American Desi
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Piyush Dinker Pandya
Deep Katdare
Purva Bedi
Ronobir Lahiri
Rizwan Manji
Kal Penn
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Krishna is an Indian by heritage but born and raised in America, who rejects his Eastern culture and wants nothing more than to move away from his family and into college where he can be the all-American guy he wants to be. To his surprise he discovers that he has fellow Indian-Americans for roommates at school. On campus, Kris meets and becomes attracted to Nina, who he discovers is also Indian. For a young man who has never considered dating a young woman of Indian descent, Kris must now struggle to catch the attention of Nina who, unlike himself, has managed to balance her Indian and American identities. Adding conflict to the situation is the devious Rakesh Patel who also has an eye for Nina but is well-versed in Indian songs, movies, religion and culture, making Kris look even more like an ABCD -- American Born Confused Desi.
Director
Piyush Dinker Pandya
Cast
Deep Katdare
Purva Bedi
Ronobir Lahiri
Rizwan Manji
Kal Penn
Anil Kumar
Sunita Param
Eric Axen
Crew
Karen Bhatia
Sujit Chawla
Len X Clayton
Piyush Dinker Pandya
Piyush Dinker Pandya
Renato Falcao
Nikhil Kamkolkar
Deep Katdare
Deep Katdare
Cyrus Koewing
Cindy List
Ellen Mendlow
Gitesh Pandya
Gitesh Pandya
Smita Patel
Jaideep Punjabi
Bhavani Rao
Heather Robinson
Robert Roznowski
Olivier Serra
Sarina Singh
Robert Tate
Robert Tate
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States March 16, 2001
Released in United States September 1999
Released in United States Spring March 16, 2001
Shown at Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM) in New York City, September 17-24, 1999.
Feature directorial debut for writer-director Piyush Dinker Pandya, who studied film at New York University, Rutgers University and the New School.
Limited Release in United States March 16, 2001
Released in United States Spring March 16, 2001
Released in United States September 1999 (Shown at Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM) in New York City, September 17-24, 1999.)
