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American Chai

2002, Movie, R, 92 mins

AMERICAN CHAI
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Released not long after Piyush Dinker Pandya's AMERICAN DESI and Krutin Patel's ABCD, this enormously likable first feature from writer-director Anurag Mehta treads similar ground: A first-generation Indian American, or "Desi," finds himself caught in a tug-of-war between the intractable traditionalism of his parents and the relative freedoms of American youth culture. College junior Sureel (Aalok Mehta) thinks he's found a way out of that bind: He simply lies to his parents ... read more leave a comment
Year: 2002
Rated R

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Cast
Aalok Mehta: Sureel
Sheetal Sheth: Maya
Aasif Mandvi: Engineering Sam
Josh Ackerman: Toby
Ajay Naidu: Hari
Paresh Rawal: Sureel's Dad

 

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