\tThe romantic comedy \u201cA Nice Indian Boy,\u201d starring Karan Soni (\u201cDeadpool\u201d) and Jonathan Groff (\u201cFrozen,\u201d \u201cHamilton\u201d) is getting a nationwide theatrical release.<\/p>\n
\tLevantine Films and Wayfarer Studios, which produced the film, have tapped Blue Harbor Entertainment to handle U.S. distribution, with a theatrical release date set for April 4.<\/p>\n
\tThe film follows Naveen (Soni) as he brings his fianc\u00e9 Jay (Groff) home to meet his traditional Indian family who, as the film\u2019s logline explains, \u201cmust contend with accepting Naveen\u2019s white-orphan-artist boyfriend and helping them plan the Indian wedding of their dreams.\u201d The cast also includes Sunita Mani (\u201cEverything Everywhere All At Once,\u201d\u00a0\u201cSpirited\u201d), Zarna Garg (\u201cZarna\u201d) and Harish Patel (\u201cEternals,\u201d \u201cFour Weddings and a Funeral\u201d). \t<\/p>\n
\t\u201cA Nice Indian Boy\u201d is directed by Roshan Sethi from a script penned by Eric Randall (\u201cElsbeth,\u201d \u201cIn the Dark\u201d), based on the play by Madhuri Shekar (\u201c3 Body Problem\u201d and \u201cThe Nevers\u201d).<\/p>\n
\t\u201cI was closeted only six years ago, so it\u2019s surreal on a personal level to have made this particular romantic comedy about love and acceptance and family belonging,\u201d said Sethi in a statement about the distribution deal. \u201cI am excited for it to reach the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tThe film is produced by Levantine Films (\u201cHidden Figures,\u201d \u201cJerry and Marge Go Large\u201d and Maude Apatow\u2019s upcoming directorial debut \u201cPoetic License\u201d) and Wayfarer Studios (following their recent box office success with \u201cIt Ends with Us\u201d and \u201cThe Garfield Movie\u201d as well as Oscar-contending Netflix documentary \u201cWill & Harper\u201d).<\/p>\n
\t\u201cWhen we first read Madhuri\u2019s beloved play, we knew it was destined to become a winning film that would make audiences laugh, cry and swoon,\u201d said Levantine Films CEO Benjamin Hung. \u201cWe feel extraordinarily lucky to have found a brilliant screenwriter in Eric and a dream director in Roshan, who bravely cast his real-life partner Karan opposite the highly charismatic Jonathan. Together, the entire cast and crew made this a reality, putting their hearts, souls and unprocessed family dynamics into a hilarious and sincere film that we could not be prouder to share with the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cA Nice Indian Boy\u201d made its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in March and has gone on to win awards at the Hamptons International Film Festival, the Tasveer Film Festival and the prize for \u201cBest LGBTQ Feature\u201d at the Key West Film Festival. The film is next set to screen at the Palm Springs Film Festival in January. \t<\/p>\n
\t\u201cWe are absolutely thrilled by the response this film has received at festivals around the world, and we are incredibly grateful to our partners at Blue Harbor for helping us bring it to theaters nationwide,\u201d said\u00a0Andrew\u00a0Calof, president of production at\u00a0Wayfarer Studios. \u201cThis film is a true labor of love, filled with heart and humor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tRyan Haidarian of Wayfarer Studios brokered the deal with Blue Harbor.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cWe are delighted to be working with Wayfarer, Levantine and Roshan to bring this endearing and charming film to audiences next year,\u201d reads a statement on behalf of Blue Harbor. \u201cWe all appreciate the rollercoaster that families can be, and as such, we felt very connected to Naveen and his plight.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tMindy Kaling (under her Kaling International banner) serves as an executive producer along with Jamal Daniel and Thalia Daniel for Levantine, Angela Cardon for Wayfarer, Daniel Bekerman for Scythia Films. Shekar, Soni and Garg also executive produced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The romantic comedy \u201cA Nice Indian Boy,\u201d starring Karan Soni (\u201cDeadpool\u201d) and Jonathan Groff (\u201cFrozen,\u201d \u201cHamilton\u201d) is getting a nationwide theatrical release. Levantine Films and Wayfarer Studios, which produced the film, have tapped Blue Harbor Entertainment to handle U.S. distribution, with a theatrical release date set for April 4. The film follows Naveen (Soni) as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}