'Indian Fish in American Waters' 
Raj Vasudeva
Shweta Malhotra
Saumya Kumar Bhatnagar
Puja Lalmalani
PRODUCTION CREDITS 
Jagan Yedida - Executive Producer
Tim Neylor - Cinematographer
Chandra Karnati - Executive Producer
Om Gupta - Executive Producer
Malviak Gupta - Executive Producer
Devendra Gupta - Executive Producer
Abdulai Diallo - Sound/Sound Designer
Lakshmi Damodar - Executive Producer
Tusher Unadkat - Art Director
Manish Gupta - Screenwriter, Editor, Director
An Indian American comedy with an interesting premise, Indian Fish in American waters
scores as a moderately entertaining film for young and old alike. The
much maligned FOB (Fresh off the Boat) H1 visa, software engineer from Hyderabad
( can’t think of a more stereotypical image) lands on US soil eager to
make it big in the land of opportunity. He is employed by the savvier,
marketing, glib talking American Desi in the US. The movie begins with FOB Naveen Reddy ( Raj Vasudeva) heading back home ( in this case India) in a taxi which is on its way to the airport in New York.
His thoughts wander and the movie is a flashback of his disillusionment
with the way he has been treated, by his employer, by the girl he thought he was in love with and with the country itself.
Now the story: Naveen’s
employer is Bobby Patel ( Saumya Bhatnagar) who with all this American
savvy doesn’t have great work ethics. He eavesdrops on phone
conversations and controls the work visa of his employees. While doing
this he is also wooing Megha Patel ( Shweta Malhotra) an artist who
incidentally meets Naveen at his workplace. Sparks fly, and
Naveen and Shweta (much to the annoyance of Bobby)decide to go out for
coffee. Slowly chemistry develops and they find themselves drawn to
each other.
Can
a FOB marry an ABCD and live happily ever after ? Does love, life and
attitude mean the one and the same to them ? Questions like these are
resolved in the film inspite of warnings from Megha’s friend Rush who
warns Shweta that an FOB cannot be trusted for the minute
an FOB talks to you he will profess to fall madly in love with you†or
Megha’s dad telling her that the Indians from the South are different
culturally from Indians in the West of India. Bobby Patel makes his
distrust also known by thwarting the couple's growing attraction
through rumors. And yet ............
The
movie does not have as much pizzazz as ‘Flavors’, but Director Manish
Gupta does well with a new theme and good performances. Indian Fish in American Waters has been screened at various film festivals in North America including ReelWorld 2004 in Toronto however the film has not been released commercially yet.
A one time try out film. Recommended.
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