MetroMaaZa 17

Indian fish in American waters is a refreshing portrayal of the cultural conflicts between ABCD’S and FOB’S. Don’t know what these acronyms stand for?

Then dive into this tender love story that aims to bridge the gap between the fresh off the boat (FOB) desi with his weird Indian accent and the ABCD (American Born Confused Desi). Compassionate Desi who is probably more traditional than you think.

Naveen’s employer is Bobby Patel ( Saumya Bhatnagar) who with all this American savvy doesn’t have great work ethics. He eavesdrops on phone conversations and controls the work visa of his employees. While doing this he is also wooing Megha Patel ( Shweta Malhotra) an artist who incidentally meets Naveen at his workplace. Sparks fly, and Naveen and Shweta (much to the annoyance of Bobby)decide to go out for coffee. Slowly chemistry develops and they find themselves drawn to each other.

The movie does not have as much pizzazz as ‘Flavors’, but Director Manish Gupta does well with a new theme and good performances. Indian Fish in American Waters has been screened at various film festivals in North America including ReelWorld 2004 in Toronto however the film has not been released commercially yet.

This film is the quality of a film student project. Another NRI culture clash movie similar to American Desi, American Chai, etc. etc. This did have the redeeming quality of being slightly less stereotyped and realistic in the portrayal of the FOB and ABCD.

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