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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. | add synopsis
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"Whether it's been the number of men that I've done love scenes with in my career to women, they're all the same" - Sheetal Sheth
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an awful attempt at describing the indian-american experience
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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 |
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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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References Saturday Night Fever (1977)
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i've been watching a lot of western-type indian movies recently, and ABCD has got to be the worst of them all. Although Bombay Boys was pretty stupid, and American Desi was just silly, they are much more polished than this movie. the number of inconsistencies in the movie are astounding. as the name name of the movie suggests, one would assume the characters are born in america. they're not. it is unclear at which point the children came to america, and it's even hard to tell from their accents. the choices of the main characters do not seem realistic, and their actions leave the audience with a bad taste in their mouths. if you choose to watch this film, take a pad and pen with you, so you can log all of the inconsistencies. it'll be fun.