Touch of Pink

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Touch of Pink
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DVD cover
Directed by Ian Iqbal Rashid
Written byIan Iqbal Rashid
Produced by
  • Martin Pope
  • Jennifer Kawaja
  • Julia Sereny
Starring
CinematographyDavid A. Makin
Edited by Susan Maggi
Music by Andrew Lockington
Production
companies
  • Sienna Films
  • Martin Pope Productions
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 19 January 2004 (2004-01-19)(Sundance)
  • 16 July 2004 (2004-07-16)
Running time
90 minutes
Countries
  • Canada
  • United Kingdom
Box office$581,055 [1]

Touch of Pink is a 2004 Canadian-British gay-themed romantic comedy film written and directed by Ian Iqbal Rashid and starring Jimi Mistry, Kyle MacLachlan, and Kristen Holden-Ried. The film takes its title from the Cary Grant film That Touch of Mink .

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Plot

Alim is a young gay man, born in Kenya and raised in Toronto, Canada. He moved to London to get away from his conservative Muslim upbringing. When his widowed mother, Nuru, announces an unplanned visit that involves staying with him, it creates hardship in the relationship with his boyfriend Giles because they must pretend to be only flatmates, and forces Alim to deal with coming out to his mother. Meanwhile, Alim has an imaginary friend who appears as Cary Grant, and gives Alim advice when he is in trouble; unfortunately, the advice often seems to result in more trouble.

Cast

Reception

Touch of Pink premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival to great acclaim, [2] a bidding war, and eventually, a sale to Sony Pictures Classics.

The film received mixed reviews in its theatrical release; the consensus states: "Kyle MacLachlan does a very good imitation Cary Grant in this forced and contrived tale." [3]

The film grossed $564,535 domestically and $16,520 internationally for a worldwide total of $581,055. [1]

Soundtrack

  1. "Sailing on the Real True Love" - Emilie-Claire Barlow
  2. "Loving the World" - Emilie-Claire Barlow
  3. "Lies of Handsome Men" - Cleo Laine
  4. "O Rama" - Susheela Raman
  5. "Nagumomo" - Susheela Raman
  6. "Summer Son" - Texas
  7. "When You Want Me" - Breakpoint feat. Jon Banfield
  8. "Tu Jahan Jahan Chalega" (taken from Bollywood film Mera Saaya ) - Lata Mangeshkar
  9. "Xic" - Me and My
  10. "Concierto Grosso in a Minor-1st MVT" - Antonio Vivaldi

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References

  1. 1 2 Touch of Pink at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ Honeycutt, Kirk.Touch of Pink Hollywood Reporter, 21 January 2004.
  3. Touch of Pink at Rotten Tomatoes