<P> Sonny, encouraged by Evelyn, finally tells Sunaina that he loves her . He confronts his mother, who first forbids the match but then is persuaded by Young Wasim, who speaks no English . He explains that he once knew another man who wanted to marry a smart beautiful woman against his family's wishes . Sonny's mother interprets for Young Wasim, realizing he is talking about her, and she finally gives the couple her blessing . She asks Sunaina to take good care of her "favourite son". Before the remaining guests can leave, Muriel reveals that her experience running the family's household gave her the knowledge how to balance a budget and that the hotel can make a profit . She approaches Sonny's investor privately and then invites him to visit the hotel to discuss matters with Sonny . The investor agrees to fund Sonny's plans for renovation so long as Muriel stays on as an assistant manager . </P> <P> All the guests agree to stay--except Jean and Douglas . Due to their daughter's long - awaited success, they decide to return home but on the way to the airport, their taxi gets caught in a traffic jam . A rickshaw driver says that he can take only one of them . Jean sees it as a sign that it is time to split with Douglas; she bids him farewell and departs . He winds up at another hotel, discovering that it's nothing more than a brothel and drug den, and spends the rest of the night wandering the streets . He returns to the hotel just as Evelyn is leaving for work, and asks her out on a date . A closing montage with a voiceover shows Muriel checking in customers in an elegant renovated lobby, Madge dining with a handsome older Indian man, and Norman and Carol living happily together . Sonny and Sunaina are shown riding a motorbike and passing Douglas and Evelyn on another bike . </P> <Ul> <Li> Judi Dench as Evelyn Greenslade, a recently widowed housewife whose house must be sold to pay off her husband's debts . Like his father, her son wants to "care" for her, without her input . At Sonny's home for the "elderly and beautiful", she keeps a blog of her activities . She narrates throughout the film, from bookend to bookend, from the opening sequence to the Day 51 moral "We get up in the morning, we do our best". </Li> <Li> Bill Nighy as optimist Douglas Ainslie, husband of Jean for 39 years . His loyalty has kept them together when she sees they both "deserve better". He enjoys the food and sights, going out every day . </Li> <Li> Penelope Wilton as pessimist Jean Ainslie . After Douglas invested--and seemingly lost--all their savings in their daughter's internet business, they can afford only a "beige bungalow" installed with a panic button and hand rails "for the future". She hates everything about India; the perceived noise, poverty, and smells . It is for this reason that she stays indoors often, and wishes to return to the UK . </Li> <Li> Maggie Smith as Muriel Donnelly, an ex-nanny with a head for figures, is deemed surplus to requirements by her lifelong employers after she unwittingly trains her own replacement . She has no family of her own, having devoted her life to her employers . Although racist, she chooses not to wait six months for a hip replacement, and rather be "outsourced" to India . </Li> <Li> Tom Wilkinson as Sir Graham Dashwood, a High Court judge who has, for many years, been retiring "any day now". During the retirement speech of a colleague, he decides that "today's the day". Having lived in India for his first 18 years, he returns to seek out the love of his early life, a man . </Li> <Li> Ronald Pickup as Norman Cousins, an aged lothario, unable to face up to his own age and consequent undesirability by younger women; he hopes for a new start with new possibilities in India . </Li> <Li> Celia Imrie as Madge Hardcastle, who has had several unsuccessful marriages . Like Norman, she wants fun, adventure and a new mate . Tired of her daughter's attempts to keep her as unpaid babysitter, she flees for anywhere, choosing India . </Li> <Li> Dev Patel as Sonny Kapoor, manager of the hotel, and one - third owner with his older, more favoured brothers . Sonny is a dreamer eager for a first success, but his determination makes him unwilling to ask for help until the end . </Li> <Li> Tina Desai as Sunaina, call centre worker, Sonny's "modern" girlfriend . She befriends Evelyn when Evelyn gets a job at the same call centre (see below). </Li> <Li> Sid Makkar as Jay, Sunaina's brother, manager of a call centre, hires Evelyn to teach workers British culture . </Li> <Li> Lillete Dubey as Mrs. Kapoor, widowed mother of Sonny . She admits that Sonny is not her favourite son, and wants him to move back with her to Delhi for an arranged marriage, not to Sunaina . </Li> <Li> Diana Hardcastle as Carol, an Englishwoman but lifelong resident of Jaipur, who asks Norman to enter into cohabitation, according to his perception, impetuously . </Li> <Li> Seema Azmi as Anokhi, a Dalit (lowest - caste) maid at the hotel who takes Muriel's acknowledgement for friendship . Via an interpreter Bhuvnesh Shetty, Muriel reveals that her bitterness was caused by her employers having tossed her aside as obsolete after having devoted her life as a nanny and housekeeper, and having unwittingly prepared her replacement . </Li> <Li> Paul Bhattacharjee as Dr. Ghujarapartidar; this was Bhattacharjee's final feature film appearance before his death in 2013 . </Li> <Li> Liza Tarbuck as head nurse Karen . </Li> <Li> Denzil Smith as Mr Dhurana, the Viceroy Club Secretary </Li> <Li> Honey Chhaya as Young Wasim . </Li> <Li> Bhuvnesh Shetty as Physiotherapist to Muriel Donnelly and assists her during her recovery after the hip replacement surgery . He takes her to visit Anokhi, the maid, and plays the interpreter during their conversation . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Judi Dench as Evelyn Greenslade, a recently widowed housewife whose house must be sold to pay off her husband's debts . Like his father, her son wants to "care" for her, without her input . At Sonny's home for the "elderly and beautiful", she keeps a blog of her activities . She narrates throughout the film, from bookend to bookend, from the opening sequence to the Day 51 moral "We get up in the morning, we do our best". </Li>

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