ABCD (1999)

The only goal of an ageing Asian-American widow is to see her son and rebellious daughter (described as an American Born Confused Deshi or ABCD) married off to respectable Indian families.

Director:

Krutin Patel

Writers:

James McManus, Krutin Patel (screenplay),

Stars:

Madhur Jaffrey, Faran Tahir, Sheetal Sheth

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Madhur Jaffrey	...	Anju
Faran Tahir	...	Raj
Sheetal Sheth	...	Nina
Aasif Mandvi	...	Ashok
David Ari	...	Brian
Jennifer Dorr White	...	Julia
Adriane Forlana Erdos	...	Tejal
Rex Young	...	Sam
Gil Grail	...	Mark
Bob Bonnet	...	Cop
Alexander Lasky	...	Gordon
David Mann	...	Tony
Janan Raouf	...	Jennifer
Vince Byrne Sr.	...	MacKenzie
Nicki Cochrane	...	Asha

Storyline

The only goal of an ageing Asian-American widow is to see her son and rebellious daughter (described as an American Born Confused Deshi or ABCD) married off to respectable Indian families.

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Plot Keywords:

indian | acronym in title | indian pakistani | happiness | dating | 

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Taglines:

Its about choices!

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Laxmi / The Business

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 October 2000 (USA)

Box Office

Budget:

$200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Laxmi Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although Adriane Forlana Erdos is of Italian and Hungarian descent, she got the part of Indian immigrant Tejal because she looks Indian and had studied and become adept at classical Indian dance, another attribute required of the character.

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Connections

References Saturday Night Fever (1977)

User Reviews

This is a horrible movie

As an Indian American who grew up in this country this is by far the worst piece of story telling I have ever seen. Not only was I offended by this man's (Krutin Patel grew up in India and has the audacity to tackle a subject matter which he knows nothing about) movie but was actually angry that someone actually thought the Indian American experience resembled anything like the story on the screen.

In my opinion what this is can be categorized as the FOB's (Fresh off the boat) view of what the Indian American experience is all about. It is pretty clear that the writing was done without any perspective of growing up in a cross cultural environment. Actually the fact that two kids grow up in the same house and one has an accent like he just stepped off the boat and the other sounds like the girl next door is pretty far fetched.