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World Service,28 Jan 2025,40 mins
The film couple turning their own lives into romantic comedy
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Karan Soni and Roshan Sethi are a couple whose real-life love story inspired their film A Nice Indian Boy. The effect is a movie that mixes Hollywood and Bollywood, and which has transformed many of their own family relationships. Karan Soni is famous for playing supporting roles in films like Deadpool & Wolverine, but A Nice Indian Boy has turned him into a leading man alongside musical theatre star Jonathan Groff, of Hamilton and Frozen fame. Roshan Sethi is the film's director, he's an oncologist turned scriptwriter who didn't come out until the age of 30. He never imagined that his breakthrough movie would be about a gay Indian-American doctor finding love, starring his real-life partner Karan. A Nice Indian Boy will be in cinemas later this year. Presenter: Sophia Smith Galer Producer: Helen Fitzhenry Get in touch: [email protected] or WhatsApp +44 330 678 2707 (Photo: Roshan Sethi wearing headphones and directing Karan Soni on set of A Nice Indian Boy. Credit: LEVANTINE FILMS AND WAYFARER STUDIOS)
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