- After his IT job is outsourced to Bangalore, Sandeep Majumdar sets up a remote access in his apartment, tricking his former company into believing that he is really working from India.
- When his IT job is outsourced to Bangalore, Indian-born Sandeep Majumdar finds himself unemployed for the first time in eighteen years. In an attempt to get his old job back, he sets up a remote access in his apartment, tricking his former company into believing that he is really working from India. His performance is so impressive that the boss of the company-the same man who fired him two months prior-requests an interview with Sandeep to discuss a big promotion.—David Amadio
- Quiet, unobtrusive, and painfully polite, Indian-born Sandeep Majumdar (played by Deep Roy) works in the IT department of a software company in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. When he learns that his job has been outsourced to Bangalore, the fifty-four-year-old widower finds himself unemployed for the first time in eighteen years. After an embarrassing stint as a birthday clowns sidekick, Sandeep convinces Henry, an ex-co-worker and notorious glutton, to help him get his old job back. They secretly install a remote access in Sandeeps apartment, tricking his former company into believing that he is really working from India. Over the next six weeks, operating under the alias Sudesh Patel, Sandeep navigates a raging river of data, often breaking night to fulfill the days quota. Masquerading as an offshore peon reacquaints Sandeep with his forgotten cultural heritage, while simultaneously running him into the ground. Despite the physical and mental exhaustion of programming for twenty-two hours a day, his performance is so impressive that the boss of the companythe same man who fired him two months priorrequests an interview with Sudesh to discuss a big promotion. Sandeep goes to the interview disguised as Sudesh, but walks out a louder and larger version of himself, singing proudly The Ballad of Sandeep: anthem of clowns, slaves, and heroes.
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