American Chai
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Duration Language English | Director Anurag Mehta Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date January 25, 2001 (2001-01-25) (Slamdance Film Festival)
April 5, 2002 (2002-04-05) Genres Drama, Comedy, Indie film, Romance Film, Romantic comedy, Comedy-drama Cast Sheetal Sheth , Aalok Mehta , Aasif Mandvi (Engineering Sam), Akshay Oberoi , Paresh Rawal Similar movies Ajay Naidu appears in American Chai and Touch and Go | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American Chai is a 2001 film written and directed by Indian American director Anurag Mehta. His brother, Aalok Mehta, played the starring role opposite Sheetal Sheth, who had previously starred in the similar genre film ABCD. The film also had a minor role played by Paresh Rawal.
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The film deals with an Indian American student who wants to pursue his love of music over the more "typical" academic endeavors of Indian Americans (e.g., medicine, engineering, and law).
The film won the Audience Award at the 2001 Slamdance Film Festival, with the New York Post describing it as a "slight but sweet film". The movie was Mehta's directorial debut and his only film to date.
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Summary
Sureel is a first generation Indian American college graduating senior music major whose controlling father still believes that he is pre-med. His desires in life conflict with both his family's traditional values, and the usual Indian way of assimilating into America by becoming a doctor or engineer. As graduation approaches, he has an opportunity to be nationally recognized for his music which will simplify telling his father the truth.
Cast
The Philadelphia-based hip-hop band Fathead also appears in the movie.