Meet the patels 2014 is available on netflix thailand. He was in five feature films in 2008, in addition to a recurring role on cws new drama easy money, from the producers of the sopranos. She was recently visiting atist in belarus and turkey, as one of 29 filmmakers chosen for a new u. Meet the patels was shot between seven and nine years ago, and edited around two years after that. The patels interview other couples who have both followed tradition and rejected it, and their stories deserve more than a few flip remarks. His ideal bride is beautiful, smart, funny, familyoriented, kind andin keeping with traditionindian though hopefully raised in the us.
Meet the patels is a coproduction of 4b pictures llc and independent television service itvs with funding provided by the corporation for public broadcasting cpb. I was wondering, do parents of gujarati americans really exchange bio datas of their marriageable aged children. Code switch ravi patel had tried and failed to find the one. Meet the patels is the unlikeliest of success stories. This hilarious and heartwarming film reveals how love is a family affair. An indianamerican 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. Trailer for meet the patels finding love is never easy.
As a cultural documentary, meet the patels is superb. Meet the patels disponible en francais sur netflix. What his parents dont know is ravi has been in a romantic relationship with an american girl for two years. The film has gone on to win a number of other awards, including being the first film ever to win both the audience award and founders prize at. What began as practice turned into meet the patels a documentary released last year that attempts to answer the question, whom do you decide to love. Ravi patel is almost 30, an actor, and, worst of all to his traditional hindu parents, still unmarried. Meet the patels is a laugh out loud movie about a 30yearold indianamerican trying to find love in the united states, despite his parents desire for him to marry a traditional indian woman.
Meet the patels takes on tradition of arranged marriages. The reallife romantic comedy premiered at the hot docs film festival this year and was a top ten. Meet the patels also uses humor to address a timely social issue. Dec 26, 2016 in this excerpt from meet the patels, ravi patel arrives in india for a trip with his parents, who are very eager for him to marry, and not so eager for him to date a white woman. So he reluctantly let his parents arrange for him to.
While i didnt really care if ravi got a girlfriend or not, i was amused and enlightened by his sisters depiction of his journey and the intricacies of her multifaceted culture. There are roughly 500,000 patels outside india, including 150,000 in britain and 150,000 in the us. Meet the patels 2014 meet the patels 2014 the image could not be loaded. Rent meet the patels 2015 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. It enables users to convert frequently used documents and forms into. Meet the patels 2014 san diego asian film festival. The family behind meet the patels takes candid talk to a. Meet the patels does offer a light, hearty overview of a subculture and a family, with plenty of disarming humor. Sep 11, 2015 meet the patels sneaks up on you with these mentions and subtle explorations of intraracial and interracial bias, and it does so without destroying the films light tone.
Oh, and her last name should be patel because in india, patels usually marry other patels. Pour ravi patel, une premiere generation indienamericain, les chances sont minces. In the film, meet the patels, the camera follows ravi patel, an indianamerican whose love status is in shambles at 29 years old. It was supposed to be me learning how to use a camera. Indian american filmmaker geeta patel is a writer and director of documentary and dramatic feature films. Like the romcoms it emulates, the ending of meet the patels is never in doubt. The beginning frames, its the worst footage ever because its not supposed to be a movie, patel says. Jul 16, 2015 meet the patels is a laughoutloud real life romantic comedy about ravi patel, an almost30yearold indianamerican who enters a love triangle with the woman of his dreams. Introducing meet the patels, the best 2015 documentary. Geeta and her brother ravi directed the boxoffice hit meet the patels, which led to a writingdirecting deal with fox searchlight for the feature film adaptation geeta is also writerdirector of the upcoming feature film mouse, produced by grant hill the matrix, tree of life. Patel about the latters attempt to find a wife through. Patel follows her brother, indianamerican actor ravi v.
In the process, the film makes for a very good and long overdue argument in favor of arranged marriages. Meet the patels makes a case for letting your parents set you up by katie moritz a chance encounter, awkward texting, facebook creeping, going on a first date, negotiating who should call who when, maybe having a second date, then a third. Hot docs has received filmmaker permission to upload this trailer to the hotdocsfest youtube. It had its international premiere at hot docs in april 2014. Feb 22, 2016 when i decided to check out the recentlyaddedonnetflix documentary, meet the patels, what i didnt expect was such an authentic and creative approach to explaining an aspect of a culture that many americans, at least me, were not knowledgeable of, and doing so in a sweet, laughoutloud and very real way. Meet the patels makes you think and laugh, critic says meet the patels began as a home movie and ended up a warm and funny feature. Hot docs has received filmmaker permission to upload this trailer to the hotdocsfest youtube channel. Meet the patels an adorable doc about indian dating. His mother and father, champa and vasant, met through an arranged marriage, and are intent on hitching up their son, who they think has never had a girlfriend. Meet the patels is a 2014 american romantic comedy documentary film directed by siblings geeta v.
The film explores the expectations surrounding marriage in the patels firstgeneration indian immigrant family and in wider american society. Mar 23, 2016 meet the patels is a laughoutloud real life romantic comedy about ravi patel, an almost30yearold indianamerican who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dreams. Meet the patels is a laughoutloud, reallife romantic comedy about ravi patel, an almost30yearold indianamerican who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dreams. This channel was generated automatically by youtube. Patel, as he embarks on a quest to find a wife and make his family happy. Three and a half stars out of five a comedic documentary flick. Think you know which of the patels best represents your character.
