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The mob outsources hits to India. Chaos ensues. Cultural collision comedy at its finest.
IMDb
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Rotten Tomatoes
42
Google
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Karma Calling (2009)

chaotic family energycross-cultural cringeindie DIY spirit

Overview

Comedy

This zany take on the American Dream follows the Raj clan, who are just like any other family in Hoboken, N.J.: drowning in debt, driving one another crazy and ... mixed up with the mob by way of a call center in India.

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Content warning
woman director
American Dream delusionsdiaspora identityfamily debt and desperationglobalization's human cost

Standout Aspects

Acting

Samrat Chakrabarti's perfectly frazzled everyman energy

Writing

Call center script jokes that hit uncomfortably close

Costume

Hoboken meets Mumbai aesthetic whiplash

Best for:Streaming: Perfect for a lazy Sunday with zero expectations·Friends: Watch with your Desi friends who get the jokes·Background: Chaos you can half-follow while doom-scrolling
Heads up:Language: Casual mob threats and some Hindi cursing·Triggers: Outsourcing exploitation played for uncomfortable laughs
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Director

Sarba Das

ReleasedMar 13, 2009
Runtime1h 30m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feellight

Top Cast

Kavi Ladnier

Kavi Ladnier

Radha

Samrat Chakrabarti

Samrat Chakrabarti

Rohit Rao

Darshan Jariwala

Darshan Jariwala

Ram Raj

Rizwan Manji

Rizwan Manji

Nikhil

Tony Sirico

Tony Sirico

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Parvesh Cheena

Parvesh Cheena

Peter Patnick

Manish Dayal

Manish Dayal

Call Center Trainee

Poorna Jagannathan

Poorna Jagannathan

Quality Control

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Sarba Das made this while working her day job in advertising, shooting weekends over two years.

Cultural

This was among the first wave of early 2000s indie films exploring South Asian-American identity through comedy rather than trauma.

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