A Nice Indian Boy

[Guest MikeThomas]

Just watched "A Nice Indian Boy" with Jonathan Groff and Karan Soni.  A very sweet boy-meets-boy story with a couple of twists.  Recommend.  It came out in 2024, but I didn't know about it until today.

https://youtu.be/Zzk9B8lne2w

 

Edited July 22, 2025 by MikeThomas

[dutchal]

There are at least a couple of scenes that are laugh out loud funny, like the dinner scene after Groff visits the bathroom and the mother's speech at the wedding.

[Njguy2]

Viewed this a couple of months ago, for me - it was a cute movie.  Like @dutchal stated - there are some witty lines.  Hadn't known that Karan Soni is gay in real life,  so different from his role in the "Deadpool" movies.

[samhexum]

18 hours ago, Njguy2 said:

Hadn't known that Karan Soni is gay in real life

He is married to the film's director Roshan Sethi.

I enjoyed the film.

Edited September 4, 2025 by samhexum
just because...

[dutchal]

21 hours ago, Njguy2 said:

Viewed this a couple of months ago, for me - it was a cute movie.  Like @dutchal stated - there are some witty lines.  Hadn't known that Karan Soni is gay in real life,  so different from his role in the "Deadpool" movies.

And so different from this:  https://variety.com/2024/film/news/karan-soni-deadpool-fade-to-black-andrew-sandler-1236154808/

 

[samhexum]

On 7/22/2025 at 4:35 PM, Guest MikeThomas said:

Just watched "A Nice Indian Boy" with Jonathan Groff and Karan Soni.  A very sweet boy-meets-boy story with a couple of twists.  Recommend.  It came out in 2024, but I didn't know about it until today.

 

On 9/3/2025 at 9:39 AM, dutchal said:

There are at least a couple of scenes that are laugh out loud funny, like the dinner scene after Groff visits the bathroom and the mother's speech at the wedding.

 

On 9/3/2025 at 1:23 PM, Njguy2 said:

Viewed this a couple of months ago, for me - it was a cute movie.  Like @dutchal stated - there are some witty lines.  Hadn't known that Karan Soni is gay in real life,  so different from his role in the "Deadpool" movies.

Zarna Garg (the mom) was on The View today to promote the start of her stand-up tour.  It's cued up to her.

 

[d.anders]

I did not enjoy it. I'm really surprised Jonathan Groff took the role. It's the most unoriginal idea out there. This story has been done so many times, and so much better. To me, Groff feels like he stepped in at the last minute to help a friend. In some scenes he barely says his lines. He's wearing too much make-up, too much lipstick. He looks ridiculous. They are the oddest couple ever. I understand actors need to work. I was surprised to read that Justin Baldoni was one of the producers.

[+ EVdude]

On 2/27/2026 at 9:48 AM, d.anders said:

I did not enjoy it.

I couldn’t finish it. Painful watch for me. 

[d.anders]

On 2/28/2026 at 9:42 PM, EVdude said:

I couldn’t finish it.

The ending was very strange. It felt like I was watching home videos of someone's wedding. I thought the actors who played the parents were talented. They deserved their own story, maybe an Indian version of The Ritz.