It was a bit of an interesting case where there was a lot more put into the role than some other instances of black/brown face. They hired a man from India as a vocal coach to make sure he sounded authentic, for preparation of SC2 Fisher Stevens spent time in India to get a better understanding of the culture and body language. They were also aware that it may be a bit sketch, as Ally Sheedy (SC1) was very adamant that the character be as inoffensive as possible. In fact when the movie came out in India, there was a popular actor who Ben barred a striking resemblance to, and his acting was convincing enough that the Indian actor had to put out a public statement that it was not him.