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green card fever is the story of a young man in the united states who overstays his visa in the pursuit of a
green card
. he naively muddles through an underworld of illegal immigrants, ... see full summary »
green card fever is the story of a young man in the united states who overstays his visa in the pursuit of a
green card
. he naively muddles through an underworld of illegal immigrants, immigration lawyers and the ins, and the love of an american girl of indian origin .
what saves this film from being one of many such flicks is its unflinching honesty about the green - card searcher .
that dialogue gives you some idea of the oversimplification rampant in'' green card fever,'' an amiable but highly didactic romantic drama filmed in the united states (columbus, ohio) in english. but it is a hindi film in spirit .
the indian - american immigration dramedy “green card fever” is the latest ethnic movie to deliver heavy - handed discussions on racial identity and discrimination. not unlike a “coming to america” or “moscow on the hudson” — minus the laughs and endearing characters — independently financed and distributed pic (which opened fridayin a few dozen north american markets) seems unlikely to meet with the crossover success of “bend it like beckham” or the niche popularity of last year’s “american desi” (which featured “green card fever” stars deep katdare and purva bedi) .
the indian - american immigration dramedy
green card fever
is the latest ethnic movie to deliver heavy - handed discussions on racial identity and discrimination. not unlike a
coming to america
or
moscow on the hudson
- - minus the laughs and endearing characters - - pic seems unlikely to meet with crossover success .
the indian - american immigration dramedy “green card fever” is the latest ethnic movie to deliver heavy - handed discussions on racial identity and discrimination. not unlike a “coming to america” or “moscow on the hudson” — minus the laughs and endearing characters — independently financed and distributed pic (which opened fridayin a few dozen north american markets) seems [ … ]
green card fever [ dvd ] [ 2003 ]: urltoken vikram dasu, purva bedi, deep katdare, chayton arvin, robert lin, subash kundanmal, srinath sampath, aatif khan, crystal parzik, lynn oh, sridhara alavattam, sean anthony, joe m. johnston, bala rajasekharuni, josef salyer, mark oliver rylance, sheena vaidyanathan, vijay vaidyanathan: dvd & blu - ray
in scenes such as this you don' t know who' s being more oafish, the first - time director or his apologetic protagonist who like a virgin kisser keeps apologising for his ambitions all across his search for that coveted green card .
a young foreigner' s quest to obtain an ever - elusive green card fuels this romantic comedy drama from first - time writer / director bala rajasekharuni. intentionally overstaying his visa in order to seek out a green card that will permit him to remain in the u. s. , the naïve youngster finds himself wading through a sordid underworld of illegal immigrants and immigration lawyers while attempting to elude the ever - persistent ins. along the way he find himself falling for an indian american girl who attempts to assist him in his quest .
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the package gambit is such a familiar hollywood standby that
green card
has fun employing it as an alibi. the main characters - a frenchman and an american woman who have to pretend their marriage is the real thing - solemnly explain to an immigration official that they met when they ran into each other, their packages fell to the ground, etc .
green card
is not blindingly brilliant, and is not an example of the very best work of the director who made
the year of living dangerously
or the actor who starred in
cyrano de bergerac .
but it is a sound, entertaining work of craftsmanship, a love story between two people whose meet is not as cute as it might have been .
the expert (kaizaad kotwal) who promises to help murali through the green card application process is a thief and a liar who keeps telling his clients,'' learn to be patient and trust me.'' the man finds murali what seems to be a day care baby - sitting job, but when murali opens his pay envelope, the only thing inside is a metrocard .
actually the whole movie is a slightly more sophisticated application of the same formula. the frenchman, played by gerard depardieu, needs a green card if he is to stay in america. the woman, played by andie macdowell, needs a husband if she is to rent a desirable manhattan apartment. they are introduced by a friend, they go through the fiction of a marriage ceremony, and then when immigration comes sniffing around they have to put on a convincing show of really being married .
bharathi is not the film' s central character. what' s important are her changing feelings about murali (vikram dasu), a recent indian immigrant whose visa has expired and who is struggling to get his green card so he can stay in the united states. before the birthday party incident, bharathi looked down on him; afterward she feels a cultural bond that evolves into romance. the two meet at a dot - com matchmaking event that her traditional parents have dragged her to and where he is looking for work .
a movie like
green card
can supply two kinds of pleasures: those caused when it observes its formula, and those created when it violates it. the movie was written and directed by peter weir (
dead poets society ,
witness
), who constructs it lovingly according to sturdy old principles: the couple is at first indifferent to one another, then hostile, then in love, then in denial, and then of course they break up - right before they get together. all of these stops are observed, but at the same time weir has added some nice touches, including the unconventional characters themselves .
shot in and around columbus, ohio, pic begins with two young indian men visiting america as part of a cultural exchange program. they decide to stay in the u. s. illegally and begin working a variety of dead - end jobs to support themselves. but when murali (vikram dasu) falls for an american - born girl (the beautiful bedi) from a well - to - do indian family, he realizes that to get a better job he must first get a green card — even if that means becoming the pawn of a corrupt immigration attorney (robert lin) who is seeking to save his reputation at the expense of a more honest advocate (katdare) .
title of the pic refers to a scam for issuing green cards. but while much is made of the scheme during the movie’s climactic john grisham - esque courtroom scene, it isn’t even mentioned prior to it. pic essentially oscillates between two modes: wide - eyed, naive scenes, in which the just - off - the - boat characters utter such awestruck remarks as “oh my god. i can’t believe there are so many indians in america, ” and scenes in which indian - americans are depicted as either militant rights activists or true - blue american converts who’ve come to regard their ethnic heritage as something reprehensible .
