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[jgroffdaily]

When I enter the Zoom, Jonathan Groff is singing.

"It was a little Beyonce," he says, to which I compliment the warm welcome to what can otherwise be a stressful experience of trying to rush through questions in the short span of eight minutes. Such is junket life.

"He's been doing it to everyone," Karan Soni chimes in, grinning, "so I'm just letting you know."

It's an interaction that feels pulled from their new film, A Nice Indian Boy, which stars Soni as Naveen Gavaskar, who finds himself enamoured by Goff's Jay Kurundkar when he comes to take his photo at the hospital he works in.

The two get swept up in a whirlwind romance, and Naveen proposes to Jay before bringing him home to meet his traditional Indian family, where their romantic bubble bursts.

Soni and Groff have clearly nurtured their friendship, which translates on screen beautifully in Roshan Sethi's third feature film, A Nice Indian Boy.

First premiering in March 2024 at the South by Southwest Film Festival, it is now heading for its theatrical release on April 4, where audiences will finally get to see the magic of the film currently clutching firmly at its 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

When I ask Soni for the moment in the script that made him say yes to playing the role of Naveen, he reveals, "It was the opening scene."

"I grew up in India going to many weddings just sitting on the sidelines as a family member, watching two straight people get married over and over again and being like, 'I'll probably never see a gay version of this,'" he shares.

"I didn't really understand in a way how not healthy that is," Soni says, "I remember this really weird feeling where I was like, 'It's so cool that we're capturing this image of the traditional Indian ceremony with two men.'"

Groff recalls reading that scene for the first time, saying, "It was so evocative."

For him, he was drawn in by the unconventional final act.

"I was, I guess, anticipating what would be the end of the story," Groff says. "The sort of final coming together of the romantic story, but it then became about the family and the wedding and all of that. That, to me, was so beautiful and surprising."

While Naveen and Jay's romance is the sun A Nice Indian Boy orbits around, many love stories run through the film. We have a love story between mother and daughter, brother and sister, father and son-in-law. It feels like a remedy to the hostile environments love is currently facing in corners of the Western world.

"It is a love story about these two people," says Groff. "But, in a broader sense, it's a love story about joining somebody's family. The last third of [A Nice Indian Boy] was such a beautiful surprise to me that made me want to be a part of it."

"It was a really intense shooting schedule," Groff recalls. "Six-day weeks."

But that intensity bore camaraderie, and Groff and Soni speak with reverie about their time working on the film.

"Working on the movie gave me hope," says Groff. "To be in an environment where Karan is bringing his full self and Roshan [Sethi] is bringing his full self, it trickled down through every department. There was this mission that everybody had. A north star of who they are and the story they were wanting to tell."

There are films you watch where the energy from the cast and crew radiates back to the audience. A Nice Indian Boy is one of those rare gems. There's a warmth flowing through it that makes it clear why the reviews are throwing out plaudits like "endearing", "swoon-worthy", and "absolutely hilarious".

"Oftentimes you can have good experiences, but it doesn't necessarily translate to the film," Groff says. "The hope I was given was 'Wow, really amazing kind people can be starring in and directing a film, telling a story from their heart, and it can be a great movie.' You don't have to have the drama, the trauma. They really led with their hearts on this one and made a beautiful film."

[entertainment]

Meanwhile, in another Spider-Verse.... the cast of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (in theaters now), swap voice roles in this hilarious web exclusive.

[demifiendrsa]

Deadpool & Wolverine | Official Trailer

Posters

[tampire]

Pavitr Prabhakar VS Spot / Matthew Patel VS Gideon Graves

Across The Spiderverse / Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

[ichorai]

brown appreciation post we up !!!

[newblueoldred]

Jonathan Groff in A Nice Indian Boy

[stevenrogered]

Who are you? I’m glad you asked, new guy. My name is Pavitr Prabhakar. Being Spider-Man is so easy.

[atesan]

ABBOTT ELEMENTARY 3x08 - Panel

[tigerleopardlion]

Indian Jungle Cat | Karan Soni

[logray]

INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE | ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

[nkp1981]

Character posters for the upcoming "Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Part 1"

[jgroffdaily]

The first trailer and poster for ‘A Nice Indian Boy’.

[sirwadewilsonfromimgur]

Deadpool and Wolverine: KCAU

Mini/ short

Logan and Wade are in bed... cuddled as is their tradition at this point when Wade wakes up and sits up.

Wolvy, I just had the weirdest dream...

<groggily> What... was it one of the bad ones...

No!... no.. But Dopinder was dating king George the 3rd... they actually seemed really happy in a rom-com sort of way...

Wow... you really do think everyone is gay... you need to stay off that Tumblr website before bed.

*yawning* everyone is gay... It's canon...

Whatever, bub... let's go back to sleep. It's 4am

Author: Karan Soni (Dopinder) and Jonathan Groff (king George in Hamilton) are indeed set to appear in a rom-com and it looks cute as fuck but damn if it don't seem like a deadpool tumblr dream.

The film is called "A Nice Indian Boy"

[mikyapixie]

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐯𝐬. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐌𝐚𝐧: 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫-𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞!!!

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕!!!

[tampire]

Pavitr hits the Spot

[elinordash]

MIRACLE WORKERS (2019 - ) | 1.07 1 Hour

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