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DisOrient 2009 'Karma Calling'

KARMA CALLING: the great American melting pot has landed the Raj family in the soup. Family head Ram Raj is sinking into credit card debt and has to call the Indian mafia in Hoboken for help. His daughter Sonal is losing her heart to call-center operator Rob Roy without realizing he's across a couple of oceans practicing accent naturalization. Her brother Shyam is a college drop-out with a hip-hop album, Hapa Means Weed in Japanese. Their little sister Jamuna wants to have the first Hindu Bat Mitzvah. Their mother has her hands full with a widowed sister-in-law from India who is rearranging all the kitchen cabinets and covering up the lingerie-clad mannequins at the Busy Lady Plaza. And to add to the masala mix there's Radha, a mail-order bride from India promised to a Dollar Store mogul, who finds her big fat Indian wedding might be a little more bargain basement than she had envisioned.

Brother/sister filmmaking duo Sarba and Sarthak Das pull together a talented ensemble cast in a colorful comedy about a model minority in the middle of meltdown. Will the Raj family survive? Will Sonal go to her reunion? Will demure Radha hitch up her sari and let down her hair? Only remover-of-obstacles Lord Ganesh knows. But when he is voiced by Tony Sirico (of THE SOPRANOS) you know that miracles can happen. Just remember this: in today's globalized world, it really pays to know your call-center operator.

Director: Sarba Das

Film Website: http://www.karmacalling.com