Ali: A Story About Love and Other Things

Ali, a cleaner from Bangladesh, falls in love with the Filipino housemaid of an expatriate family and fantasizes about a love relationship with her after a chance encounter. He sets out to realise his romantic dreams, only to come to an unexpected discovery of her other role in the household.

  • Director: Oman Dhas
  • Runtime: 15m4s
  • Genre: Romantic Comedy
  • Rating: PG
  • Availability: library@esplanade
  • Accession No: 2007-D-1143
  • Subtitles: -
  • Release Year: 2005
  • Producer: Mogana Pillay
  • Language: English, Tamil
  • Production Country: Singapore

Cast List:

  • Magendran Naidu, Qureynia Ancajas, Fran, Olga Sosnovskaya, Kelvin, Mr Thomas, Urgh

Crew:

  • Writer/Executive Producer - Oman Dhas
  • 1st Assistant Director - Mano
  • Choreographer - Anand Babu
  • Director of Photography - Sadik Ali
  • Camera Operator - Mohd Nazri@Abu
  • Camera Assist - Kelvin
  • Lighting Assistant - Isaac
  • Sound Recordist - Alvin
  • Editor - Mohammed B Yunos
  • Opening Title - Sean Apu
  • Colour Grading - Mamat, Chan Ka Woh
  • Post Coordinator - Valerie Lew
  • Original Music - Mohan Mahesan

Keywords:

  • People - Migrant Worker, Mistress
  • Occupations - Cleaner, Domestic Worker, Housemaid
  • Themes - Love, Lust, Infidelity, Fantasy, Extra-marital Affair, Secrets
  • Setting - Bollywood
  • Places - Kaki Bukit Hostel

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