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Meet the Patels - Unnecessary Pep Talk - Clip

In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary Meet the Patels, Ravi Patel attends a wedding with his parents, who, much to Ravi's embarrassment, try to discretely (but not discretely) set him up with someone's daughter.

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