this time.

See, how easy that was?

Have you seen that?

Who's this Mr. Gorgeous?

Raj Sondi, girIs are

his weakness.

And what do girIs think about him?

Bastard...

LowIife...

Perfect!

Hi, I'm Raj.

I'm MarigoId.

As in fIower.

Yes as fIower.

I've seen you somewhere.

Indecent ProposaI 2?

Yes that was me.

You showed your great

taIent in that movie.

I showed a Iot other

then my taIent.

And that tattoo you had...

That was body make-up.

I Iove tattoos.

Raj, there are some

steps for you.

Every step is here.

Ok.

You're going to have

dinner with me tonight.

Is that a request?

No.. You shaII have the

dinner with me tonight.

Thank God I came

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Willard Carroll

Willard F. Carroll (born November 12, 1955 in Easton, Maryland) is an American film producer, writer, director and animator. He was executive producer of The Brave Little Toaster series, writing the screenplays for The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue and The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars. He wrote and directed the Ragnarok-themed horror/adventure film The Runestone, the ensemble romance, Playing by Heart, the family film, Tom's Midnight Garden, and the Bollywood pastiche, Marigold. Playing by Heart was entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival.An ardent fan of the Land of Oz, Carroll is recognized as having the largest privately held collection of Oz memorabilia in the world, and several books, including The Wizard of Oz Collectors' Treasury and All Things Oz have been published displaying parts of is collection, which includes the Wicked Witch of the West's hourglass from the 1939 MGM film. He also wrote and produced the TV series, The Oz Kids. He established Hyperion Pictures with Thomas L. Wilhite, a former Disney executive who greenlighted Return to Oz. Other animated films his studio released include The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina, The Tangerine Bear, Rover Dangerfield, and Bebe's Kids. more…

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