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Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Features fiercely protective Indian immigrant mother Zarna Garg in action.

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Brian Volk-Weiss

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documentary, comedy

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And now, I have an update on the situation
and you guys are gonna think - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

And now, I have an update on the situation and you guys are ...

I just found out that she's required
to take a class in Wellness. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

I just found out that she's required to take a class in...

While she's meditating,
I'm gonna go have a stroke. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

While she's meditating, I'm gonna go have a stroke...

It's hard for me to raise my kids here,
I'll tell you why. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

It's hard for me to raise my kids here, I'll tell ...

Because here, people like to
do dangerous things just for fun. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Because here, people like to do dangerous things just for fu...

Just for the thrill of it.
They like to go sliding down mountains, - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Just for the thrill of it. They like to go sliding down moun...

Back home, when I wanted to
experience the thrill, I drank tap water. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Back home, when I wanted to experience the thrill, I drank t...

Now, my son wants to go bungee jumping.
Could you imagine? - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Now, my son wants to go bungee jumping. Could you imagine?

And I said, "No, you can't go."
And he says, "Why not? - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

And I said, "No, you can't go." And he says, ...

My friend, Scott went." - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

My friend, Scott went."

I said, "Scott should go bungee jumping.
Scott has a B in Math. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

I said, "Scott should go bungee jumping. Scott has a B ...

You want to put a photo on Instagram,
take a picture of your GPA. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

You want to put a photo on Instagram, take a picture of your...

And you know the other thing that has
us immigrant parents really confused, - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

And you know the other thing that has us immigrant parents r...

I know brown people are like, "What?" - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

I know brown people are like, "What?"

You be happy. If you are happy,
we are happy. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

You be happy. If you are happy, we are happy.

[audience laughing] - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

[audience laughing]

Our song would be "Don't happy, - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Our song would be "Don't happy,

Last year, six out of eight spelling bee
champions in America were Indian. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Last year, six out of eight spelling bee champions in Americ...

...that's a "C." - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

...that's a "C."

And you know, when I make these jokes,
people ask me, they're like, - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

And you know, when I make these jokes, people ask me, they&#...

My LinkedIn profile says Mount Sinai.

Okay, I was kidding about that,
they do know what I do, - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Okay, I was kidding about that, they do know what I do,

The last few years,
I did a lot of shows on Zoom. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

The last few years, I did a lot of shows on Zoom.

How many people here are still
working on Zoom? A little bit, right? - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

How many people here are still working on Zoom? A little bit...

You wore your nice shirt,
you combed your hair, you looked good. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

You wore your nice shirt, you combed your hair, you looked g...

Then, a few months into it,
you took a little bite on the side. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Then, a few months into it, you took a little bite on the si...

Now, we're like,
"I'm just gonna take a shower." - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Now, we're like, "I'm just gonna take a showe...

[audience cheering] - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

[audience cheering]

Now, in America, we've heard
a lot about Indian aunties. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Now, in America, we've heard a lot about Indian aunties...

But can we take a minute and talk about
Indian uncles? - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

But can we take a minute and talk about Indian uncles?

So, this is how the Zoom would open up.
Take a hundred little windows, - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

So, this is how the Zoom would open up. Take a hundred littl...

As if to say, who is this woman and
why is she talking? - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

As if to say, who is this woman and why is she talking?

And then, while I was doing my set,
the chat room would be fired up. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

And then, while I was doing my set, the chat room would be f...

"She's not funny." - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

"She's not funny."

...hands behind their back,
belly protruding out, - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

...hands behind their back, belly protruding out,

And if you go to dinner with
an Indian uncle and tip 20%, - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

And if you go to dinner with an Indian uncle and tip 20%,

They're like, "Ohh, no one told me
I'm having dinner with Bill Gates." - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

They're like, "Ohh, no one told me I'm having...

So, I make fun of Indian guys,
but the truth is, they're great guys. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

So, I make fun of Indian guys, but the truth is, they'r...

Good fathers, great husbands,
great providers. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Good fathers, great husbands, great providers.

No. Kids here think they have it bad.
They complain about things. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

No. Kids here think they have it bad. They complain about th...

They're like, "Oh, I grew up
in a rough neighborhood." - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

They're like, "Oh, I grew up in a rough neighborho...

"I didn't belong. She was mean to me." - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

"I didn't belong. She was mean to me."

In India. With Indian people. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

In India. With Indian people.

"Come, come, come, Beta." - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

"Come, come, come, Beta."

Happy birthday!" - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Happy birthday!"

And fatter than me?" - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

And fatter than me?"

