His dream is to make a lot of money and fly his childhood love to the States, so they can spend the rest of their lives together, making both their families proud.
Sami accepts a job in Chicago at a manufacturing firm, hoping to put his engineering education to good use and make a name for himself in America. He retells his story, how he grew up under the care of a loving mother and the support of a community who knew him, under the legacy of his deceased father, who was known as a formidable tiger hunter. The story is set in 1979, when a young engineer named Sami Malik (earnestly played by Danny Pudi “Community”) who decides to follow thru with his dream, leaving his village in India to pursue an engineering career in the United States. The refreshingly sweet and wholesome tone of the story feels like the kind of movie that no one makes anymore – free of lewd laughs or cynicism and (gasp) full of heart. The dramedy is a warmhearted fish-out-of-water period piece from director Lena Khan, making her feature-length debut and it comes across almost like an autobiographical tale, or at least an amalgam of assimilation stories that have been passed down. It follows the immigrant experience as a whole more than it deals with the pressure of meeting your future spouse, although marriage definitely is on the mind of our protagonist here. If this summer’s “The Big Sick” was your first exposure to certain South Asian customs and traditions, such as prearranged marriage and you find your curiosity piqued, then check out “The Tiger Hunter”. Produced by: Megha Kadakia, Lena Khan and Nadia Khan Written by: Lena Khan and Sameer Asad Gardezi
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