American Desi (2001)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $250,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.716 |
Directed By
Piyush Dinker Pandya
Crew
Piyush Dinker Pandya
Cyrus E. Koewing
Piyush Dinker Pandya
Piyush Dinker Pandya
Deep Katdare
Gitesh Pandya
Philip Hyland
TOP CAST
Kal Penn
Ajay Pandya
Purva Bedi
Nina Shah
Deep Katdare
Krishnagopal "Kris" Reddy
Ronobir Lahiri
Jagjit Singh
Rizwan Manji
Salim Ali Khan
Anil Kumar
Rakesh Patel
Sunita Param
Farah Saeed
Aladdin Ullah
Gautam Rao
Eric Axen
Eric Berger
Sanjit De Silva
Chandu
Sunil Malhotra
Hemant
Ami Shukla
Priya
Krishen Mehta
Mr. Reddy
Smita Patel
Mrs. Reddy
Bina Sharif
Mrs. Saeed
Tirlok Malik
Mr. Saeed
Laura Lockwood
Shiela
Peter Brouwer
Professor Rosenstein
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