American Desi

American Desi is a 2001 American comedy film with Indian influence, notable for featuring many prominent South Asian American actors. Also featured is an a cappella version of Nazia Hassan's Urdu classic "Aap Jaisa Koi", sung by Penn Masala and originally from the movie Qurbani. The term Desi in the title refers to the people and cultures of the Indian subcontinent.[3][4][5][6]

American Desi
DVD cover
Directed byPiyush Dinker Pandya
Produced byDeep Katdare
Cyrus E. Koewing
Gitesh Pandya
Piyush Dinker Pandya
Written byPiyush Dinker Pandya
StarringDeep Katdare
Purva Bedi
Ronobir Lahiri
Rizwan Manji
Kal Penn
Ajay Pandya
Anil Kumar
Sunita Param
Aladdin Ullah
Eric Axen
Sanjit De Silva
Sunil Malhotra
Ami Shukla
Krishen Mehta
Smita Patel
Bina Sharif
Tirlok Malik
Ravi Khanna
Release date
2001
Running time
100 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Hindi
Budget$250,000[1]
Box office$1,104,408[2]

Plot

The film centers around an American son of Indian immigrants, Krishnagopal Reddy (or "Kris" as he prefers to be called, to distance himself from his heritage), who does not associate with the Indian culture that his parents have pushed upon him. Upon arriving at Rutgers University, he finds out to his dismay that all of his roommates are of Indian descent, and all except one are international students from India. His roommates include Ajay (Kal Penn), who idealizes African-American culture; Jagjit, who loves art but studies engineering to please his father; and Salim, who is very traditional and conservative, feeling that Indian-American girls are too Westernized to make good wives.

Kris meets Nina, a girl he immediately falls for, and is surprised to find out that not only is she of Indian descent, but she is also quite connected to Indian culture and speaks her parents' native language. The movie revolves around Kris trying his best to win Nina over - from joining the Indian Students Association to be near her, to learning how to perform a Dandiya Raas. Kris eventually begins to enjoy the company of his roommates, all of whom put together their knowledge and skill to help Kris impress Nina through various ways involving Indian culture, which he eventually comes to love.[7]

Cast
  • Deep Katdare as Krishnagopal "Kris" Reddy
  • Purva Bedi as Nina Shah
  • Ronobir Lahiri as Jagjit Singh
  • Rizwan Manji as Salim Ali Khan
  • Kal Penn as Ajay Pandya
  • Anil Kumar as Rakesh Patel
  • Sunita Param as Farah Saeed
  • Aladdin Ullah as Gautam Rao
  • Eric Axen as Eric Berger
  • Sanjit De Silva as Chandu
  • Sunil Malhotra as Hemant
  • Ami Shukla as Priya
  • Krishen Mehta as Mr. Reddy
  • Smita Patel as Mrs. Reddy
  • Bina Sharif as Mrs. Saeed
  • Tirlok Malik as Mr. Saeed
  • Ravi Khanna as Mr. Singh

References
  1. "American Desi (2001) - Financial Information". The Numbers.
  2. "American Desi (2001) - International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  3. "American Desi (2001)". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  4. "American Desi". metacritic.com. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  5. "American Desi (2001)". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  6. Patel, Nina. "American Desi (12)". viewlondon.com.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  7. Holden, Stephen. "FILM REVIEW; He Wants To Be What He Can't Be". nytimes.com. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
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