Mumbai Calling
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 2007 - 2009
- 8 episodes (1 series)
ITV sitcom set in an Indian call centre. British-born Kenny is sent to India to run the business. He must work with Dev and Terri. Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nitin Ganatra, Daisy Beaumont, Ratnabali Bhattacharjee, Naren Chandavarkar and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 6 - My Mate Mumbai
Further details
Kenny Gupta, reluctant call centre manager, has decided he's had enough of India. In order to get home to London he must turn over a new leaf and sort out the call centre's accounts. This means a change of approach so he's arrived at the office with a new suit, new boots and a "new-suit-new-attitude" - much to Terri's amusement. Before long Terri and Kenny realise that Dev has made such a mess of the credit card database that Kenny won't be going home anytime soon.
Kenny's frustration with Dev boils over and an aggrieved Dev is easily convinced into selling the credit card details to his shady friend Vijay. Meanwhile, the call centre staff has been plagued by a nuisance caller. A lonely guy, desperate for company, keeps calling and is stopping the operators getting on with their work.
Kenny has to step in and so blocks the caller. However this leads the lonely guy to a desperate suicide attempt, which he explains in detail to Terri and Kenny. In the end, Dev averts criminal activity and resolves an internal conflict when he takes action against his old friend. Kenny and Terri find a new closeness after talking the lonely guy out of suicide. This closeness looks set to lead to something more until Kenny loses his boots.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 4th July 2009
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Sanjeev Bhaskar | Kenny Gupta |
Nitin Ganatra | Dev |
Daisy Beaumont | Terri Johnson |
Ratnabali Bhattacharjee | Sarika |
Naren Chandavarkar | Amit |
Preetika Chawla | Nayna |
Samar Sarila | Nikhil |
Namit Das | Amar |
Raoul Amar Abbas | Sweety Singh |
Anaitha Nair | Bindiya |
Puja Sarip | Geeta |
Vir Das | Operator |
Kunaal Roy Kapur | Operator |
Shaun Williams | Operator |
Tracey Ullman | Telephone Caller (Voice) |
Joe Duttine | Telephone Caller (Voice) |
John Standing | Telephone Caller (Voice) |
Josephine Butler (as Jo Butler) | Telephone Caller (Voice) |
Vrajesh Hirji | Vijay |
Akarsh Khurana | Operator |
Nigel Planer | Lonely Guy (Voice) |
Shelley Fox | Telephone Caller (Voice) |
Simon Blackwell | Writer |
Colin Swash | Writer (Additional Material) |
Dan Gaster | Writer (Additional Material) |
Carl Carter | Writer (Additional Material) |
Tony Cooke | Writer (Additional Material) |
Meera Syal | Script Development |
Anuvab Pal | Script Development |
Sanjeev Bhaskar | Writer (Additional Material) |
Kabir Akhtar | Director |
Ned Parker | Producer |
Allan McKeown | Executive Producer |
Ranjeet Bahadur | Editor |
Leela Chanda | Production Designer |
Vivek Rajagopalan | Composer |