Gurinder Chaddha who gave viewers' the wondrous 'Bend It Like Beckham' appears to have got it all wrong this time. Well at least where sense of humor is concerned. Designed as a black comedy, her newest release 'It's Wonderful Afterlife' fails to woo audience.

The story of the film revolves around the widowed Mrs. Sethi (Shabana Azmi) who is upset that her obese daughter Roopi (Glody Notay) will never find a life partner.

Every match Mrs. Sethi arranges turns Roopi down, which leads Mrs Sethi to react in a murderous frenzy. She ends up killing them with Indian food. Smothered with naan, fed curry until a stomach bursts, hit with a utensil, stabbed with a kebab stick, these four ghosts (Shaheen Khan, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Adlyn Ross and Ash Varrez) reappear to Mrs. Sethi to trouble her until she's ready to breathe her last.

Now because she won't die until her daughter Roopi tied the knot, she and the ghosts start a matchmaking journey. Luckily, Roopi's childhood pal Murthy (Sendhil Ramamurthy) comes back in town and hugely eligible. But unluckily, he's a detective in search of the 'Curry killer'. Troubles further start when Roopi's best friend Linda (Sally Hawkins) comes back in town with a sudden groom-to-be (Jimi Mistri) after a mind-opening stint in an ashram. What it all leads to forms the remaining plot.

The premise of the film is such that it doesn't demand to be taken with sincerity. But with absurdities in abundance, the movie fails to woo audiences.

The jokes fall flat and this takes the film graph further down. You are likely to giggle at a guy getting killed with his tummy bursting after having being fed too much curry. Also the trouble with the movie is it tries to load up too many things immediately with persistent speed. The completely over the top climax is a mega downer too.

On the acting front, With Shabana Azmi lead the pack accompanied by Sanjeev Bhaskar. Sendhil Ramamurthy of Heroes TV series recognition has screen presence. Goldy Notay is charming. Sally Hawkins is very funny in the take off on the well-known prom scene from Carrie.

Watch this one if you exactly have nothing else to do and are a big Chaddha's buff or else stay cleer! (With Inputs from Agencies)