The second movie in my double feature at the Broadway last night was A Nice Indian Boy. I am not a huge fan of romantic comedies but I decided to see this because the trailer made me laugh out loud! Megha and Archit Gavaskar (Zarna Garg and Harish Pateal, respectively) are overjoyed when their daughter Arundhathi (Sunita Mani) marries the nice Indian boy (Sachin Sahel) that they and his parents arrange for her. They only wish that their son Naveen (Karan Soni), who they begrudgingly acknowledge is gay, will be next. Eventually the mild-mannered and awkward Naveen meets the outgoing and dramatic Jay Kurundkar (Jonathan Goff), a former foster kid who is white but was adopted by an Indian couple. They bond over the Bollywood musical Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (the source of much amusement throughout the movie), fall in love, and get engaged (twice). Complications ensue when Naveen introduces Jay to his parents and when Arundhathi announces that she wants to divorce her husband. What I loved most about this heartwarming story is that Megha and Archit, who had a traditional arranged marriage, realize that they actually love each other after all of these years (in some hilarious scenes) and that, once Arundhathi and Naveen finally communicate how they feel, they are a lot more accepting than their children assumed they would be (in some really moving scenes). The central romance is a lot of fun, especially their meet-cute in a Hindu temple and when Naveen reenacts the song from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge that Jay embarrassed him with when he sang it to him on the street. All of the performances are great (Soni and Groff have believable chemistry) but I especially enjoyed Garg when the overwrought Megha plans the elaborate wedding (with printed invitations). This is incredibly charming and I had a lot of fun watching it so fans of romantic comedies will love it.
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