He moves in with several other under-employed engineers and a Pakistani chef (Babu Rahman) who have emigrated to the U.S. His misfit roommates concoct an elaborate farce in order for him to romance his childhood crush, Ruby Iqbal.

Sami meets Alex Womack, the son of the company's head (Frank Womak), who has eschewed corporate life and prefers to take Polaroid photographs of depressed persons.

Alex helps Sami in his efforts to succeed, encouraging him to work on the company's biggest current project—creating a microwave oven that can properly heat frozen food without blowing up.

Sami fails to impress Ruby when she and her strict father visit Chicago on a tour of the U.S., but at the film's conclusion he, Alex, and Babu are seen driving to California to catch up with her and plead his case again, now that he is a gainfully employed engineer.

[3] In August 2014, it was confirmed that the cast included Danny Pudi, Jon Heder, Iqbal Theba, Kevin Pollak, Karen David, and Samuel Page.