Family Karma is a quirky new docu-series coming to Bravo this March. The program will follow 7 young Indian-American who live in Miami. From the trailer, we see this crew tackle parents, community pressure, and intense friendships.
Family Karma follows the social circle of Anisha Ramakrishna, Vishal Parvani, Amrit Kapai, Brian Benni, Monica Vaswani, Bali Chainani, and Shaan Patel, as well as their families. The series comes from the producers of Shahs of Sunset, the Bravo show that follows Iranian-American friends living in Beverly Hills. I’m sensing a trend here: the rich communities of ethnic groups in party cities.
“None of our familiar are originally from America. Our families migrated from Florida. Our parents basically founded this community,” Parvani states in the trailer. “They had arranged marriages, we had arranged friendships.” The statement on arranged friendship hits home and is a description that I have never used.
Family Karma: Season 1
PEOPLE got the exclusive on Family Karma and this is what they reveal will go down in season 1:
Here’s exactly will viewers see going down in season 1, according to Bravo.
Ramakrishna recently moved back in with her parents after spending over 10 years in the cutthroat fashion industry. While she is focused on carrying on her family legacy of entrepreneurship, her parents continue to focus on her single status in hopes of her settling down.
After coming out in his 20s to the surprise of his family, Kapai is back home after a stint of living in Chicago with his boyfriend. As he works to grow his Chicago law firm’s business in Miami, his family hopes that they can influence him to take the traditional next steps in his long-distance relationship.
Benni is a playboy whose parents have always wanted him to settle down with a nice Indian girl. When he starts seeing his best friend and wing woman, Vaswani, in a whole new light, he worries that his window has passed and he’s been friend-zoned.
Speaking of Vaswani, after spending most of her life trying to be the “perfect Indian girl” to make up for the stigma of her parent’s divorce, she’s ready to start sticking up for herself, much to Brian and her friends surprise.
Having weathered two divorces, glamorous single mom Chainani straddles the line of hanging out with her friends in their 20s and 30s, while maintaining relationships with their mothers. Now in a serious relationship with her long-distance boyfriend, she is hoping that the third time’s a charm.
Self-admitted “man-child” Parvani has been engaged for five years, but is living at home until they finally get married. Ready to make their engagement official in the eyes of Indian culture, he needs the approval of his intimidating soon-to-be mother in law to plan the traditional ring ceremony as the next step on their way to marriage.
And Patel, the youngest and super ambitious member of the group, has already started his own business and moved in with his girlfriend. Will he surprise everybody and be the first in the group to get married and start a family?
The series premieres Sunday, March 8 at 9/8c on Bravo. Will you be tuning in?