ABCD
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Krutin Patel
Madhur Jaffrey
Faran Tahir
Sheetal Sheth
Aasif Mandvi
David Ari
Film Details
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Synopsis
The story of Raj and Nina, first generation Asian Indian immigrant children who have grown up in America, and their aging mother, Anju, who is desperately trying to rationalize the family's emigration to America. Nina is bright, beautiful and emotionally repressed. She rebels against the conservative Hindu values of her mother and detests the Indian custom of arranged marriages, so she exclusively dates white men. Her attitude changes when she meets Ashok, fresh from India, who offers her a new level of emotional intimacy which she's never felt before. Her life is complicated when an old American flame, Sam, reenters her life. Ashok and Sam trap Nina in a cultural tug of war. Raj, Nina's brother is her polar opposite. His problem--he's disenchanted with his love life, but cannot break up the engagement as it would damage his sweet fiancee's reputation. Nina's family can no longer fully adhere to the customs of the country they have left behind, and yet do not fully belong to mainstream America.
Director
Krutin Patel
Cast
Madhur Jaffrey
Faran Tahir
Sheetal Sheth
Aasif Mandvi
David Ari
Jennifer Dorr White
Adriane Forlana Erdos
Rex Young
Nicki Cochrane
Kamal Al-marayati
Ami Shukla
Susham Bedi
Rashmi Sheth
Ismail Bashey
M N Ahmed
Nayan Padrai
Rahael Elias
Satish Patel
Crew
Parag R Amladi
Deirdre Broderick
Glenn Fisher
Jennifer Galvelis
Rodrigo Guerrero
Madhur Jaffrey
Milton Kam
James Mcmanus
Krutin Patel
Krutin Patel
Krutin Patel
Naju Patel
Naju Patel
Deborah Schreier
Robert Serrini
Ravi Subramanian
Film Details
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Winner of the Gold Award for Best Low Budget Independent Film and the Gold Special Jury Award for Best First Feature at the 2000 WorldFest/Houston International Film Festival.
Limited Release in United States November 30, 2001
Released in United States April 2000
Released in United States Fall November 30, 2001
Released in United States February 2001
Released in United States November 1999
Released in United States October 2000
Released in United States on Video April 20, 2004
Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Santa Monica, California February 21-28, 2001.
Shown at Austin Film Festival October 12-19, 2000.
Shown at London Film Festival November 3-18, 1999.
Shown at WorldFest/Houston International Film Festival April 7-16, 2000.
Feature directorial debut for NYU film graduate Krutin Patel.
"ABCD" stands for American Born Confused Desi, a term used to refer to first generation Asian Indian Americans--Indian by heritage, but born and raised in America.
Released in United States February 2001 (Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Santa Monica, California February 21-28, 2001.)
Released in United States April 2000 (Shown at WorldFest/Houston International Film Festival April 7-16, 2000.)
Released in United States on Video April 20, 2004
Released in United States October 2000 (Shown at Austin Film Festival October 12-19, 2000.)
Released in United States November 1999 (Shown at London Film Festival November 3-18, 1999.)
Limited Release in United States November 30, 2001
Released in United States Fall November 30, 2001
