Interview: Karan Soni and Roshan Sethi on Reflecting Themselves and Collaborating to Make ‘A Nice Indian Boy’

In Roshan Sethi’s A Nice Indian Boy, Naveen (Karan Soni) doesn’t expect to find much happiness for himself as a gay man in his Indian community. But when he meets Jay (Jonathan Groff), who was adopted by Indian parents at a young age, things progress quickly, far too much so for Naveen, who isn’t eager to introduce the new important man in his life to his parents (Zarna Garg and Harish Patel) and his sister Arundhathi (Sunita Mani).

Awards Buzz spoke with Sethi and Soni about their past collaboration on 7 Days and their work together on this film as director and star. Watch the video above to hear about casting Groff and how he was sure that Soni would be a perfect fit for the role even though he was convinced he was straight.

A Nice Indian Boy opens in theaters on Friday, April 4^th.