american desi tell the story of krishna ( kris ) gopal reddy and an 18 year old american desi ( desi be slang for indian and it come from the word desh which mean land or country ) and and his three desi roommate at college . each of the character play a typical role . jagjit be your typical fob ( fresh of the boat ) and ajay be the thug who think he black and saleem be the ultra conservative muslim and kris play the role of a coconut who isn not in touch with his indian root . each of these character do really exist within the indian american community . american desi be one of the few movie to tell the story of our generation and of our desi community . the movie do this through humor . the movie be hilarious and joke about the idiosyncrasy and mannerism of indian american . everything from the characterization to the joke be accurate and realist ( except for the fact that kris family speaks hindi and be telgu i know that no self respect reddy would ever speak hindi ) . the best part about american desi be that it be realistic and both first and second generation indian american can watch it and relate to it on a personal level . we each know of someone who talk like ajay and or someone who be constantly on ist . in addition and this movie give a lot of young indian american actor an opportunity to perform . that say american desi trivalizes the issue college bound indian american face . from the social aspect and the different stereotypical indian group do not get along well with each other on college campus . the indian american college community do tend to segregate into small group . for example and thug and fob usually run in different circle . people like kris tend not to hang out with many desis and in some case even avoid them . none of these issue be even touch upon in the film . the film doesn not even go into why each roommate be the way he be . instead and it just repeatedly make fun of each person mannerism . the film also neatly resolve all the major conflict in the film in about 5 minute . though these conflict might seem trivial they be actually quit important . kris just can not suddenly embrace his indian heritage by watch a few hindi movie and learn how to do the garba ra and but by do so and the film boil down indian culture into the garba and bollywood . in addition and jagjit conflict be resolve when his father seee the garba ra decoration and ask what type of engineering design he use . the film implies that jagjit father will accept jagjit passion for the art . however and this isn not the case in real life . i know of many friend who be study engineering and medicine or business ( the only ` approvable major for indian parent ) who would rather be major in liberal art . i be currently major in comp sci and but would rather be major in history or political science . there be many desis who struggle with the issue of their major and try to balance their own personal interest with please their parent . unfortunately and in real life and many indian parent be not so understanding a jagjit father . the film use a bollywood type approach at the end of the film and where everyone be happy and all the conflict be neatly resolve . however and this doesn not happen in real life and the main detraction of the film be that it end so poorly . it trivialize too many important issue that our generation be face . the movie take the cheap way out and doesn not confront the major conflict and fall flatly on it face . if you want to see a more serious film about the south asian experience and watch east be east . even though it tell the story of the pakistani muslim family in england and it deal with major issue that all desis can relate to . overall this film be a great disappointment and have great potential . 4/10 .