User Reviews

Good humor. Great story. Comic and tragic at the same time. Nice cast. Vikram Dasu was good in acting. But, may not suit commercial star roles. Purva Bedi was good, but, didn't look like a Telugu girl. Deep Kadare was the best-acted like a Hollywood actor. There are so many non-actors. That's the drawback of the film. With everyone as capable as Deep Kadare, Vikram Dasu and Purva Bedi, and the villain Kizad, the movie would be much better. Living in Brooklyn, I related to the movie and the immigration problems 100%. If you haven't been through those, you may not understand some scenes. But, if you have, you'll cry and laugh.

I was expecting this movie to be horrible from the trailors, and even the beginning of the movie seemed pretty uninteresting. However, the main character, Murli, was not even shown in the advertisements. Instead, the publicity was just hoping to attract people on the basis that this was an another American Desi. This is a completely different type of movie than American Desi. The ads are very misleading; I even heard someone say that he thought this was a sequel to American Desi. Anyways, keeping in mind that this is a drama, not a comedy, the movie is about an illegal Indian immigrant looking for work in a corrupt system and about Purva Bedi who plays an ABCD (American Born Confused Desi). Murli plays his character in earnest, and his climax speech is absolutely amazing and heart-wrenching. Purva's story well depicts the hurtful nature of American stereotypes of Indians, and how ABCDs take no shame by engaging in insulting India.

I really enjoyed the movie. The different moods were captured pretty well.

The acting from the new comers was not bad at all. I recommend people watch it. Deep Katdare is a good actor and has a bright future in front of him.

Overall its a good fun movie for all.

This just might be the worst movie I have ever seen. This movie went beyond laughably bad, to just bad. The acting was unconvincing and the story was stupid. The worst thing about it is that the dearth of American movies featuring Indian actors causes Indian people to like the movie, regardless of how terrible it is (like "American Desi"). I rank this movie among the 5 worst movies I have ever seen in my life (along with "Batman and Robin"). I implore you to NOT see this movie, only because it will make people think that this is a movie worth watching. I apologize for all of the "hateful" comments, but this movie suffers from everything that goes into making a bad movie.

I really loved the movie. it is 10,000 times better than the bollywood love triangles. This movie takes a serious look at the immigration system n the lives of illegal immigrants in America.

I found the movie to b complete. It points out hard facts n they come on to u like a punch. It has very good acting by deep katdare n purva bedi. Even the lead actor 'murali' has done exceptionally well considering that it's his first movie. The comic scenes were outstanding. I was laughing non-stop.

The movie has an original soundtrack which makes it different form this genre of movies. Moreover it is not an out n out funny movie but with a clear social message in the gripping climax. It really stands out n I enjoyed the movie thoroughly.

A must see for everybody especially the south Asians. The movie is awesome n worth the money I purchased the DVD recently It is so nice n has no vulgarity or obscenity or bad language so u can watch the movie with ur entire family

i liked the first room-mate character actor shobu played by aatif khan I guess who overshadowed the main lead like nething in the beginning He was very funny.

Watch it n u wont b disappointed.

Doing a film about immigration politics and still keeping it as a romantic comedy is a very interesting idea. It worked for me. I liked the young lawyer guy very much. He's very subtle in his performances. All the other actors needed more training as he apparently has. The film has a very unusual kind of humor. In a very sad scene, the illegal immigrants sit in their prison cell and talk about the famous hot coffee case of fast food joint, and it ends up with a hilarious punch, "American thighs are too costly.." I didn't know whether to laugh or not, but, couldn't stop laughing. Strange humor, but, original. Crew sounds like the amateur college folks who didn't know how to put a real-looking beard to an old character. Cast, writing, and directing was better than the technical parts.

I saw Greencard Fever twice. I attended two special screenings before the release itself. I'm proud that this movie was taken in my home away from home, Columbus, OH. Apart from that, the movie itself was very very good. I have just bought a DVD of this movie from my friend in California. This is one of the rare Indian films which talks about racial issues very daringly. Not only that, its hilarious and romantic at the same time.

Some good moments, terrible editing, too much social commentary. Not bad for a first movie.

Srinath Sampath is the lone bright spot in this film. He plays the smarmy cabbie in the beginning. Brilliant! DeNiro got started as a taxi driver and I predict Mr. Sampath will as well.