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 Patel, Ravi Patel

Writers:

Matthew Hamachek, Billy McMillin

Stars:

Ravi Patel, Geeta Patel, Champa V. Patel

3 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

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

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:

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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

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Gujarati

Release Date:

11 September 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

One in a Billion

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$72,180, 13 September 2015, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$1,691,439, 29 November 2015

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)

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

Strictly Cha-Cha
Written by Paul Reeves
Courtesy of APM Music

User Reviews

Fun movie mixes an interesting personal story with a look at a different culture

This very cute movie follows Indian actor Ravi Patel's adventures in dating, as, after breaking up with his adorably geeky white girlfriend he allows his parents to usher him into the world of Indian semi-arranged marriage, dating women all over the country as his sister documents his adventure and chats with him as both sister and interrogator.

The elaborate dating system he enters is quite interesting, and his eager-to-help parents are lovely people. The movie has a number of cute animated sequences, and as the movie progresses we learn a little about the behind-camera sister's own dating life.

One thing about this movie - I'm not sure I like Ravi all that much. He comes across as an overly picky commitment-phobe whose vision of the ideal influences the way he treats women. He's not terrible, the movie does confront this issues to some extent, and I appreciate that he was willing to show himself this honestly, but still, I was a bit put off by him at times.

Still, this is informative and funny and nicely paced.