The 2024 romantic comedy A Nice Indian Boy, directed by Roshan Sethi, centers around Naveen Gavaskar (Karan Soni), a highly educated, successful Indian-American doctor living in New York City. Naveen is the embodiment of his parents' expectations: he is responsible, polite, and has achieved a career that they can brag about in their tight-knit immigrant community. However, there’s one thing that sets him apart from his family’s ideals—he is gay.
The film is directed by David Joseph Craig and Brian Crano, both of whom bring their unique sensibilities to the project. Craig’s experience in writing and directing often involves sharp social observations, while Crano’s work tends to explore the complexities of human relationships with a mix of humor and emotional depth. Together, they’ve created a film that moves between multiple genres—comedy, horror, romance, and drama—blurring the lines in a way that keeps the audience on edge while still engaging them with character-driven moments.