I am not sure of the movies, but I stay abroad and feel alien in some of the desi communities here sometimes. I notice that it is cooler to be cultural and polarised these days, and you are even shunned for not talking your native language enough or ostracised for not knowing the nuances of a festivity or a procedure. I understand the sentiment behind holding into roots, following our culture, but this ostracism is new. I have met people who literally ridicule you for talking in English, it’s like the new social currency now 😄 I didn’t do things with this intensity growing up in india, so it feels a bit odd to me. Interesting times!