Meet the patels is a laughoutloud real life romantic comedy about ravi patel, an almost30yearold indianamerican who enters a love triangle between the. Take this quiz to uncover just where you stand within the landscape of patels. Part of the abacusnext group of companies, hotdocs is the leading provider of automated document assembly technology, globally. Meet the patels, a documentary directed by firstgeneration indianamerican siblings geeta v. In a scene from the new documentary meet the patels, champa patel tells her son, ravi. But despite its crude technical aspects, meet the patels has a winning quality that makes its central figures romantic plight all too sadly relatable, even for those who dont have to contend. One mans quest to find love, the oldschool indian way. Ravi patel is most recognized as an actor for his work on scrubs, its always sunny in philadelphia, transformers, powder blue, and the nearly 50 national commercials hes done in the last four years. In early 2009, directors, sister and brother team, geeta and ravi patel began to explore and document the societal pressures of marriage in their firstgeneration indian american family. Hotdocs document automation software, document assembly.
Patel as screenwriter and director to credits added geeta v. For ravi patel, a first generation indianamerican, the odds are slim. Meet the patels makes you think and laugh, critic says. Directoractor ravi patel is known for using humor to initiate dialogue about serious issues. Meet the patels is a laughoutloud real life romantic comedy about ravi patel, an almost30yearold indianamerican who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dreams. Watch meet the patels online vimeo on demand on vimeo. This looks good so im going to forward this to ravi, ok. Nearly 1 in 10 people of indian origin in the us is a patel. What meet the patels could use is a little more meat. Meet the patels doc has the breezy feel of a scripted.
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Hotdocs document automation preis, erfahrungsberichte. It embraces this notion by interspersing its subjects quest for love with clips from successful examples of the romcom genre. In meet the patels, a son submits to a marriage quest. When the film screened at hot docs in toronto last year, the senior patels were the ones to get a. But this film is about the journey, not the destination. Meet the patels is a documentary written and directed by geeta v. The branches are distinguished mainly by geographic location and varying cultural practices. The documentary meet the patels bills itself as a reallife romantic comedy. Meet the patels 2015 directed by ravi patel, geeta.
The website is under development, but keep checking back as i plan to make updates often. Meet the patels had its global premiere at the 2014 hot docs film festival in toronto, where it was the runnerup for the audience award. Search, discover and share your favorite meet the patels gifs. Meet the patels discussion guide influence film club. Meet the patels is on better footing in its colorful, yet loving portrait of the immediate patel family. Ostensibly, meet the patels is about ravi who has a supporting role in john stamos forthcoming fox sitcom, grandfathered trying to find a wife.
And so at 30, ravi decides to break up with his american girlfriend the one who by all accounts is perfect for him except for her red hair and american name and embark on. Meet the patels is one of the best documentaries youll see this year and without a doubt is a film for everyone, no matter who you are. Hotdocs is a document automation solution designed for businesses of any size or type. A laughoutloud real life romantic comedy about ravi patel, an almost30yearold indianamerican who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dreamsand his parents. Meet the patels is a reflective documentary about the efforts of the producer, ravi patel, and his family and various dating apps to find a wife. Meet the patels, a clever hybrid of documentary and romantic comedy, is a witty take on the tradition of arranged marriages, as seen through the eyes of. Hotdocs advance offers a new and intuitive user interface that is ideal for both template authors and template users. Meet the patels january 21, 2016 in documentary by curlyhost. Meet the patels is a reallife romantic comedy about ravi patel, an indian american actorcomedian who enters into a love triangle between the woman of his dreams and his parents. An americanindian man is pressured by his parents to marry in this charming, though obvious, documentary. The site will contain a blog, photo gallery, information about our family, and links. Meet the patels doc has the breezy feel of a scripted romcom. And it perfectly captures the paradoxes of family relationshipsthe way affection, respect, resentment, and exasperation can all blur into each other inside a closeknit family. How much of the movie meet the patels is fiction and how.
Meet the patels is a laughoutloud real life romantic comedy about ravi patel, an almost30yearold indianamerican who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dreams and his parents. The comedy documentary meet the patels was inspired by ravis standup comedy show on the topic of the indianamerican system of marriage and the struggles of firstgeneration immigrant families. Hotdocs is a document automation software company currently owned by abacusnext. Meet the patels trailer video independent lens pbs. Courtesy meet the patels initially rejected by the sundance and tribeca film festivals, meet the patels found success at the hot docs 2014 film festival in toronto and was selected as an. Meet the patels is a real life romantic comedy about ravi patel, an almost30yearold indianamerican who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dream.
Meet the patels is a laughoutloud real life romantic comedy about ravi patel, an almost30yearold indianamerican who enters a love triangle between the woman of. He has also written and directed, with his sister, an autobiographical documentary, meet the patels. Patels must marry patels video independent lens pbs. And so at 30, ravi decides to break up with his american girlfriend the one who by all accounts is perfect for him except for her red hair and american name and embark on a worldwide search for another patel longing to be loved. Utah film center is a public charity recognized as taxexempt by the irs under section 501c3. The film was directed by ravi patel who also stars in the movie, and his sister geeta. Instead of living a doublelife by identifying as an indianamerican and indian, ravi decides to focus his energy on one identity and reluctantly break up with. Patel s documentary offers a sharp, often riotously funny take on the conflicts and compromises that all culturally nebulous families. The film is also delightful when it wanders down paths that might otherwise be considered. Geeta and her brother ravi directed the boxoffice hit meet the patels, which led to a writingdirecting deal with fox searchlight for the feature film adaptation.