Basmati Blues (2017) on Netflix
NR20171h 46mComedyMusicalRomance
Scientist Linda Watt creates a genetically modified rice, and her CEO Gurgon sends her to India to persuade the farmers of Bilari to grow it. She thinks she is helping them.
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- Netflix1.3/5
- IMDb4.0/102,329 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes10%
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Plot summary
Linda Watt creates a genetically modified rice for the company Mogil with her father, Eric, and at a press meeting the Mogil executive Evelyn celebrates its nutritional value and its resistance to drought and pests. Her CEO, Gurgon, makes her the company's new sales representative and sends her to Bilari, India, to convince the town's farmers to grow the rice, threatening to cut her lab funding if she refuses. On the train she meets Rajit, a farmer's son who plans to pay for college by selling a pest-deterring stink weed. William, an Agricultural Office representative, wants the Mogil deal to go through so he can move to New York City.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Basmati Blues (2017)
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- Upon its 2018 release, Basmati Blues drew criticism on social media and from film critics for a stereotypical depiction of South Asians and India, and its trailer was seen as playing into the racially offensive white savior trope.
- Monsoon season hit the last weeks of the 2013 shoot of Basmati Blues, damaging sets and leaving too few scenes filmed; a reshoot took place in 2015 and post-production ended in May 2017.
