Metro Park Review

Metro Park is an absolute hilarious take on the lives of NRIs living abroad. It revolves around Kalpesh Patel' s family residing in New Jersey, USA with all its imperfections, cons and above all eccentricities. Kalpesh Patel lives up to the stereotyped gujju living in USA who has a knack for business and believes in deploying different methods to fetch in good amount of money. This sort of leads the viewers to believe that Gujratis are always driven by economical needs and nothing else. The series focuses on all the lives associated to Kalpesh and brings in a lot of entertainment and light hearted comedy. His kids have little to no regards to their culture but try to follow it whenever the situation demands it. Kalpesh's wife's accent is somewhat irritating and again stereotypical which makes me wonder if the show will ever go beyond it's usual stereotypical portrayals or not. What makes this show endearing even though it's strongly embedded in the stereotypical portrayal of gujjus is the element of rootedness and nostalgia. The love for one's culture and how sometimes even being miles away from your country you lose yourself in moments of vulnerability wherein you are instant reminded of this tiny things that made you happy back in the days when you were still residing in your country. It's a fun watch. You can easily stream it on Eros Now and enjoy it. People who love to watch family dramas and enjoy unconventional plot might enjoy it!