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“Mango Chile Pie” Film Details
- Director(s): Karan Sunil
- Writer(s): Meghana Indurti
- Distributor: NewFest
- Runtime: 0 Hour(s) and 15 Minutes
- Public Release Date (Film Festival – NewFest [More Coverage Of The 2025 Film Festival]): October 9, 2025
- Genre(s): Comedy
- Content Rating: Not Rated
- Primary Language: English
- Official Site Link
Movie Summary
With the death of their mom, Vanhi, causing them to mostly live separate lives, Sonam is desperate to reconnect with her sisters, Dar and Trisha. However, with the only thing they share is a mom they have a complicated relationship with, Sonam’s hope that they can have a relationship going forward may just be a dream.
Cast and Characters
Sonam (Sureni Weerasekera)
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- Character Summary: With being the only one who still manages their family’s small town fire station, and not leaving the first chance she got, Sonam still has fond memories of her mother and perhaps rose colored glasses when it comes to her.
Dar (Tara Raani)
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- Character Summary: Dar is the eldest of the Deol girls, and because she was the eldest in what appears to be a first-generation family, she bore the weight of taking care of her sisters and feeling she was never enough for their mother, Vanhi.
Trisha (Sahana Srinivasan)
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- Character Summary: Trisha is an actress who appears to be the middle child and doesn’t do well when her sisters are fighting.
What To Expect In “Mango Chile Pie” (Not Rated) – Content Overview
- Dialog:
- Cursing: Occasional
Review and Commentary
On The Fence
- Slightly Generic Family Dynamics Saved By Actors’ Charisma
Overall
Our Rating (73/100): Mixed (Divisive)
Mango Chile Pie often feels like a run-of-the-mill comedy. The sister dynamics don’t present anything special, especially in the writing, but the actors do their best to make up for it. Each one has charisma and presence that make you wish they had better material to work with. And while the animation sequences do liven things up, it never feels like enough.
Granted, you have to use different standards when judging any short, but at 15 minutes, Mango Chile Pie is longer than the average short. So, between your generic arguments about who the mom liked more, who felt neglected, and the destruction of what remains of the mom’s legacy, it all felt like a safe route was taken with the story, dialog, and development of the characters.
Ultimately, leaving you with something that had good intentions but maybe not the best execution.
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