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Met the Patels

Watched a rom com as in romantic comedy that plays more like a documentary cum autobiography of a desi born in the USA.  The movie is called 'Meet the Patels'.  The last name Patel is common to a large section of society native to the Western Indian state of Gujarat. India's current Prime Minister is himself a Gujarathi, although not a Patel.  The Gandhi also hailed from the same state. The film stars the entire Patel family as in the elder mom and dad along with their son Ravi (real and film name) and their daughter (Geeta) who spends most of the time behind the camera doing shaky filming. Now having grown up in India and interacting with several Patels in real life, I could relate to a lot of the comedy in the movie about how a conservative first generation couple would interfere in the life of their only son (the daughter stays behind the lens providing a running question and answer session through the film) who in their lexicon has reached 'marriage age' ...