Bored with Bollywood movies but fascinated with their Hollywood counterparts from his youth, Ram dreams to become a singer and actor in America, the country where dreams are made. He is encouraged when his American-based close friend, Vijay Rao, comes for visit, and brags about driving a Mercedes and living in a penthouse.
Acting
Marisa Tomei commits so hard she elevates the entire mess.
Costume
Heather Graham's porn-star wardrobe is aggressively Y2K perfection.
Production
Bollywood musical numbers in a studio comedy? Actually kind of slaps.
Director
Daisy von Scherler Mayer
Jimi Mistry
Ramu Gupta
Heather Graham
Sharonna
Marisa Tomei
Lexi
Michael McKean
Dwain
Dash Mihok
Rusty McGee
Emil Marwa
Vijay Rao
Christine Baranski
Chantal
Ronald Guttman
Edwin
Bobby Cannavale
Randy
Jason Harris
Josh's Assistant
Colleen Hawks
Wedding Dancer
Rahim Omar
Indian Prince
Malachy McCourt
Father Flanagan
Ajay Naidu
Sanjay
Anita Gillette
Mrs. McGee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jimi Mistry was a complete unknown when cast; Daisy von Scherler Mayer discovered him in a London stage production of East is East.
The film bombed in both the US and India—Americans found it too crude, Indians found it reductive. The rare movie that united two nations in mild disappointment.
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