Meet the Patels (2014)

An Indian-American man who is about to turn 30 gets help from his parents and extended family to start looking for a wife in the traditional Indian way.

Directors:

Geeta V. Patel (as Geeta Patel), Ravi Patel

Writers:

Matthew Hamachek, Billy McMillin

Stars:

Ravi Patel, Geeta V. Patel, Champa V. Patel

3 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ravi Patel	...	Self (as Ravi V. Patel)
Geeta V. Patel	...	Self
Champa V. Patel	...	Self
Vasant K. Patel	...	Self
Audrey Wauchope	...	Self (as Audrey Alison Wauchope)
Chandar Abboy	...	Self
Chirag Patel	...	Self
Renita Abboy	...	Self
Rali Amin	...	Self
Sunkrish Bala	...	Self
Ankur Desai	...	Self
Chirag Desai	...	Self
Amisha Desai	...	Self
Paresh Desai	...	Self
Jyotsna Desai	...	Self

Storyline

An Indian-American man who is about to turn 30 gets help from his parents and extended family to start looking for a wife in the traditional Indian way.

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Plot Keywords:

family character name in title | three word title | name in title | break up | india | 

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Taglines:

A laugh-out-loud, real-life romantic comedy!

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Genres:

Documentary | Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for thematic elements, brief suggestive images and incidental smoking

Did You Know?

Trivia

The characters are acted by the actual people in the real life story.

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Connections

Remade as Meet the Patels

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Soundtracks

Jimmy
Written by M.I.A. (as Mathangi Arulpragasam), Bappi Lahiri, Anjaan, and David James Andrew Tayor
Performed by M.I.A.
Courtesy of Interscope Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Courtesy of XL Recordings by arrangement with Beggars Group Media Limited

User Reviews

Nice family oriented romantic comedy!!

It's a documentary, but at the same time the narrative does not act as one.

Ravi is feeling the pressure of being a about to turn 30 year old Indian-American man, who as far as his parents are concern has never even been on a date, cause he hid his 2 year relationship with a white American girl from them. After Ravi breaks up with her he attempts to give Indian culture style dating a try to please the very large family that thinks he should be married with kids by now.

It's a hysterical look at how cultures differ, but at the core stay the same, as Ravi deals with parents who feel that his happiness would be with the perfect Indian wife, his struggle with being both culturally Indian and American, and his annoying older sister, Geeta who thought it would be a good idea to document his turmoil.

It is one of the best comedies I have seen. Through her brother, Geeta attempts to document how Indian dating culture is different from American culture, Yet what she accomplished was creating a narrative that's relatable down to the core.

It'a a fun comedy, every minute was enjoyable, it was funny throughout.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Gujarati

Release Date:

11 September 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Meet the Patels

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$72,180, 13 September 2015

Gross USA:

$1,700,681

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,700,681

Company Credits

Production Co:

Four in a Billion Pictures, Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), Chicken And Egg Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color (HD)