Sex in the Indian Family

...why do we even need more desi movies for international audiences?...why not shut the garbage door for a while?...

I kind of have to agree with Adnan.. what a cliche theme for a movie, its the desi version of the Graduate. Fine our cultures aren`t as open to sex, but with all of these movies coming out where the center revolves around it, its to say that the other topics in our society are over looked.. Samina is right, how about the FOB v ABCD topic, elitism in our society, superficiality overcoming intellect..

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Your idea is so old I can think of at least 5 movies...how many can you name that uses mine? Titles, please.

And by sepia colored I mean idyllic....I`d like some FOBS to come over to where I live and see how easy it is...(i.e. its not)....

Cliche, hunh? So, how many movies have been made on this topic to this date? As for the upper class community partying hard, their numbers are so small that they`re almost negligible. Besides, the whole idea of FOB parents raising their kids on ``sepia toned version[s] of Pakistan`` and the kids getting the shock of their lives upon visiting their parent`s birthplace has become a cliche in itself, don`t you think so?

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As if that plot was not a cliche in itself....here are some new and authentic twists:

How about an ABD who goes home to Pakistan to find that amid the 80% impoverished class, there lives a middle and upper class community that party harder than the ABD ever dreamed of partying in the US because she/he was brought up on that sepia toned version of Pakistan her FOB parents raised her on, that of course existed 30 years ago? How about THAT story?

Can we please get a movie about Indian-American expatriates which does not revolve around sex, sex and sex? I`m not saying that its a non-issue, but surely, there are other interesting things going on, right? How about the life of a hardworking FOB who leaves the familiar and comfortable confines of his home, culture and country to make a better living? Only to be ridiculed later by the designer-clothes-cladded ABCDs who forget that their own parents took a similar journey, and most probably looked and talked just like him.

I`m looking forward to this movie coming my way (hopefully)...and without having seen it, I know that Dimple Kapadia was an excellent choice for the role. The older woman-younger man relationship was also examined (tho` too briefly) in `Dil Chahta hai` again with Dimple as the older woman and she did a marvellous job. Thanks for the review, Anil!

P.S. What did you think of Agni Varsha?

Anil-
As taboo as I hear all the topics are, i really am looking forward to seeing this movie... It`s really absurd how much of prudes our cultures really are when dealing with anything to do with sex...especially since that didn`t stop Pakistan/India from over-zealousy producing too many bachas. Whenever my mother or mother-in-law-to-be want to make sure that my fiance and I aren`t doing any chaka chaka, all i get lectured about is ``izzat`` and sometimes I wish they would just come out and say it instead of slowing torturning me as if I`m 16! ...good review btw. :)

sara