A wealthy East Indian man gives an apparently non-East Indian woman a crash course in his culture, so he can marry her with his family's approval.
After Rahul's white pop-star fiancée dies in a bizarre levitation accident his mother insists he find another girl as soon as possible, preferably a Hindi one. As she backs this up by postponing his sister's wedding until he does so, he feels forced to act, the more so as he knows his sister is pregnant. But it's a pretty tall order for an Indian living in Ontario, so when he meets striking escort Sunita who can 'be whatever you want me to be' he hatches a scheme to pass her off as his new betrothed. Things get complicated when his family start to take to her and he realises his own feelings are becoming rather stronger than that.—J-26
Ten years ago, teen-aged Indo-Canadian Rahul Seth swore on his father's deathbed to make family a priority and marry a nice South Asian girl so that he would lead the Seth family into continued respectability above all else. Now, a wealthy Rahul is still unmarried, and is unlikely to get married in his own estimation. He can't ever marry his one true love, Anglo pop star Kimberly Worthum, and feels no woman, let alone a South Asian one, can ever replace her in his heart. But Ruby, Rahul's drama queen of a mother, won't allow the wedding of Twinky - Rahul's sister - to go ahead until Rahul has found a South Asian bride. Knowing that will not happen, Rahul makes a very expensive and strictly business arrangement with a domineering woman named Sue to act as his future bride for Twinky's wedding. Rahul met Sue when she tried to pick him up in a bar. Rahul believes Sue works as an escort and is ethnically Spanish, but that she can legitimately pass as South Asian. As Rahul and Sue go through with the deception, aided by Rahul's faithful chauffeur Rocky who is hiding his own secret, Rahul learns that Sue's deception goes a little deeper in many different respects. What Rahul doesn't know is the baggage that Sue herself brings into the arrangement.—Huggo
The Seth family reside in Canada. While Mr. Seth has passed away, his mom is still alive, living with her daughter-in-law, her son, Rahul, and daughter, Twinky. Both Rahul and Twinky are of marriageable age. Rahul shocks them all when he brings home a gorgeous Kimberly, who he wants to marry, and does get reluctant blessings from his mom and grandma. Before the marriage does take place, Kimberly passes away in an airplane accident, leaving Rahul heart-broken. When his mom and grandma impress upon to get married to another girl, especially of Indian and Hindu origin, he refuses. Then both of them lay the ultimatum to him - get married or Twinky's marriage will be canceled. A desperate Rahul hires a gorgeous escort, Sue, of seemingly Hispanic origin, convinces his elders that she is India, a Hindu, and definitely the girl he is going to marry. As preparations get way for Twinky's marriage, Rahul is going to be finding out that Sue is not who she claims to be - and may have a separate agenda of her own.—rAjOo ([email protected])
Rahul Seth (Rahul Khanna), is a young and rich Indian-Canadian living in Toronto whose widowed mother Ruby (Moushumi Chatterjee) is eager to get him married after the freak-accidental death of his white pop singer girlfriend, Kimberly (Jessica Pare). Rahul's mother disapproved of her son's relationship with a non-Indian woman. Rahul's grandmother quotes Shakespear and was equally critical of Kimberly as she is too thin, doesn't know her caste or her village.
Furthermore, Rahul's mother has proclaimed that the impending wedding of her daughter Twinky (Rishma Malik) and Bobby (Jazz Mann) will not take place until Rahul has found himself an Indian bride. Rahul's mother parades an army of Indian women in front of Rahul, but all of them are too boring and too much alike in their views to excite Rahul. Rahul's mother promises to accept a girl that Rahul likes, but she would have to be an Indian. Rahul protests but his mother would break down into tears and force him to relent.
The pressure mounts on Rahul as he finds out that Twinky must marry soon to preserve the family's reputation because she is pregnant.10 years ago, Rahul's father had told him to uphold the Indian family values on his deathbed. He told Rahul that the family was now his responsible.
Rahul goes to a bar and there meets Sue (Lisa Ray). Thinking she is a Spanish escort (non-sexual companion) (She also recites poetry in Spanish and is intelligent and witty), he hires her to pose as his fiance because she looks Indian. He will pay for her hotel for a week and pay her an extra $5000 if she can complete her mission. Sue says the deal will have no sex, she has to be home by 12 midnight, and if it doesn't work out - no refunds.Rahul's limo driver Rocky is a Queen and performs at the queer bars when he is off duty. Rahul tells Rocky about his deal with Sue. Rahul purchases a whole new wardrobe for Sue. Sue speaks bluntly to all, particularly to Rocky (Ranjit Chowdhry), who she knows (but does not reveal to others) is a famous drag queen.
Rahul introduces Sue to his family at Twinky's Sangeet ceremony. Akshaye Khanna is invited to the party as a wedding guest. Sue is an instant hit as the guys find her hot and all the women approve of her. Sue stuns Rahul by performing a Bollywood dance number with Akshaye. Sue had told the family that her parents had already passed on.
Rahul eventually discovers that Sue is actually Indian (her name is short for Sunita). Despite his initial anger at her lie, the two grow closer, due in no small part to a confidence boost Sue gave to Rahul's tormented younger brother, Govind (Arjun Lombardi-Singh), who incorrectly believes that no one cares about his welfare. Govind was being bullied at school and Sue teaches him to stand up for himself and to be cool at school.
Rahul and Sue eventually consider one another a fit match. Pleased, Mrs. Seth agrees to sanction Twinky's wedding.Sue's parents do not approve of her lifestyle as they have very conservative views about women in Indian society. Sue's father (who is a car mechanic) wants her to get a normal day job and stop being outside till late night and wearing skimpy clothes. Sue promises her mother (who puts fortune quotes inside fortune cookies) that she is not doing anything that she would be ashamed of.
Rahul and Sue grow more intimate, sharing stories about their pasts. It is revealed that Sue was once offered as a bride to the well-meaning but dim-witted professional wrestler Killer Khalsa (Mike Deol); offended that her parents would even consider such a match, she has been playing mischief in revenge. Khalsa had offered to open a BMW dealership for Sue's father.To become an escort was the quickest way to get back at her parents. Sue is quite immune to social norms. Rahul is relieved to learn that Sue is not a prostitute. He says that he cannot help that he has middle class morals. They both admit their feelings for each other and kiss.
The blossoming romance is shaken, when a drunken friend at Bobby's bachelor party states that Sue is a prostitute, and that he himself has paid her for sex in the past. Rahul is uncertain, causing Sue to be so hurt that he would question her honesty and integrity that she leaves him. He is forced to confess to his family that he never really courted Sue but merely bribed her to act the part of his fiance.
His mother is forced to postpone Twinky's wedding until Rahul can find a new bride, becoming despondent that Twinky's pregnancy will make the family social outcasts, for which Rahul calls her out for being a hypocrite. Twinky enters the room and tells her mother to stop crying, as Twinky and Bobby have eloped. Twinky thanks Rahul for doing so much to help her.
Prodded by Rocky ("Sue ma'am is special. Anyone who can keep a secret deserves the best"), by his insightful, Shakespeare-quoting grandmother (Dina Pathak) and by the ghosts of his father (Jolly Bader) and Kimberly, Rahul goes after Sue. In a balcony scene facilitated by Sue's father (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) and mother (Neelam Mansingh), Rahul professes his true love to Sue, who abruptly leaves him standing outside her balcony.
Rahul initially leaves in his limo, then tells Rocky to return to Sue's house, only to find that Sue has replaced Rocky in the driver's seat.
