| My Boss | |
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| Directed by | Jeethu Joseph |
| Written by | Jeethu Joseph |
| Produced by | East Coast Vijayan |
| Starring | Dileep Mamta Mohandas |
| Cinematography | Anil Nair |
| Edited by | V. Saajan |
| Music by | Sejo John M. Jayachandran Gopi Sundar |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
My Boss is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph. The film stars Dileep and Mamta Mohandas in the lead roles and Mukesh in a cameo appearance.[1] It is the third film by Jeethu Joseph.[2] The film is produced by East Coast Vijayan under the banner of East Coast Communications. It was filmed in Mumbai and various locales in Kerala.
The movie is based on the American film The Proposal (2009) starring Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock. The American film included various dialogues and plot twists which was adapted into My Boss.[3]
The film is set in the backdrop of the IT industry. The film follows Manu Varma (Dileep) who's hired as the executive assistant in a leading firm in Mumbai who aspires to migrate to a foreign country while Priya Nair (Mamtha Mohandas), his boss, an Indian-born Australian citizen has visa problems at a time when she has the opportunity to get a promotion. This leads Priya to get into a fake marriage with Manu to stay in India.[4] My Boss released in Kerala on 13 November 2012, Diwali day to positive reviews and was declared a commercial hit. The film was remade in Kannada in 2014 as Software Ganda starring Jaggesh and Nikita Thukral. It is currently being remade in Tamil as Sandakkari in 2021 starring Vimal and Shriya Saran.[5]
- ^ "Dileep, Mamtha again for 'My Boss'". IndiaGlitz. 8 October 2011. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ "Mamta is Dileep's Boss". Khaleej Times. 28 October 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
- ^ Paresh C Palicha (12 November 2012). "Review: My Boss is a loud copy of a Hollywood film". Rediff.com. Retrieved 12 November 2012. The humor and comedy in the movie made it a huge success at the box office
- ^ "Theater strike called off in Kerala". Rediff. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
- ^ "Shooting of Sandakkari now happening in Kerala". The Times of India. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2021.