![]() Still, a stab comes through the fluff: America can make a nobody out of anybody.ĭirected and co-written by first-timer Lena Khan, this feel-good, immigrants-get-the-job-done dramedy is stodgy in its “do X in time for Y to get the girl” structure. His new friend, Babu (an agreeably hammy Rizwan Manji, “Schitt’s Creek”), claims to work as a “wallet” (he means “valet”) - a joke that plays on some Indian Americans’ muddle between the letters V and W, as well as the English language’s often chaotic pronunciation rules. ![]() Sami’s introduction to his new roommates is played for laughs. Like protagonist Sami (Danny Pudi, “Community”), nearly all of those men was trained as an engineer. ![]() In the most piercing scene of “The Tiger Hunter,” a half-dozen Indian immigrants who share a Chicago apartment explain how each makes a living. ![]()
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