Miss India America
Genres
Overview
Lily is a winner, but when her boyfriend leaves her for a vapid beauty pageant queen, she gets the notion that winning the Miss India America title would bring him back. Since Lily is perfect in everything else she does, it should be a cinch...or so she thinks. The pageant world isn't just pretty smiles and high heels, and her main competition, Sonia, gives her a run for her money.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
95 min
Release Date
2016-03-24
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
20
Vote Average
5.725
Tiya Sircar
Lily Prasad
Hannah Simone
Sonia Nielson
Kosha Patel
Seema
Meera Simhan
Gita Prasad
Bernard White
Sam Prasad
Satya Bhabha
Sanjay
Sameera Eligeti
Reshma
Cas Anvar
Deep Pandey
Anushka Rani
Nita Nanji
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