Omi Vaidya is a lead actor in the series.
Netflix will stream a new comedy series, Brown Nation, which revolves around Indian Americans living and working in New York City, starting November 15.
Created and written by Matt Grubb, George Kanatt and Abi Varghese, the series is about the trials and tribulations of the employees of an lIT business in the Big Apple, reported Huffington Post.
Prakash Bare, one of the producers of the show, told The News Minute that the show “is basically a sitcom taking a satirical look at the life of Indians and other brown-skinned communities in the backdrop of NYC. It’s not a very serious or preachy depiction of the issues.”
On how it was different from ‘Outsourced’, Bare said, “We have a more balanced scripting department with talents from American as well as Indian backgrounds. That we believe has resulted in a program which will be palatable to both the audiences.”
Brown Nation is about a man called Hasmukh and his small IT consulting company, Shree Ganesh Computers Limited Inc., in Queens, New York, which is floundering due to a staff of disinterested and lazy characters, and home life with wife Dimple, her dog, Bobby, and how he can’t seem to find a balance for it all, reported Stourbridge News.
Apart from ‘3 Idiots’ actor Omi Vaidya, who is an Indian American, the series also features Jaspal Binning, a former member of Stourbridge Amateur Operatic Society, in the UK.
Bissning, 26, has been cast as Gautam, an intelligent office worker and sensitive soul who comes off as a tragic hero, in Brown Nation.
“I am incredibly proud of being a lead character in this series. The show truly showcases different parts of my Asian culture and has educated me about aspects I didn’t know about before, always resulting in hilarity,” Binning said, reported Stourbridge News.
“I feel incredibly fortunate about my career,” Binning said. “I moved to New York when I was 19 to study at the New York Film Academy for two years, after receiving a scholarship from ‘Rush Hour’ director, Brett Ratner. I got a work visa after studying and started working straight away.