All you need to know about ‘Hot Mess Holiday’, Comedy Central’s Indian diaspora holiday film
The Hindu
Surina Jindal and Melanie Chandra of ‘Surina & Mel’ fame star in Comedy Central’s upcoming holiday film that has a largely South Asian-American cast including Kal Penn, Richa Moorjani and Aparna Nancherla
The past five years has seen a surge in Indian diaspora films and series, such as The Mindy Project, Never Have I Ever and Definition Please. Now mainstream U.S. network Comedy Central has tapped Sameer Gardezi, Surina Jindal and Melanie Chandra for a holiday film that represents the festive season conundrum most South Asian global communities experience.
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Hot Mess Holiday, which will premiere on December 11 with the India date to be confirmed, chronicles the tale of a finance executive who is dumped by her cheating fiancé during the Deepavali holidays, and her best friend is determined to help her have a wild holiday, chaotically coming into possession of a multi-million dollar diamond along the way.