American Chai

Jan 1, 2001

1h 31m

★ 0.0

Overview

Sureel is a young first-generation Indian American. All he wants is to be like his American friends, but his strict immigrant parents keep a tight rein on his life. Will he realize his dream of performing rock-and-roll music?

Genres

Comedy

Romance

American Chai Trailers

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Cast

Sureel

Aalok Mehta

Maya

Sheetal Sheth

Engineering Sam

Aasif Mandvi

Toby

Josh Ackerman

Hari

Ajay Naidu

Sureel's Dad

Paresh Rawal

Sureel's Mom

Bharti Desai

Neel

Akshay Oberoi

Young Sureel

Ravij Reddy

Jen

Jamie Hurley

Sejal

Reena Shah

Raju

Anand Chulani

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