This series is a classic example of a stereotypical vision. From my observations I can undoubtedly say that this series was probably made by some guy who is American born and has probably seen pictures of Indian cities taken by his great grandfather in the 1940's or something.
I would not be surprised if they throw in a guy doing "the Indian rope trick" or a women setting her self on fire for her dead husband, because I guess those are the only things that they have missed so far.
To put things straight, the characters are obviously trying to fake an Indian accent, which will be obvious to anyone. The City or rather the environment they are trying to portray looks like what Delhi would have looked 20 years ago, hence,nowhere close to Mumbai, or even reality for that matter. The thought process or the attitude of the characters is again something that would have been fine if this series was made in the 1930's. Cosmopolitan people from India (As portrayed in the series), do not act even close to what they are trying to show. Playing Hindi or Punjabi songs in the background is not going to cover up for the otherwise un-Indian scenarios that these guys are trying to project.
This kind of unrealistic portrayal is the reason why people have misconceptions about different cultures. I would seriously not recommend this series to anyone.
The reason I gave it a 4-star rating is solely because I like the Theme of the series, I just wished the producers would have taken efforts to visit an Indian Metropolitan city first, before going ahead with the script. But apart from this, the Actors have done a superb job in the "Acting" Department. The storyline is great, the jokes are real funny, could have been funnier though.
I would not be surprised if they throw in a guy doing "the Indian rope trick" or a women setting her self on fire for her dead husband, because I guess those are the only things that they have missed so far.
To put things straight, the characters are obviously trying to fake an Indian accent, which will be obvious to anyone. The City or rather the environment they are trying to portray looks like what Delhi would have looked 20 years ago, hence,nowhere close to Mumbai, or even reality for that matter. The thought process or the attitude of the characters is again something that would have been fine if this series was made in the 1930's. Cosmopolitan people from India (As portrayed in the series), do not act even close to what they are trying to show. Playing Hindi or Punjabi songs in the background is not going to cover up for the otherwise un-Indian scenarios that these guys are trying to project.
This kind of unrealistic portrayal is the reason why people have misconceptions about different cultures. I would seriously not recommend this series to anyone.
The reason I gave it a 4-star rating is solely because I like the Theme of the series, I just wished the producers would have taken efforts to visit an Indian Metropolitan city first, before going ahead with the script. But apart from this, the Actors have done a superb job in the "Acting" Department. The storyline is great, the jokes are real funny, could have been funnier though.
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