Comments on: Interview with Vik Sahay

By: Antshare

Antshare — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:17:14 +0000

First of all, this was an absolutely brilliant interview; secondly, I completely disagree that Vik’s character on Chuck is geeky or even nerdy. Yes, he works at a computer store, but his character is devilish, strong, seedy, and scheming. He’s actually closer to Ansari’s character in Parks (but Vik’s MUCH better looking!) than the others.

By: Ray-Knoo

Ray-Knoo — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:56:38 +0000

Fantastic interrview. And ‘juice’ (#11), you lighten up. The questions were deep, his answers were deep and funny and moving. Go watch some low-brow sitcoms, if all you want is mediocre laughs.

By: phillygrrl

phillygrrl — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:35:11 +0000

You’re right, great interview. Thanks for sharing. I was loving how he gave the interviewer (whose hair was awesome btw) a hard time for the term “Bollywood film.”

By: juice

juice — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:38:58 +0000

He is Kal Penn in a wig, no doubt.
This guy takes himself way too seriously - there's no way he's Canadian. Dude, lighten up.
I'm curious why he waited till now for his first trip back to India? As integrated as Indians are in Canada didn't he ever want to see India with his own eyes? (pardon me if he had economic limitations to travel back prior to this opportunity but from his descriptions of growing up this doesn't seem to be the case).
MTV Iggy - nice interview and thought-provoking but the camera work is a bit jarring, for me as least. All in all, he's got some insights but needs a Sleeman's, Alexander Keith's or Moosehead badly.

By: Ranganathan

Ranganathan — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:24:11 +0000

Interesting interview! He's very intense, very sharp and very passionate. Love it. And for some reason, he looks a bit like Kal Penn. Something about the eyebrows, the eyes, and the smile.

I was moved when he talked about his first experience in India - it was definitely shocking to see him getting emotional about it.

By: Catholic Guilt

Catholic Guilt — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:08:53 +0000

Holy smokes! Although I'm always happy to see desi actors and watch Chuck, Vik Sahay's ethnicity never really sank in. I guess he really did succeed in projecting his character over his race.

I think I'll enjoy watching him in Chuck a lot more now. He's gone from random goofball to thoughtful actor in my mind.

By: el cid

el cid — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:39:23 +0000

I remember this guy from the Canadian teen sitcom Radioactive. He was quite funny on that show.

And he's right on 'Amal' not being Bollywood. It's a Canadian production, like 'The Warrior' (also in hindi) was British.

By: GurMando

GurMando — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:51:09 +0000

I have to second (or third?) the comments re: Canada and Immigration. Canada has always been more progressive when it comes to immigration and multiculturalism (although, of course, there are some problems). The major exception would be Quebec (not including Montreal), which is perpetually afraid of having their own culture erased.

The more brown guys on tv the better. The ever hilarious Ansari on Parks and Recreation doesn't fit the nerd role, nor does the funny Kaling from The Office. However, the new nerdy brown guy on Community was pretty damn funny and the brown geek on Big Bang Theory is not bad either.

By: V.V. Ganeshananthan

V.V. Ganeshananthan — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:06:01 +0000

Still in the middle of watching these, but wanted to throw in another vote for Amal, which is a terrific film. Saw it last year when Richie Mehta and I were both at SALTAFâ€”see it if you can! And Sahay is wonderful in it.

By: jackal

jackal — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:50:49 +0000

Hmm, well as a canadian living in the US, it kinda rings true to me (can't comment on the UK, which has had its share of racial tension and violence), .. but... it varies. a lot. my experience growing up was pretty close to that idyllic multicultural scenario canadian policy espouses and that Vik alluded to; but I know that many experience varying degrees of ethnic segregation/racism and other difficulties. Things like class, education and income levels obviously play a role here. but, in my experience, Canada is perhaps the most immigration-friendly place in the world (though, as I said, there are many flaws, problems and issues). It takes in the most immigrants per capita of any country (or at least did, as of a few years ago).

I suppose the larger point here is that ethnic relations in America have historically been considered along the black-white axis (with latinos now changing that), whereas canada's experience with large non-white minorities (in the modern era) is tilted pretty heavily to immigrants from east, and south asia. And its getting to be quite a diverse mix in the main canadian cities. At the same time, canada like the US, is far more amenable to immigration and immigrants compared to european countries that have long histories as nation-states tied to ethnicity.

I wouldn't be surprised if we see a canadian PM of south asian origin sometime in the next few decades.