Credited cast: | |||
Nisha Ganatra | ... | Reena | |
Jill Hennessy | ... | Lisa | |
Sakina Jaffrey | ... | Sarita | |
Madhur Jaffrey | ... | Meenu | |
Nick Chinlund | ... | Mitch | |
Cara Buono | ... | Janis | |
Ajay Naidu | ... | Raju | |
Daniella Rich | ... | Tiffany | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Monica Bhatia | ... | Wedding Girl |
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Cristal Chindamo | ... | Cristal |
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Saylor Creswell | ... | Doctor |
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Destiny Donovan | ... | Wedding Girl |
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Laura Dubrule | ... | Bi-phobia Dyke |
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Eliza Foss | ... | Dr. Brendel |
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Vinod Ganatra | ... | Visiting Auntie |
Reena is a young, gay Indian-American woman who lives and works in New York. Her sister Sarita, who is married, discovers that she is infertile. Reena offers to be a surrogate mother for her sister's baby, hoping to improve her relationship with their mother, who disapproves of Reena's sexual orientation. Reena has second thoughts when her girlfriend Lisa feels left out. Written by gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com
As an Indian American and a female, I was pleasantly delighted by this movie. I found it to be very funny and especially interesting because of the lesbian themes. It surprised me to see this in the movie, because Indians generally feel uncomfortable talking about homosexuality at all. I don't think it's necessarily a bias or prejudice against it, just conservatism.
I didn't really relate to any of the characters in the movie, mostly because there were too many characters and little development of any of their personalities. But I adored Madhury Jaffrey, who was very natural and realistic as the mother. She reminds me so much of my own mother, and many of the things she says to her two daughters about marriage and family are comments my own mother's made to me. It was strangely comforting to see the ambivalence that Indians born and raised in the US feel in trying to maintain their culture while being true to themselves. Until now, I haven't seen it discussed so frankly and honestly in a movie.