Pudi, Manji, and Karen David do a fine job of carrying the film, each of them charming and likeable enough to allow the viewer to commit fully to the events unfolding in their lives. And it definitely succeeds in that aspect, with multiple facets of the perils and comedy of traveling to a strange country placed on display, often with amusing and touching results. With the corporation scrambling to develop new technology relating to microwave ovens to secure a monstrous contract, Sami enlists Alex, Babu, and his other friends to formulate a plan to buy time with Ruby's dad, and maybe outshine those nasty microwave designers.įunded by a Kickstarter project, Lena Khan's The Tiger Hunter was the result of her effort to tell the story of immigrants to the United States, utilizing actual stories passed on to her and the other film makers by friends and relatives. He meets up with Alex (Jon Heder) a lowly employee who seems to know the ropes that will get Sami into the clique of engineers and who also happens to be the CEO's offspring. Traveling to the United States to check out potential suitors, Ruby and her Father plan to stop in on the young engineer, sending him back to his original prospect to accept the draftsman position. When he realizes that he's destined for nothing but menial jobs, Sami contemplates returning to India, but it's a phone call from Ruby that sets him back on track. Fortune shines on the young man in the form of Babu (Rizwan Manji) a helpful Pakistani who takes Sami into a communal apartment literally jam-packed with immigrants from a number of countries (and one Black dude who just can't get a break), and the group quickly hip him to job fairs and a shared suit that can be scheduled for interviews. Sami, recognizing that his schooling qualifies him for better work but being too naive to realize the reality of the situation, heads out to pound the pavement, but is promptly mugged of all of his clothes and money. The promise of the American Dream in the Land of the Free, however, proves to be Sami's first letdown, when he arrives at his new place of employment to find that there is no permanent engineering job, which will allow him to meet the requirements of his visa, but instead, a lowly draftsman job in the basement workspace of the corporation. The villagers scrape what little funds they have together, and with his mother's reluctant blessing and promises of a successful future to Ruby, Sami boards a plane for Illinois. Convinced that the key to success lies across the ocean in America, Sami sends letter after letter to corporations across the United States, finally rewarded with an answer to his prayers in the form of an engineering job in Chicago, Illinois. A steady flow of work, to be sure, but the villagers also lack the funds to pay Sami in full. Wisdom isn't the only thing that Danny's father passes on to the youngster, and shortly before the patriarch's death, he sells off his prized rifle and hunting gear so that his son may attend the finest British university in the country.Įmerging with a degree in Engineering from his schooling, Sami is driven by the need to be a success so that he may convince Ruby's strict father that he is worthy of her hand in marriage but he finds himself instead repairing the various radios and other electronic components that the people in his village bring him. He takes the various tidbits of advice that the elder Malik passes on, mostly snippets about tiger hunting that translate to being successful in real life, and spends the rest of his time chasing after the beautiful Ruby (Karen David). Young Indian lad Sami Malik (Danny Pudi) feels the pressures of growing up in the shadow of his father, regarded in awe by the villagers as a legendary tiger hunter. Cast: Danny Pudi, Karen David, Jon Heder, Rizwan Manji
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