"Um... embarrassed?"
"By the bigness of love."
Based on a play, this well-received rom-com tells the story of Naveen (Karan Soni), a quiet, closed-off gentle doctor from a traditional Indian family, who tentatively falls for photographer Jay (Jonathan Groff), and the film follows the development of their relationship culminating in their wedding. The film has a genuinely touching and funny contemporary script, and a beautifully quiet restraint, with Soni and Groff playing off each other superbly, and Naveen's family (Sunita Mani as his snippy sister, the great Harish Patel as his conflicted father and the barnstorming Zarna Gard as his non-nonsense mother) consistently stealing scenes and creating touching moments. Scene after scene knocks it out of the park, the accidental proposal and the first meeting as a couple with Naveen's parents are two of the most delightful scenes you will see all year. Even familiar cinematic and thematic touchstones such as arranged marriage, changing times and attitudes and even Bollywood are considered and deployed thoughtfully and with good humour. Gentle, warm, funny and utterly charming, A Nice Indian Boy is smart, sensitive and a joyful delight from start to finish.
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