American Desi

American Desi

2001•1h 40m•5.6/10

ComedyRomanceDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.6/10(9)

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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Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Kal Penn

Kal Penn

Ajay Pandya

Purva Bedi

Purva Bedi

Nina Shah

Deep Katdare

Krishnagopal "Kris" Reddy

Ronobir Lahiri

Ronobir Lahiri

Jagjit Singh

Rizwan Manji

Rizwan Manji

Salim Ali Khan

Anil Kumar

Anil Kumar

Rakesh Patel

Sunita Param

Sunita Param

Farah Saeed

Aladdin Ullah

Gautam Rao

Eric Axen

Eric Axen

Eric Berger

Sanjit De Silva

Sanjit De Silva

Chandu

Sunil Malhotra

Sunil Malhotra

Hemant

Ami Shukla

Priya

Krishen Mehta

Mr. Reddy

Smita Patel

Mrs. Reddy

Bina Sharif

Mrs. Saeed

Tirlok Malik

Tirlok Malik

Mr. Saeed

Laura Lockwood

Shiela

Peter Brouwer

Peter Brouwer

Professor Rosenstein

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