This movie was very cleverly put together. It paints a great picture of the American Dream but at the same time keeping your heritage alive. The themes touched upon in this movie are very heavy topics which we never expect or associate with the idea, when thinking of going abroad. The story is bigger than any of the characters and paints a picture of an overarching loneliness that goes hand in hand with such a decision.
It's like the saying you never really belong anywhere once you leave home.
I was pleasantly surprised coming across this film. It was great to see the late Irrfan Khan. It was an interesting, seeing a little glimpse into his parent's roots, so you can get a better feel of Gogol. I think sometimes for children of immigrants in America, it's hard for them to quite understand the sacrifice their parents had to make. As great as America is, I think sometimes people feel the need to strip away too much of their own culture in order to be more "American"; by doing that the next generation ends up in this limbo with a mixed identity
I honestly tried to watch this movie, I gave it my best shot. But come on, you can't wait 20 minutes before introducing your main character. That's just bad storytelling.
Review by Ratan Sunder ParaiBlockedParent2013-02-10T12:22:53Z
This movie makes me think about the deference between our generation and the generation before us.
The movie is based on the plot of a young girl and boy who get married and start their new life abroad, in a new world with everything unfamiliar. They fall in love after the married and keep loving each other. This is the true love. Love that never change no mater what. May be they never or hardly tell each other "I love you", but the love was always there. The love was always there in every moment they spend with each other and even when they can't.
When the next generation come and they keep thinking about their children's future like every other parents. They give their every little happiness to their children.
But this new generation don't understand the true meaning of love. They are trying hard to find a piece of love and happiness in the wrong place when they have all of those in their hand. We learn from our mistake. But sometime some mistake can't be fixed no mater how hard we try. But live goes on and those mistake teaches us to be a true son/daughter.
Every part of the movie is cleverly developed. It tells a long story in a very sort time and it did it very well.