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DELHI, DELI

SHAKE THE TREE PRODUCTIONS, LLC - as PROD

Comedy - Development 2025

New York meets India. You can take the deli out of Brooklyn, but can you put the Deli in Delhi?

- Year of production
- 2025
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance, Bollywood
- Countries
- USA, INDIA
- Languages
- ENGLISH, HINDI
- Budget
- 10 - 25 M$
- Duration
- 120 mn
- Writer(s)
- Lou MARTINI, JR., Nitin MADAN
- Producer(s)
- Toni D'ANTONIO (SHAKE THE TREE PRODUCTIONS, LLC), Lou MARTINI, JR. (DIRTY MARTINI PRODUCTIONS), Samantha BOWEN (SHAKE THE TREE PRODUCTIONS, LLC), Nitin MADAN, Avani PARIKH DHAR
- Synopsis
- When NY Bookie and Deli owner, Anthony Danza, wrongfully gets blamed for shooting a mobster at a local poker night, he uses the help of his neighborhood newsstand operator, Rasheed, and goes on the lamb to Delhi, India. Upon meeting Rasheed’s family, he has an immediate connection with Rasheed’s niece, Amal, who helps him open an Italian Deli close to their home. After a series of mistaken identity encounters (folks thinks he’s the actor from Taxi), people seem more interested in a picture op than buying Anthony’s provolone and the Deli goes belly up. Thinking he knows organized crime well, he tries to fit in with the local mob but is a total fish out of water. Struggles ensue and hilarity follows. He makes misstep after misstep and has series of comical near death encounters. Meanwhile back home, his co-horts continue to try to clear his name but the Mob Boss’ henchmen are hot on his trail and soon show up in India. By the time Middle East Mob meets East Coast Mob, there have been several dance numbers, and plenty of laughter to go around. Eventually, after Anthony’s name is cleared as well as the smoke of the rival Mobs showdown, Anthony heads back to NY with his new wife Amal and return to his roots with a new eatery ... aptly called ... Delhi, Deli.
  
  This is a tale told in an unlikely style mixing the traditional Mob movie genre with Bollywood. Shot in New York and India, the film follows unique and flawed characters as they navigate their lives down unconventional paths. Daring to blend two completely different lifestyles and genres, this material will have audiences wondering why it was never done before. If you blended Analyze This, The Guru, My Cousin Vinny, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Namesake and My Blue Heaven, you MIGHT get a sense of what this movie is like. Rest assured, it will be a wildly entertaining ride. A winning combination of exceptional acting, inspiring music and outstanding choreography, this film will surely have an impact on movie goers.