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A gritty realistic story about a young film school student from middle-class India who's forced to drop out to support his family while staying in the United States as an undocumented worker.

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Cast

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Hassan
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Mahi
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Papa
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Babaji
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Zayen Khan
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Mummy
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Jessica
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Emmy
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Aziz
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Gustavo
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Aisha
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Mamujaan
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Professor McGorry
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Sara
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John Bolter
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Immigration Officer
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Dean
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Kevin
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Restaurant Patron
Anasua Chakraborty ...
Advocate
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Instructor
Neelofar Hamid ...
Geeta
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Restaurant Patron
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Jessica's Friend (as Janilee Svärdstål)
Dalia Kaissi ...
Jessica's Friend
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Chandan
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Bollywood wall of fame
Madison Mahay ...
Bollywood wall of fame (as Alison Mahay)
Nirav Mehta ...
Vicky
Daniel Merino ...
Alfred
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Student Makeup Artist
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Guitarist
Nicole Sacharow ...
Student
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Student
Harshil Vijayan ...
Bollywood wall of fame

Directed by

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Danish Renzu

Written by

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Danish Renzu ... (screenwriter)
Tara Tucker ... (additional writer) &
Shazia Malik ... (additional writer)
Danish Renzu ... (story)
Sunayana Kachroo ... (hindi dialogue)

Produced by

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Lauren Andrade ... associate producer
Nicole Baraz ... associate producer
Nancy Nisa Beso ... co-producer
Heramb Bhide ... associate producer
Olivia Crist ... associate producer
Emmanuel Deletang ... co-producer
Ashish Dixit ... line producer
Paul Drescher ... associate producer
Lynn Elliot ... associate producer
Lisa Gallant ... associate producer
Sunayana Kachroo ... associate producer
Richard W. King ... line producer
Ravi Potharklanka ... executive producer
Danish Renzu ... producer
Farooq Renzu ... co-executive producer
Shailaja Sharma ... associate producer
Husein Shroff ... executive producer
Tara Tucker ... producer

Music by

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Eric Neveux

Cinematography by

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Antonio Cisneros

Editing by

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Hassan Hassandoost
Angela Latimer

Editorial Department

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Shruti Bora ... assistant editor
Vikas Kadam ... on-line editor
Kirankumar Kota ... colorist (as Kiran Kumar Kota) / digital intermediate colorist
Vaishnavi Krishnan ... assistant editor
Shaun Lavery ... assistant editor
Balram Modem ... post-production coordinator
R. Rajavel ... on-line editor
Pradeep Kumar Saini ... digital intermediate producer
Maulik Sharma ... trailer editor
Mukesh Udeg ... on-line editor

Casting By

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Sabrina Hyman

Production Design by

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Yong Ok Lee

Art Direction by

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Nisha Khan ... assistant art director
Noor Azam Ali Khan ... assistant art director
Joshua Sampson
Shekhar Ujjainwal ... delhi art director

Set Decoration by

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Yong Ok Lee

Costume Design by

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Maranda Nichols

Makeup Department

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Jessie Yarborough ... makeup department head

Production Management

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Aadesh Gola ... production manager
Joe Goyette ... post producton supervisor
Barry Morgan ... production manager
Ian Morland ... assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Allan Aguilar ... second assistant director
Marco Bargellini ... first assistant director
Luis Felipe Delgado ... second second assistant director
Samar Golaey ... first assistant director
Theja Rio ... second unit: second assistant director
Sheikh Zaid Zahoor ... second unit assistant director

Art Department

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Kaijing Jiang ... art pa
Sally Park ... property master
Julian Romero ... leadman
Olivia Sandoval ... art pa
Hanrui Wang ... set dresser

Sound Department

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Beau Emory ... adr mixer
Doug Madick ... Foley Artist
Greg Mauer ... foley mixer
Reece Miller ... sound mixer
Andrew Schuman ... boom operator
William Tabanou ... sound designer/re-recording mixer
Shantanu Yennemadi ... sound editor

Visual Effects by

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Vishal Talkar ... visual effects supervisor (as Vishal Talker)

Stunts

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Cory DeMeyers ... stunt coordinator/fight choreographer

Camera and Electrical Department

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Amy Austin ... aclt
Alex F. Harris ... best boy grip
Timber Hoy ... steadicam operator
Martin Kobylarz ... gaffer
Andrew Parrotte ... first assistant camera

Casting Department

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Morgue N. Marcus ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Liza Cutsforth ... costume assistant
Kanika Kamra ... costume supervisor

Location Management

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Tony Nawrocki ... location manager: Los Angeles / location scout

Music Department

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Jonathan Allen ... sound engineer
Jean-Pierre Arquié ... score producer
Joi Barua ... composer additional music
Mark Berrow ... violin
Thomas Bowes ... concertmaster / solo violin and leader
Caroline Dale ... solo cello
Emmanuel Deletang ... music producer
J.P. Ensuque ... guitar
Jean-Pierre Ensuque ... guitarist / programmer
Gwenaël Mario Grisi ... orchestrator
Jackie Hartley ... leader of second violins
Sam Jones ... orchestrator
Sunayana Kachroo ... lyricist
Peter Lale ... viola
Everton Nelson ... musician: violin
Jenny Nendick ... orchestra contractor: Isobel Griffiths Ltd.
Vili Robert Ollila ... orchestrator
Colin Rae ... copyist
Andy Ross ... music supervisor
Jehan Stefan ... booth reader / head of music preparation / librarian / orchestrator / supervising orchestrator
Lionel Suarez ... accordion
Léo Vincent ... assistant composer
Simon Whiteside ... copyist
Rachel Bolt ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Chris Laurence ... bass (uncredited)
Bruce White ... musician: viola (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Laura Jean Bransky ... script supervisor
Amod Burande ... script supervisor
Rhona Rubio ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Somya Bhardwaj ... production coordinatior
Michael Coulombe ... additional script supervisor: day player
Lynn Elliot ... production legal
Neelofar Hamid ... Production manager
Fernanda Leon Irastorza ... production assistant
Jaiprakash Naidu ... Executive Director
Chinni Nihalani ... creative director: trailer
Avi Quijada ... production accountant
Lise Romanoff ... Distribution executive
Ulka Simone Mohanty ... culinary producer and food stylist
Nik Tizekker ... production assistant
Reigna Wren ... Intern Production Assistant

Thanks

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Nitin Baid ... thanks
Deepa Bhatia ... thanks
Nat Fuller ... thanks
Hemanti Sarkar ... special thanks

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Special Effects

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Storyline

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Plot Keywords
Taglines The American dream. At what cost? See more »
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  • 89 min
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