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->''"In Umrika, anything is possible."''
''Umrika'' is a Hindi-language dramedy directed by Creator/PrashantNair.
Udai (Creator/PrateikBabbar) leaves his rural Indian village for the United States of America, and promises to write to his younger brother Ramakant (Creator/SurajSharma). After their father dies years later, however, Ramakant realizes that he and the postman have been forging Udai's letters. Ramakanat heads to Mumbai with his childhood best friend Lalu (Creator/TonyRevolori) to find out what happened to his brother.
The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Not to be confused with ''Film/{{Amreeka}}''.
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!!Tropes:
* TheEighties: The bulk of the film is set in the '80s, and includes cultural references like ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', the Cold War, and UsefulNotes/IndiraGandhi.
* ChildhoodFriends: Ramakant and Lalu have been pals since childhood, and Lalu accompanies him to the city because of this.
* CountryMouse: Ramakant is a naive village boy thrust into the big city (Mumbai in this case).
* DisappointingOlderSibling: Finally, Ramakant learns that instead of living it up in America like he has been lead to believe for years, his brother Udai [[spoiler:is a barber in Mumbai with a side hustle of helping illegally smuggle people to the US.]] Learning this crushes him, and he [[spoiler:resolves to go to America in his brother's stead; Udai goes into debt in order to finance this trip.]]
* {{Eagleland}}: Ramakant's village has a very idealistic view of America, helped along by Udai's supposed correspondence portraying the nation as beautiful, welcoming, and full of sights and sounds.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Lalu wants to go to America to hang out with [[BuxomIsBetter busty]] blondes.
* ForgedMessage: Udai's father and uncle have been forging Udai's letters for years.
* AnImmigrantsTale: As far as Ramakant and his village know, Udai has immigrated to the US and lives a good life there. [[spoiler:The entire film is a prelude to ''Ramakant's'' migration to America, and the film ends with him on a shipping container arranged by smugglers.]]
* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: During an InUniverse showing of ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', Indy is met with ProducePelting. The Indian audience is rooting for the Indian villain, Mola Ram, despite him being a violent Hindu priest with an additional sprinkling of medley of 'thuggish brown people' stereotypes.
-->"Don't hurt Brother Creator/{{Amrish|Puri}}!"
* StarcrossedLovers: Ramakant's romantic liaison with Radhika has two major wrenches: the first, that his mother wants him to marry a girl from their community, and the second, [[spoiler:that he's leaving for the US, possibly permanently.]]
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->''"In Umrika, anything is possible."''
''Umrika'' is a Hindi-language dramedy directed by Creator/PrashantNair.
Udai (Creator/PrateikBabbar) leaves his rural Indian village for the United States of America, and promises to write to his younger brother Ramakant (Creator/SurajSharma). After their father dies years later, however, Ramakant realizes that he and the postman have been forging Udai's letters. Ramakanat heads to Mumbai with his childhood best friend Lalu (Creator/TonyRevolori) to find out what happened to his brother.
The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Not to be confused with ''Film/{{Amreeka}}''.
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!!Tropes:
* TheEighties: The bulk of the film is set in the '80s, and includes cultural references like ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', the Cold War, and UsefulNotes/IndiraGandhi.
* ChildhoodFriends: Ramakant and Lalu have been pals since childhood, and Lalu accompanies him to the city because of this.
* CountryMouse: Ramakant is a naive village boy thrust into the big city (Mumbai in this case).
* DisappointingOlderSibling: Finally, Ramakant learns that instead of living it up in America like he has been lead to believe for years, his brother Udai [[spoiler:is a barber in Mumbai with a side hustle of helping illegally smuggle people to the US.]] Learning this crushes him, and he [[spoiler:resolves to go to America in his brother's stead; Udai goes into debt in order to finance this trip.]]
* {{Eagleland}}: Ramakant's village has a very idealistic view of America, helped along by Udai's supposed correspondence portraying the nation as beautiful, welcoming, and full of sights and sounds.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Lalu wants to go to America to hang out with [[BuxomIsBetter busty]] blondes.
* ForgedMessage: Udai's father and uncle have been forging Udai's letters for years.
* AnImmigrantsTale: As far as Ramakant and his village know, Udai has immigrated to the US and lives a good life there. [[spoiler:The entire film is a prelude to ''Ramakant's'' migration to America, and the film ends with him on a shipping container arranged by smugglers.]]
* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: During an InUniverse showing of ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', Indy is met with ProducePelting. The Indian audience is rooting for the Indian villain, Mola Ram, despite him being a violent Hindu priest with an additional sprinkling of medley of 'thuggish brown people' stereotypes.
-->"Don't hurt Brother Creator/{{Amrish|Puri}}!"
* StarcrossedLovers: Ramakant's romantic liaison with Radhika has two major wrenches: the first, that his mother wants him to marry a girl from their community, and the second, [[spoiler:that he's leaving for the US, possibly permanently.]]
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