The typical East meets West topic, but it was extremely humorous. Krishna Gopal Reddy or Kris is a freshman in college and hates spicy Indian food, religious ceremonies and prayers and everything about the Indian culture. He was born into an East Indian family in the United States with deep cultural beliefs.
Fed up of everything, he moves into a hostel with some roommates only to discover that they are the ones whom he does not want to live with, i.e. Indians. He has to put up with the nuances of his roomies, who are a Sardarji and a Muslim and he eventually becomes good friends with them.
Kris is an American Born Confused Desi, according to his friend, Nina. He is proud that he is American, but he never thinks of his roots until Nina opens his eyes to it.
The part I liked most was when that American boy, Eric touched the feet of Kris’ parents to just get more pocket money. The whole audience could feel the humor of the situation. The boys in the movie try to cook some item to impress Kris’ love interest and end up creating a mess in their rooms, showing that boys are dependent on women for everything right from cooking to cleaning up the mess they make.
They had mocked the American culture so well that I really enjoyed seeing it. It also had ’’Blondes are dumb’’ theme somewhere. The Indian professor is also mocked at for his Indian ways. We also come across the religious aspects of the Indian culture such as an idol of Durga Devi during a festival and also Kris’ parents trying to instill some values on him.
Nina, the love interest of Kris, tries to instill the principles of Indian culture on him, but in vain. Nina insists that if he loves her, he must follow the Indian culture and that she is proud to be an Indian. Another roomie of Kris has a love interest too. He initially expresses his disgust for the Indian culture and girls, but when he sees the girl practising it, he begins to follow it too.
A real laugh riot. I enjoyed it with my mom and my friends. Every person who saw the movie was enjoying it thoroughly. It so happened once that my cousin sister refused to see this movie as she wanted to see Devdas, but when she heard us laughing, she came running and she went to the extent of not regretting her decision of even missing Devdas for American Desi.
What I don’t understand is why Sardars have been made the laughing stock of in this movie. Otherwise, it is a cool movie to watch with your family, friends or date. The plot is not revealed, but the victory of good over evil theme is clearly depicted in the end, which is very typical of Indian literature. In the end, all is well that ends well. This is a must-see for lovers of comedy and humor.
Both the dialogues as well as the cast and their expressions are impressive and must be given kudos for the work done. Even if I try browsing the stores for the VCD or DVD of this movie, I am unable to find it anywhere today.
Played by Deep Katdare (Kris), Purva Bedi (Nina Shah), Ronobir Lehri (Jagjit Singh), Sunita Param (Farah Saeed) and several others, this movie would captivate anyone’s interest within just minutes of watching it.
Some funny and yet catchy dialogs in the movie:
Eric: I’m hungry. Did your mom give you some of her spicy balls?
Krishna: Don’t ever say "spicy balls" and "your mom" in the same sentence.
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Eric: Mr. Reddy, so good to see you again!
Uncle Reddy: Good to see you too. Best of luck in college too.
[Takes out a $20 bill from his breast pocket and gives it to Eric; a cash register rings]
Eric: All right.
[Eric and Krishna are in the car. Krishna turns on the car and Hindi music begins to play]
Krishna: Oh man!
Eric: Dude, is that the new one from Third Eye Blind?
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Jagjit: Krishna Gopal Reddy, that is you? But what is this Kris? Oh I get it, Kris with a K. Top Yaar. Make it easy for the Goras.
[Jagjit Gaffaws]
Jagjit: You should see how they pronounce my name.
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Gautam Rao: Jagjit Singh?
Jagjit: Here.
Gautam Rao: "Onathan" Scott?
Jonathan: It’s Jonathan. "Juh"
Gautam Rao: What happened to the silent "J"?
Jonathan: It’s not silent!
Gautam Rao: I swear that there are more exceptions than rules in the English grammar.
[Rao breaks the eraser off his pencil]
Gautam Rao: Oh Shit! Does anyone have a rubber? Miss, you must have a little rubber in your purse. I need a little rubber.
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Jagjit: Hey Salim, did you see that movie, Kama Sutra? Rekha was in that one too, wasn’t she?
Salim: Yeah she was so amazing. I hope my wife looks that good when she gets to that age.
Jagjit: Didn’t see play a prostitute in that one, too?
Salim: Listen, chutiyah, this is the last time I’m going to tell you ...
Jagjit: No, no, no wait, she played a teacher. She taught others how to be prostitutes.
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