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American Desi

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IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE INDIAN CULTURE SEE THIS MOVIE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKED ABOUT THIS MOVIE IS THAT IT'S NOT A TYPICAL BOLLYWOOD MOVIE WHERE THERE ARE DANCES AND LIP-SINGING. THIS MOVIE IS NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL. IT SHOWS LIKE A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE. IT'S DIFFERENT.

The film is basicly a bout a Indian American who does not like Indian culture and does everything he can to avoid it, but it doesnt help that his family id Indian. Krishnagopal (The main character, the Indian American) lives his life the American way. When he goes to college, things change, in a way he would never have imagined. Whilst there he falls in love with a Indian girl called Nina Shah. This is a comedy. Watch the ways he tries to win Nina over and deal with his room mates - who if i may say are hilarious. This is a must watch movie

this movie is about a guy named kris who hates being indian and goes off to college feeling happy to get away from home, but he gets stuck with indian roomates and crushes on an indian girl. It really funny and I'm sure many east indian youth like myself can relate to the movie. There's also a lot of hilarious jokes throughout. There is a lot of diversity when it comes to south asian people overall and it's shown very nicely in the movie. For example, Kris's roomates include an indian guy who is into hip hop, a sikh guy, a muslim guy, and so on

This movie is recommended to all of those who think indian people are only cab drivers and caretakers, this movie will prove you wrong and maybe films like these are the start of people of my race being portrayed as who they truly are(for once!) in the Western society cultural context: highly educated and very social, outgoing and assimilated into dominant culture, more or less. There needs to be more films with south asian youth, I can't wait to see more. Hollywood better start taking notes
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Let me start by saying this is a great film that you can watch a lot of times and enjoy a few great scenes. Its comfortably placed and is quite funny and precise in navigating the humor it seeks to explore. Ah well...I don't need to get technical.

A wanna be cool NRI leaves town for university. He's sick of his Indian upbringing and wants a change and looks forward to the university. Fortunately for him, he's an optimist. Unfortunately, optimism runs him into four Indians. One of whom is a colorful Sikh(like me) , another who's a strict Muslim , another who thinks he's a homie and a fat guy who loves eating.
What follows is a couple of hours of entertainment. Its good how these characters are introduced and played.

Watch this if your interested. Don't watch it if you're not willing to try.Don't expect too much cause the end is a bit filmi(bollywood) but your a satisified audience by then.

This movie is funny and I guess you should be able to relate to it. I myself came to usa as a graduate student, the ones you call FOBS. I had the opportunity to mingle with FOBs like myself and ABCDs(American born desi). Harold Kumar was hilarous and so were the other characters. It brings back wonderful memories that I cherish as a grad student living and learning the american culture and trying to fit in. Trust me like most FOBs and even some ABCDs as you start getting older you will find you dont exactly fit in and will remain an Indian. This is the point movie brings out and it does a good job at it. Characters cover all kinds of guys you will meet at the campus. I bought a copy of this DVD and I give it 5 stars with all my heart.

American Desi is the best! it shows a boy(Krishna/Kris) who hates the indian culture yet falls for a girl who is very indianized. very funny!Ajay (better known as AJ) is an Indian guy who "tries" to act ghetto. Kris rooms with 3 other indians and each of them have funny qualities which makes the flim an absoulte joy!! BUY THIS DVD!!! it is great!!

It's funny because so many ABCDs go through this phase sooner or later. I'm guilty as charged for sure. It reminds us of the importance of our cultural identity in a country where people are modernized through peer pressure, and not just in the US. This is also a good way to explain to non-Indians what we have to go through.

The only problem I have with this movie was the fact that they practically glamorized the stereotype of Patels being bad people. I took offense to that, especially since it's been proven that so many of us are just as decent as other Indians. It wouldnt've hurt to give the villian a different last name.

Great movie otherwise =)

How many more movies do we need about younger generations clashing with older ones? Are ABCD, American Chai, Second Generation, and Bend it Like Beckham not enough? Of the aforementionned movies, the only one worth seeing is BILB. The rest are absolutely horrific with bad scripts, poor acting, and the same over the top, overused storylines. American Desi can be added to that list of bad ones.

The protagonist, Kris, is extremely rude and narrow minded when it comes to his own culture. He knows, nor wants to know, anything about his own heritage and the whole movie becomes a rant about India from his viewpoint. When he does become interested, it's only because of a girl he has a crush on, which is lame and has a high school mentatlity behind it. Unlike the humorous and sincere BILB, which is an affectionate satire WITHOUT being rude and disrespectful, American Desi is nothing more than a 2 hour sitcom-like pseudo drama that is a total waste of your time.

I'll admit there were a few jokes I laughed at (very few though) and his roommates were colorful characters. But that's about it. The acting is poor and there is no depth to any of these characters. The script is also clumsy and very predictable. Overall, this is a total waste of a film.