A Nice Indian Boy, directed by Roshan Sethi and written by Eric Randall (based on the play by Madhuri Shekar) world premiered at SXSW Film & Television Festival last year in the Narrative Spotlight Section. The narrative feature film is a comedy, drama, romance script. I saw the film last year and it was enjoyable to see it in a great venue like the Zack Theater full of film fans.
I was very glad to receive the news that the film was going to have a theatrical release early this month (April 4th) and although it was released in theaters from coast to coast, it was not in Austin theaters. Last week, the update was the film was held over in some of the theaters and perhaps others added. As of this writing, I learned that it has arrived in Austin and is available at the Southwest Theaters (also known as Lake Creek 7) with showtimes available today, April 18th.
The script is well written, and the performances are all good. I would gladly view it again. There is so much about family and relationships woven into the script, some similarities can be seen in most families, no matter where we hail from.
SYNOPSIS
Naveen Gavaskar is a self-effacing, soft-spoken doctor with a boisterous mother, seemingly perfect sister and quiet father. The Gavaskars are outwardly accepting of Naveen’s sexuality but have never had to confront it in practice.
While at temple, Naveen meets Jay Kurundkar, a white man adopted by two Indian parents. Naveen is slowly charmed and softened by Jay’s sincerity and confidence. They fall in love—even as Naveen avoids telling his family about Jay.
One afternoon, they run into Naveen’s brother-in-law and an embarrassed Naveen describes Jay as a “friend”. The encounter precipitates a discussion in which Naveen admits that he, like Jay, dreams of having a big Indian wedding. Now, Jay, who has no family of his own, must meet the Gavaskars –– Naveen’s family. This causes a collision between the family, Jay—who has his own insecurities—and Naveen, caught between who he is with his family and who he is outside of it.
After comic misunderstandings, frank fights, and emotional revelations, the family falls apart, questioning everything. Naveen and Jay’s hard-won love makes each of the Gavaskars face the reality of their own relationships. And through a sweetly woven reconciliation, they come together again to plan Naveen & Jay’s own big, Indian wedding.
Cast: Karan Soni (Deadpool, Abbott Elementary), Jonathan Groff (Frozen, Hamilton), Sunita Mani (Everything Everywhere All at Once, GLOW), Zarna Garg (To the Letter), Harish Patel (Eternals, Run Fatboy Run), Peter S. Kim (HouseBroken, Fairfax), Sas Goldberg (Only Murders in the Building, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel).
To find the list of theaters where the film is available, visit aniceindianboy.com/buy-tickets
Source: Levantine Films, SXSW
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