Spoiler alert, its chai.
Party With The Deli Boys Family
COLLIDER: I love the show.
It is such an important show.
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It’s so funny, and I do want to start with something a little fun.
The show uses food as both comfort and chaos.
MICHELLE NADER: I would bring chai.
I would bring that chai.
We had this guy when we filmed a wedding at…
ABDULLAH SAEED: Shalimar Banquets.
NADER: Did you have that chai?
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It’s still in my system.
Im still caffeinated from it.
JENNI KONNER: I got the lavender one.
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SAEED: Yeah, that was popular.
There was like, a cashew chai, also, that everyone was nuts for.
KONNER: I would bring cocaine.
Its always a party when there’s coke there.
I mean, for this group, I think it would be a hit.
NADER: I think that’s a nice party right there chai and cocaine and some daal.
SAEED: Although, you do cocaine, and then you lose your appetite.
KONNER: Time it correctly.
Eat and then do the cocaine.
Michelle, my first question is for you.
Lucky’s arc feels like one of the biggest power shifts in the show.
What was so important to you when laying out her position in the family business?
NADER: Yes, you nailed it.
I’ve never really related to a character more.
KONNER: She’s the Lucky of the show beyond.
SAEED: We’re reverseDeli Boys, by the way.
You notice that, right?
There’s one of me and two of them.
KONNER: I was like, That’s unspecific.
SAEED: She just glossed over that.
Deli Boys creator Abdullah Saeed brings unpredictable comedy and authentic Pakistani vibes to Hulu this March.
She has the power to do it.
It’s so, so exciting, and she brought so much to the part.
She really influenced the part.
SAEED: She did.
She is perfect casting.
I love Poorna on this.
SAEED: That was her.
KONNER: She really got that she had to be loving and brutal at the same time.
KONNER: We werent taking it far enough!
KONNER: All of it happening at a wedding.
[Laughs]
KONNER: The answer is no.
Wait until you see the second season.
I am so excited about a second season.
KONNER: We dont have an order.
NADER: Were just manifesting.
This is me saying, Inshallah, we get a second.
Embracing the Family Business
Mir just thinks he’s taking care of his family.
Jenni and Abdullah, I want to ask you about Mir finally embracing the family business by the end.
I love theGodfathersort of vibes that were getting.
Is he really leaning into the darkness or is he still clinging to the family legacy for good?
Because his moral compass is very skewed right now.
We start to realize they’re not themselves because they’re resisting each other.
It’s like because of the other guy that you take that shape.
NADER: We have this mantra that criminals don’t think they’re criminals.
So Mir just thinks he’s taking care of his family.
He really doesn’t think what he’s doing is bad.
So, that is his moral compass.
NADER: Well, Im in love with you, too.
And Abdullah put that in the pilot.
It was there when we got it.
I think that’s part of his reckoning of the season and his desire to show hecando the job.
NADER: That’s true.
Will There Be Deli Boys Season 2?
KONNER: A pick-up!
SAEED: Ten episodes.
KONNER: Ten or 12.
I would love to see more characters.
Are we going to maybe see them traveling?
What do you guys hope to see for this?
NADER: And Lucky and Gigi, we think will have a big, strong influence in Season 2.
Obviously, you’re supposed to have a big family.
Also, there’s some mystery around: Who’s their mom?
Nobody talks about their mom.
What’s the story there?
So, I think Babas pit of secrets will just keep getting deeper.
KONNER: I love that.
I haven’t even heard this yet.
I’m all in.
Deli Boysis now streaming on Hulu in the U.S. and worldwide on Disney+.
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