American Desi (2001)

Directors

Piyush Dinker Pandya

Cast

Deep Katdare, Kal Penn, Purva Bedi, Rizwan Manji, Sanjit De Silva, Tirlok Malik

The story

An American son of Indian immigrants, Krishnagopal Reddy, or "Kris" as he prefers to be called (to distance himself from his heritage), does not associate with the Indian culture that his parents have pushed upon him. Upon arriving at Rutgers University, he finds out to his dismay that all of his roommates are of Indian descent, and all except one are international students from India. His roommates include Ajay (Kal Penn), who idealizes African-American culture; Jagjit, who loves art but studies engineering to please his father; and Salim (Rizwan Manji), who is very traditional and conservative, feeling that Indian-American girls are too…

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