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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.
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.
Original Release
01/01/2001
US Release
01/01/2001
Cast
Name | Character |
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Aalok Mehta | Sureel |
Sheetal Sheth | Maya |
Aasif Mandvi | Engineering Sam |
Josh Ackerman | Toby |
Ajay Naidu | Hari |
Paresh Rawal | Sureel's Dad |
Bharti Desai | Sureel's Mom |
Akshay Oberoi | Neel |
Rajiv Reddy | Young Sureel |
Jamie Hurley | Jen |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Aalok Mehta | Sureel |
Sheetal Sheth | Maya |
Aasif Mandvi | Engineering Sam |
Josh Ackerman | Toby |
Ajay Naidu | Hari |
Paresh Rawal | Sureel's Dad |
Bharti Desai | Sureel's Mom |
Akshay Oberoi | Neel |
Rajiv Reddy | Young Sureel |
Jamie Hurley | Jen |
Reena Shah | Sejal |
Anand Chulani | Raju |
Jill Anderson | Lisa |
Kyle Koehl | Young Boy |
Marlee Kattler | Young Girl |
Niti Chhaya | Parent at Party |
Niru Dixit | Parent at Party |
Sharad Mehta | Parent at Party |
A.D. Bhatt | Parent at Party |
Ranjit Daphtary | Parent at Party |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Victoria Dingman | Executive Producer |
Kathy Perone | Executive Producer |
Taylor MacCrae | Producer |
Patrick Sheedy | Producer |
Andrew Suhl | Producer |