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new film tells of non - resident indians' bitter experiences in a land that won' t have them without putting them through an ordeal by fire .
i came here to look for a better life. is that wrong ?
isn' t the best film on the american born confused desi theme. the
has plenty of semi - actors on both ends of the racial line trying to look cynical and caustic. it also takes peculiarly pale pot shots at the illegal indian abroad. the pathetic plight of
and his friends staying downtown in the us like fugitives is compounded by their thick accents .
gets on with telling the story, creating a clasp of credible characters trapped in the diaspora. strangely the american characters, like the judge at the climax, appear more caricatured than the indians .
wants it desperately and he wants it now. but he suffers from an inexcusable indian dilemma: he has a conscience .
pretends to be a striptease dancer in front of her prospective groom), there are mildly memorable episodes in this sporadically nice film .
who takes pity on the poor indian girl and brings her home to the american family .
the performances are amateurish. and the dialogues seem to be borrowed from pavement pulp - fiction. though the narrative takes simplistic swipes at the immigrant' s plight ,
has enough glimmers of sunrays falling on its potentially far - reaching canvas to keep us interested in the occasionally - strained, often - ruthless saga of the rootless .
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good humor. great story. comic and tragic at the same time. nice cast. vikram dasu was good in acting. but, may not suit commercial star roles. purva bedi was good, but, didn' t look like a telugu girl. deep kadare was the best - acted like a hollywood actor. there are so many non - actors. that' s the drawback of the film. with everyone as capable as deep kadare, vikram dasu and purva bedi, and the villain kizad, the movie would be much better. living in brooklyn, i related to the movie and the immigration problems 100% . if you haven' t been through those, you may not understand some scenes. but, if you have, you' ll cry and laugh .
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'' you know what' s really cool?'' one sandy - haired young man says.'' they ride elephants in india.'' another all - american boy tells bharathi (purva bedi) that he has heard that people in her country eat with their fingers. bharathi, a thoroughly americanized young woman who says all she remembers about india is a scarcity of toilet paper, thought she was going to have fun at her boyfriend' s birthday party. but she soon realizes that to his friends she' s a curiosity, and to him she' s a cultural - awareness project .
thank goodness for bharathi, because everything else in murali' s life is a disaster. he lives in a horrific apartment with three other men. his smooth, good - looking indian - american lawyer (deep katdare) is condescending and overpriced and feels a certain superiority because he is involved with a redhead. the lawyer' s grandfather (subash kundanmal), however, points out that the relationship doesn' t change anything about him.'' so what if you have a white girlfriend?'' he says.'' her race is not sexually transmitted to you.''
ultimately there' s an arrest, and the film, which opens today in the new york region, turns into a courtroom drama. this gives murali the opportunity to make a witness - stand speech about an immigration system that is corrupt on both sides of the world. anita gates
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nonetheless, tyro helmer - scribe bala rajasekharunidelivers some lovely, understated scenes in the film, mostly between dasu and bedi, as they pursue their rocky courtship. in one of the film’s most tired narrative devices, her parents are intent on marrying her off to a man of their choosing .
a newcomer, dasu has an ingratiatingly gentle manner that makes murali sympathetic in spite of the script’s unwieldy convolutions. and he’s quite charming in the romantic scenes with bedi, who essentially repeats here the kind of thankless role she had in “american desi. ” pic’s tech package is largely undistinguished, with particularly harsh lighting and uninspired editing. but the musical score by jefferson starship’s pete sears has a catchy beat, and there’s also an enjoyably folksy ’70s - style ballad by al stewart (“year of the cat”) .
production: a vijay vaidyanathan presentation of a net effect media production. produced by vijay vaidyanathan. directed, written by bala rajasekharuni .
crew: camera (color), scott spears; editors, robert komatsu, robin lee; music, pete sears; art director, michael tipka; costume designers, vidhya bhaskaran, crystal parzik; sound, teresa eckton, marilyn mccoppen, tom myers; assistant director, tony estrada; associate producer, mark oliver rylance. reviewed at fotokem, burbank, aug. 18, 2003. running time: 100 min .
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i really enjoyed other anglo indian films like
bend it like beckham
,
monsoon wedding
and
american desi
( all of which i highly recommend if you' re interested in this genre), and this had the 2 main actors from the latter, so i had high expectations for this film. but it was a total dissapointment. it' s not funny, or clever, or enjoyable in any way. i only watched it all as i had bought it on dvd. don' t make the same mistake. seriously, try to find one good review on this film before buying it .
the plot of gcf is based on a guy who sues his lawyer for his visa. along the way, he makes new friends, including an abcd girlfriend who show him how to live a new life from both perspectives one of the already settled first generation person and that of the newly arrived emigres. if you' re looking for a hilarious romcom, this isn' t it nor is it an ott drama. it' s an indie film with moments of realism and honesty from the pov of the main character. some of it is hard to get through, but some of the moments were funny and lighthearted .
great story overall - if you' ve had a similar experinece all the more relevant. beautiful done .
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green card fever is a 2003 indian independent film written and directed by bala rajasekharuni . the film starred deep katdare and purva bedi . the film was distributed by net effect media and released worldwide following a series of film festival runs . the film was entirely shot in columbus , ohio . the film was nominated for " best political film of 2003 " in the " exposé " category by the political film society . 
green card fever is a 2003 indian independent film written and directed by bala rajasekharuni. the film starred deep katdare and purva bedi. the film was distributed by net effect media and released worldwide following a series of film festival runs. the film was entirely shot in columbus, ohio. the film was nominated for " best political film of 2003 " in the " exposé " category by the political film society.
green card fever is a 2003 indian independent film written and directed by bala rajasekharuni. the film starred deep katdare and purva bedi. the film was distributed by net effect media and released worldwide following a series of film festival runs. the film was entirely shot in columbus, ohio. the film was nominated for " best political film of 2003 " in the " exposé " category by the political film society.