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Overview: In contemporary London, miserly British-Indian businessman Eshan Sood is compelled by three ghosts to reflect on his life and to consider the needs of those around him.
Release Date: 2025-11-14
Runtime: 114
Genres: Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
Language: EN
Company: Maven Screen Media, Civic Studios, Armory Films, Bend It Films, Applied Art Productions, Blue Sky Films, Good Karma Productions
Status: Released
Writer: Gurinder Chadha, Charles Dickens, David Goldsmith, Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Producer: Trudie Styler, Gurinder Chadha, Celine Rattray, Amory Leader, Kunal Nayyar
Vote Average: 5.125
Vote Count: 8
Country: India, United Kingdom, United States of America
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Kunal Nayyar | Eshaan Sood |
| Leo Suter | Bob Cratchit |
| Charithra Chandran | Bea Fernandez |
| Pixie Lott | Mary Cratchit |
| Danny Dyer | Cabbie |
| Boy George | The Ghost of Christmas Future |
| Rufus Jones | Rupert Holly |
| Bilal Hasna | Eddie Sood |
| Allan Corduner | Mr Fezzywig |
| Tracy-Ann Oberman | Mrs Fezzywig |
| Shaznay Lewis | Carol |
| Hugh Bonneville | Marley |
| Billy Porter | The Ghost of Christmas Present |
| Eva Longoria | The Ghost of Christmas Past |
| Finn Guegan | Older Cratchit Brother |
| Charlie Hodson-Prior | Peter Cratchit |
| Olivia Brody | Younger Cratchit Sister |
| Freddie Marshall-Ellis | Tiny Tim |
| Ben Bailey Smith | Cocky Ken |
| Shubham Saraf | Raj (Sood's Nephew) |
| Trudie Styler | Meredith (Charity Worker) |
| Olivia Poulet | Charlotte (Charity Worker) |
| Nitin Ganatra | Parduman Singh (Shopkeeper) |
| Gayatri Jeyachandran | Chila (Shopkeeper's Daughter) |
| Jash Patel | Ravi (Shopkeeper's Son) |
| Neelam Bakshi | Gulab (Shopkeeper's Wife) |
| Shobu Kapoor | Mrs Joshi |
| Inara Ansari | Young Sood's Sister |
| Anil Desai | Young Sood's Father |
| Vaishali Morjaria | Young Sood's Grandmother |
| Mia Lomer | Rachel Fezzywig |
| Jeff Mirza | Bea's Father |
| Sonia Goswami | Bea's Mother |
| Josh Taylor | Young Marley |
| Tanveer Ghani | Bea's Husband |
| Genesis Lynea | Soul Sista 1 |
| Joy Farrukh | Soul Sista 2 |
| Adam Rhys-Charles | City Man 1 |
| Jamie Cho | City Man 2 |
| Michael O'Reilly | City Man 3 |
| Laura Meredith | City Woman 1 |
| Mofé Akande | City Woman 2 |
| Athena Brown | Busker |
| Darren Baba | Unhoused Man |
| Fiona Lobo-Cranston | Charitable Woman |
| Tom Watson | Pie Man |
| Kumiko Chadha Berges | Sam |
| Tigerlily Horsfall | Choir Singer 1 |
| Amelie Stockman | Choir Singer 2 |
| Aden Levi | Choir Singer 3 |
| Sasha Nikitina | Choir Singer 4 |
| Auxin Jones | Choir Singer 5 |
| Kimberley Alves Nicholson | Choir Singer 6 |
| Babatunde Aléshé | Santa |
| Doc Brown | Cocky Ken |
| Curtisha Kruythoff | Jean (Bob's Worker) |
| Lady Leshurr | Kaya (Bob's Worker) |
| Jarnail Singh | Bal Singh (Bob's Worker) |
| Nick Wityk | Max (Bob's Worker) |
| J'Quan Rogers | Sheldon (Bob's Worker) |
| Yiigaa | Grace (Bob's Worker) |
| Aaron Hodgetts | Tarquin |
| Luko Gale | Student |
| Jasette Amos | Choir Master |
| Jorge Campoverde Andrade | Mariachi Guitarrón |
| Edison Gonzalez | Mariachi Guitar |
| Diego Sarria Álvarez | Mariachi Trumpet |
| Skanda Arun | Young Sood (Age 7) |
| Prince Mwangi | Akiiki (Age 7) |
| Patrick Munene Gatimu | Akiiki (Age 60) |
| Stephen Fry | Radio Presenter (Voice) |
| Samuel Harbrow | Racist Protester |
