American Desi (2001)
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.
Top billed cast
Kal PennAjay Pandya
Purva BediNina Shah- Deep KatdareKrishnagopal "Kris" Reddy
Ronobir LahiriJagjit Singh
Rizwan ManjiSalim Ali Khan
Anil KumarRakesh Patel
Sunita ParamFarah Saeed- Aladdin UllahGautam Rao
Eric AxenEric Berger
Sanjit De SilvaChandu
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