Americanizing Shelley (2007)

Director:

Lorraine Senna

Writer:

Namrata Singh Gujral (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

You Can't Curry Love!

Plot:

A wannabe Hollywood player sets out to Americanize an Indian girl from the Himalayas. |

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Namrata Singh Gujral	...	Shalini Singh / Shelley
Beau Bridges	...	Gary Gordon
Brad Raider	...	Rob Shorwell
RonReaco Lee	...	Blaine
Phillip Rhys	...	Neil Brar
Wil Wheaton	...	Director Alan Smithee
Erin Hershey	...	Nicole
Shaheen Khan	...	Kirat Singh
Ajay Mehta	...	Jaspal Singh
Noureen DeWulf	...	Littly Singh
Tony Yalda	...	Happy Singh
Morgan Brittany	...	Georgina
Robert M. Rey	...	Elastic Surgeon
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	...	Ryder
Gerry Bednob	...	Priest
Teresa Berkin	...	Thrift Store Cashier
David Blume	...	Handsome Guy
Traber Burns	...	Bart
Melissa Bylsma	...	Hollywood Party Guest
Matt Carmody	...	Keith
Jean Carol	...	Martha
Channing Chase	...	Agnes
Lenora Chu	...	Smithee's party girl
Connie Cooper	...	Waitress
Jasmine Singh Cooper	...	Little Shelley
Natasha Delahunt	...	Bar patron / two step dancer
Jay Ferguson	...	Ben Dover (as J. Ferguson)
Rachel Ferrara	...	Girl who blows a kiss
Alicia Fusting	...	Fan
Natasha Gill	...	Yuki
Nicki Gill	...	Sherri
Brenna Graziano	...	Dancer
Nancy Guerriero	...	Thrift Store Clerk
May Harmon	...	Courthouse Bride
Elizabeth Jackson	...	Actress
Sathya Jesudasson	...	Wedding Guest
Deep Katdare	...	Nick
Victoria Kelleher	...	Casting Director
Emily Kosloski	...	Beth
Cindy Lu	...	Actress #1
Anselmo Martini	...	Cowboy Dancer
Helena Mattsson	...	Actress #2
Grey McIntosh	...	Neil's Fling
Lilly Melgar	...	Juanita
Michael Otis	...	Rocky
Cheryl Rhoads	...	Woman Shopper
Jennifer Salvucci	...	Girl in Gym
John Parker Sullivan	...	Student who is slammed in the face with a door
Richard Van Slyke	...	Justice of the Peace

MPAA:

Rated PG for sensuality and some language.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG | USA:PG (For Sensuality and Language)

Filming Locations:

India

Company:

American Pride Films Group

Quotes:

Rob Shorwell: What about hotdogs? You like hotdogs?
Shalini Singh: What is a hotdog?

An awful film

This film has offended me on so many levels, it is amazing! The only thing mildly good about the film is that Gujral looks beautiful on screen, but that is hardly any saving grace when I found out that she was also the writer!

To start of, the filmmakers conveniently assume that the audience has no clue what so ever about India and her culture, ancient or contemporary. The filmmakers are able to trivialize every aspect of Indian culture they reference. In this global world with so much interaction between countries and cultures it is appalling to see such trivialization of Indian culture. It is hard to believe that Indians were associated with this film, this film is able to show Indians in a worser light than what Peter Sellers was able to do with his fake Indian accent.

The story, direction and acting in this film is awful. Its amazing that the film was even released. i hope Gujral does not ever write a script, at least nothing that even remotely deals with India. Just an awful film.