| Hazel Carey | Refugee Centre Volunteer |
| Promila Bittu Safaya | Older Lady Refugee |
| Anthony Robinson | Doctor |
| Hasmukh Vara | Comforting Refugee 1 |
| Jyotika Patel | Comforting Refugee 2 |
| Amarpal Mahajan | Comforting Refugee 3 |
| Ritu Mahajan | Comforting Refugee 4 |
| Georgia Groome | Refugee Centre Helper |
| Felix Leech | Racist Thug |
| Laura Lomer | Helpful Woman |
| Laura Baldwin | Emily (Raj's Wife) |
| Sam Parks | Undertaker 1 |
| John Hastings | Undertaker 2 |
| Jassi Sidhu | Self |
| Malkith Singh | Self |
| Boba | Self |
| Idi Amin | Self (archive footage, uncredited) |
5.125/10 based on 8 votes.
“Mr. Sood” (Kunal Nayyar) is a wealthy but curmudgeonly British-Indian (via Uganda) businessman who, on Christmas Eve, sacks most of his staff for having an impromptu party before heading to his luxury home brimming with a spirit of bah-humbug - or the vegetarian, Hindu, equivalent. Meantime, his loyal clerk “Cratchit” (Leo Suter) returns to his own large family, a past it’s sell-by-date chicken and the ailing “Tiny Tim”. Loathing the carol singers who couldn’t, admittedly, carry a tune in a bucket, and expecting his long-suffering housekeeper to turn up on the big day, “Sood” is surprisingly unnerved by the briefest of appearances from his long dead business partner “Marley” (Hugh Bonneville) who portends three more ghostly/ghastly apparitions who are to, perhaps, offer him some hope of redemption in a sort of “what’s past is prologue” sort of fashion. Yep, this is a cannibalisation of the timeless Dickens story and it’s a worthy successor to the recent spate of half-baked British seasonal mediocrities that mix sentiment with contrived attempts at humour. This goes one step beyond that, though, as it attempts to bring a multicultural approach to the proceedings. The songs are multi-lingual, the stereotypes are multi-national and Danny Dyer’s cabbie just renders the whole thing little better than an icing-topped edition of the BBCs “EastEnders” soap in brightly coloured jumpers. There are a few potent asides from “Sood” as he points out the commercialities and dwindling religiosity of Christmas but the rest of this is pantomime standard, complete with set-piece dance routines and politically correct references that even wish happy Christmas to the NHS! Whilst Billy Porter probably steals the show with his enthusiastic spectre and Boy George still has an instantly recognisable and engaging singing voice, Nayyar and Suter are both pretty terrible and deliver a script and some lyrics that you might have found in last year’s crackers. At almost two hours long, it labours any originality it ever had and after about twenty minutes it just made want to come home and watch Albert Finney or Alistair Sim do it properly. If there’s a box to be ticked, then this has a go and it’s that very strained determination to be “inclusive” that makes this pretty cringeworthy, entirely forgettable and not really anything to do with Christmas itself. Charles Dickens already did the heavy lifting with a potent story that tugs at heart strings; this one settles more for the strings on Suter’s guitar and I’m sorry, but it’s just disappointing.
Q: Who directed Christmas Karma?
A: Gurinder Chadha.
Q: What genre is Christmas Karma?
A: Fantasy, Comedy, Drama.
Q: When was Christmas Karma released?
A: 2025-11-14.
Q: Who wrote Christmas Karma?
A: Gurinder Chadha, Charles Dickens, David Goldsmith, Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges.