Where's the Party Yaar? (2003)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Benny Mathews

Writers:

Benny Mathews (writer)
Soham Mehta (writer)

Release Date:

28 May 2004 (India)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Harish Kumar Patel lives with his mom and dad in Bhimnagar, Gujerat, India, where he is studying Electronic Engineering...

Plot Keywords:

Dance | Friends | Indo Pak | Party | South Asian

Cast

Diwakar Pathak	...	Satish Kumar Patel
Sunil Malhotra	...	Hari (Harishkumar S. Patel)
Indravadan Tridevi	...	Bholey Shankar Maharaj
Arun Bakshi	...	Dr. Bakshi
Ulka Amin	...	Mrs. Bakshi
Shaan Puri	...	Deepu Bakshi
Kal Penn	...	Mo (Mohan Bakshi)
Ankur Patel	...	Hash
Tan Tu	...	Mechanic
Prakash Desai	...	Mr. Kumar
Mousami Dave	...	Poonam Mehta
Indi Wijay	...	Raju Mathews (as Indy Wijay)
M. Kabir
Charlie Flynn	...	Engineering Professor
Tina Cherian	...	Priya Varghese

Also Known As:

Dude, Where's the Party? (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sex-related humor.

Runtime:

USA:110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Hindi | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Houston, Texas, USA

Company:

Music Masala Films

Trivia:

The film is based on Sunil Thakkar's own experiences running and throwing parties for the Music Masala radio station, and having to discriminate between "Fresh off the Boat" Indians and the more fashionable, hip, Americanized Indians. Ironically enough, Thakkar's character in the film is exactly the type of person he barred from parties in those days.

Quotes:

Hari: Deepu, you are looking very deadly today!

Movie Connections:

References Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)

Middle Of The Road, Sometimes Funny Movie.

This is a movie about an Asian Indian family living in the United States. Mo Bakshi (Kal Penn) was raised in the U.S., is familiar with the way of life and is considered one of the cool kids. Harishkumar Patel (Sunil Malhotra), or Hari for short, is what the americanized Indians referred to as "FOBs" or Fresh Off the Boat.

Hari comes to the U.S. in order to go to college. Before he goes, he is foretold by his family in India that his true love will fall on him like lightning from the sky, that her name began with the letter "P" and would fall in love with him on the night of a full moon. On his first day in class he meets Priya (Tina Cherian). Actually, she trips onto him and he interprets this as falling from the sky and chases her for the remainder of the movie.

Throughout the movie, the FOBs are trying to get into the cool parties while guys like Mo and his buddies do their best to keep them out. I suppose this movie is trying to point out the differences between them and even goes as far as to say they are racist against their own heritage. It is a little hard to explain but I understood the movie completely.

This was titled "Dude, Where's The Party?" at the video store and billed as a comedy. After just coming off of watching Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, I figured this was a "can't miss" movie. While it was not too terrible, it was nowhere near as funny as Harold & Kumar (with the exception of maybe one scene). I kind of got the picture they were trying to capitalize on Kal's Harold & Kumar fame by releasing this movie afterward, even though it was made before and the box cover could be misconstrued as well.

Also, some of the actors are in need of acting classes or something. Most of the smaller parts I guess. I did not think the women were all that beautiful either, with the exception of Mousami Dave, who plays Poonam Mehta. Mousami was by far the hottest girl in the movie. With all things considered, I rate this in the middle and would honestly recommend to pass on this film. 5/10