Mr. are Mrs. Gopalkrishna come to USA for their son’s marriage with a white woman. They are strangers on a mission here, making a wholehearted attempt to welcome the new culture that their son has decided to marry. Mr. Gopalkrishna believes in his son and wants to hand over a parcel to his superintendent’s son and to read a newspaper. Mrs. Gopalkrishna is anxious that her bahu might divorce her son like her (bahu’s) mother.
Radhakrishna (Rad) and Jenni (bahu) are getting married. Rad is busy with the last days of his job (before honeymoon), helping his newly-fired friend, and seeing to it that his parents and Jenni get along well. Jenni is busy with her marriage preparations and trying to assure her in-laws.
Nikhil Sastry and Sangita are a newly married couple. Nikhil just got fired and he knows people will respect only those who have a job. Sangita flew to the USA after marriage and all her days here are alike.
Kartik and Rachna live together virtually. He lives on the East Coast, she on the West. To add to their distance, she just got introduced to Ramana Dasarakottapalli through official channels.
Vivek, Ashok Mittal and Jas are on the bench. Vivek is infatuated by a former classmate in India. Ashok and Jas are waiting for that one brilliant idea which will make them millionaires. Chandramukhi aka Candy is their “man of the house”.
The whole cast performs a great job. Veterans Ranjan Srivatsav and Bharti Achrekar (especially in the saas-bahu conversations) steal the show with their brilliant portrayal of a happily-married-forever Indian couple.
Flavors is a heartwarming movie, the best crossover movie I’ve watched till date. All the characters are very believable and easy to identify with. The observation of the director is evident across all the minute moments and the carefully-crafted dialogues that make the movie a treat to watch. Screenplay and editing are commendable.
If you’re looking for an interesting story, go elsewhere. If you want to see real Indian (not filmi) characters in a short (less than two hours) feel-good movie, see this. Again and again. There is not a single dull moment here.
This movie review has been moved from my old archives elsewhere.
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