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American Desi

American Desi

Genres

ComedyRomanceDrama

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College freshman Krishna Reddy, who has never cared for his Indian-American cultural heritage, looks forward to a new life on campus but is surprised to find that he has been assigned Indian roommates.

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Budget

$250000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

100 mins

Rating

5.556/10

Release Date

01 January 2001

Country

United States of America

Cast

Kal Penn

Kal Penn

Ajay Pandya

Purva Bedi

Purva Bedi

Nina Shah

Deep Katdare

Deep Katdare

Krishnagopal "Kris" Reddy

Ronobir Lahiri

Ronobir Lahiri

Jagjit Singh

Rizwan Manji

Rizwan Manji

Salim Ali Khan

Anil Kumar

Anil Kumar

Rakesh Patel

Sunita Param

Sunita Param

Farah Saeed

Aladdin Ullah

Aladdin Ullah

Gautam Rao

Eric Axen

Eric Axen

Eric Berger

Sanjit De Silva

Sanjit De Silva

Chandu

Sunil Malhotra

Sunil Malhotra

Hemant

Ami Shukla

Ami Shukla

Priya

Krishen Mehta

Krishen Mehta

Mr. Reddy

Smita Patel

Smita Patel

Mrs. Reddy

Bina Sharif

Bina Sharif

Mrs. Saeed

Tirlok Malik

Tirlok Malik

Mr. Saeed

Laura Lockwood

Laura Lockwood

Shiela

Peter Brouwer

Peter Brouwer

Professor Rosenstein

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