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📊 Film Specifications
Director Mira Nair
Release Date October 6, 2001
Runtime 35 min (0h 35m)
Country India, United States of America
Language EN
Budget N/A
Box Office N/A
Studios Laforest Inc. • Mirabai Films
The Laughing Club of India (2001)
Directed by Mira Nair
⭐ 4.3 / 5 (2 votes) ⏱️ 35 min 🎬 Documentary
Ratings Breakdown:
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Synopsis
Portrait of the first laughing club in India, its founding by a doctor who believes that laughter is the best medicine, his outreach to schools, interviews with club members, scenes of outdoor sessions, and shots of billboards and street scenes in contemporary Mumbai. Club members gather, stretch, and start to laugh. Founder Dr. Madan Kararia talks of the club's history and the growth of laughing clubs across the country. Among those interviewed, there's a stockbroker, three bawdy women, a musician, a widow laughing to cope with grief, and two old men - friends since school days who meet daily to laugh. No form, no fuss: happiness equals health.