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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