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American Desi
Genres
ComedyRomanceDrama
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.
Details
Budget
$250000
Revenue
$0
Runtime
100 min
Release Date
2001-01-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
9
Vote Average
5.556
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
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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