American Desi (2001)
1h 40m
Running Time
January 1, 2001Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Kal Penn
Ajay Pandya
Deep Katdare
Krishna Gopal Reddy / Kris
Ronobir Lahiri
Jagjit Singh
Purva Bedi
Nina Shah
Rizwan Manji
Salim Ali Khan
Piyush Dinker Pandya
Director
Anil Kumar
Rakesh Patel
Sunita Param
Farah Saeed
Gitesh Pandya
Producer
Aladdin Ullah
Gautam Rao
Eric Axen
Eric Berger
Renato Falcão
Cinematographer
Sanjit De Silva
Chandu
Robert Tate
Editor
Sunil Malhotra
Hemant
Len X. Clayton
ProductionDesigner
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
Philip Hyland
Original Music Composer
Cyrus E. Koewing
Producer
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 2001
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Budget$250,000
Filming LocationsNew Jersey, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
American Desi is a 2001 American comedy film with Indian influence, notable for featuring many prominent South Asian American actors. Also featured is an a cappella version of Nazia Hassan's Urdu classic "Aap Jaisa Koi", sung by Penn Masala and originally from the movie Qurbani. The term Desi in the title refers to the people and cultures of the Indian subcontinent.