[audience cheers] - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

[audience cheers]

So, my aunties will understand this,
right, when we hang out at dinner parties, - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

So, my aunties will understand this, right, when we hang out...

And the kids here are so delicate. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

And the kids here are so delicate.

...he recently asked me, he's like,
"Mom, are you proud of me?" - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

...he recently asked me, he's like, "Mom, are you ...

Why?" - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

We get you tutors.
We feed you almonds. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

We get you tutors. We feed you almonds.

That's like a Russian mom being proud
that her kid is a figure skater. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

That's like a Russian mom being proud that her kid is a...

Right now, the best I can give you
is that I'm not embarrassed by you." - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Right now, the best I can give you is that I'm not emba...

Like, you know, they come to me
for help with their homework - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Like, you know, they come to me for help with their homework

And then, he'll be like, "Mom,
but I have to show the work, - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

And then, he'll be like, "Mom, but I have to show ...

The truth is that my youngest, my third,
is actually the smartest of my three. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

The truth is that my youngest, my third, is actually the sma...

I just don't have the heart to break it to
him that by the time he goes to college, - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

I just don't have the heart to break it to him that by ...

I mean, I drop hints. I tell him, I'm
like, you know what's a great university? - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

I mean, I drop hints. I tell him, I'm like, you know wh...

And my husband, he thinks
he's a comedian now. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

And my husband, he thinks he's a comedian now.

He's like, by the time he goes to college,
we're gonna have no money left. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

He's like, by the time he goes to college, we're g...

You know what's a great place to retire?
Flushing. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

You know what's a great place to retire? Flushing.

No, so, I've been married,
you know, a long time, - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

No, so, I've been married, you know, a long time,

And sometimes, we fight. I tell him,
go, go take the kids. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

And sometimes, we fight. I tell him, go, go take the kids.

You know, one has a tennis tournament,
one has a chess game at the same time. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

You know, one has a tennis tournament, one has a chess game ...

You know, I get asked if I was arranged. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

You know, I get asked if I was arranged.

Because she has
a 15,000 square foot house, - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Because she has a 15,000 square foot house,

You know, the funny thing
about arranged marriages is - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

You know, the funny thing about arranged marriages is

Like my friend, Kanicka,
likes to tell her story, - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Like my friend, Kanicka, likes to tell her story,

So, it turns out that 20 years ago,
when she was getting arranged, - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

So, it turns out that 20 years ago, when she was getting arr...

And she said, "No, no, no,
you can't back out now. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

And she said, "No, no, no, you can't back out now.

But in a few years,
if you still don't like the girl, - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

But in a few years, if you still don't like the girl,

[audience groans] - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

[audience groans]

It even became an inside joke.
You know, they argue, like all couples. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

It even became an inside joke. You know, they argue, like al...

And he says, "Shall I get the matches?" - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

And he says, "Shall I get the matches?"

So, I met my husband online 25 years ago. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

So, I met my husband online 25 years ago.

[audience hoots] - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

[audience hoots]

Like, nobody asked you "up." - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Like, nobody asked you "up."

Back then, there were only two genders
to choose from. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Back then, there were only two genders to choose from.

And if somebody asked
what's my orientation - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

And if somebody asked what's my orientation

We were so naive. We acted as if there was
a matchmaker even though there wasn't. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

We were so naive. We acted as if there was a matchmaker even...

Like, he asked me if I could cook.
I said, can you show me your tax returns? - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Like, he asked me if I could cook. I said, can you show me y...

I said, can I interest you in
some Bed, Bath and Beyond coupons? - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

I said, can I interest you in some Bed, Bath and Beyond coup...

So, in a way, we arranged ourselves,
and that didn't go over well back home. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

So, in a way, we arranged ourselves, and that didn't go...

His mom was pissed off,
my dad was upset. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

His mom was pissed off, my dad was upset.

Neither side of the family
spoke to the other side for a long time. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Neither side of the family spoke to the other side for a lon...

And the thing is, I don't know
what's better, being arranged, - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

And the thing is, I don't know what's better, bein...

On this one thing,
the bar is set so high... - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

On this one thing, the bar is set so high...

Like, happily ever after, absolutely! - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Like, happily ever after, absolutely!

Enough of the fairy tales and
the happily ever after. - Zarna Garg: One in a Billion

Enough of the fairy tales and the happily ever after.

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Features fiercely protective Indian immigrant mother Zarna Garg in action.

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Director: Brian Volk-Weiss

Writer: Zarna Garg

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary, comedy

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 16 May 2023

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