This is not a comedy in the usual sense. It is more two fish out of water stories intertwined. An American goes to India without any knowledge of customs, sanitation etc. The Indian workers are completely baffled by American slang, consumer culture, and absurd corporate greed, but they have to learn it.
The India it presents shows many of the things that jarred me when I went to Bombay (now Mumbai) to work for 3 weeks in 1985. The movie is somewhat sanitised, and of course you can't smell anything it shows.
It sidetracked the overpowering odour of garbage everywhere and flies that people just ignore. Even the beggars look like well-dressed school children.
You watch India help the driven American relax into a more sane pace, while he simultaneously drives his workers with a giant up to the millisecond scoreboard of productivity.
Much of the humour comes from watching Indians trying to pass as American on the sales calls, and one politically incorrect scene when the American mocking pretends to be Indian.
It could be considered a video guidebook to give you a bit of an idea what to expect if you go to India. It is a light fun movie.
The India it presents shows many of the things that jarred me when I went to Bombay (now Mumbai) to work for 3 weeks in 1985. The movie is somewhat sanitised, and of course you can't smell anything it shows.
It sidetracked the overpowering odour of garbage everywhere and flies that people just ignore. Even the beggars look like well-dressed school children.
You watch India help the driven American relax into a more sane pace, while he simultaneously drives his workers with a giant up to the millisecond scoreboard of productivity.
Much of the humour comes from watching Indians trying to pass as American on the sales calls, and one politically incorrect scene when the American mocking pretends to be Indian.
It could be considered a video guidebook to give you a bit of an idea what to expect if you go to India. It is a light fun movie.