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Justice (2003)
Character: Mohammed
A comic strip writer in NYC, still grieving over the death of a friend in 9/11, gets his publisher to agree to a limited run of "Justice", a comic book about an ordinary person who is a hero.
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Uncle (2020)
Character: N/A
"Uncle" captures the essence of an Indian-American father/son relationship told through three car rides over ten years.
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Perception (2005)
Character: Kamal
When Jen Marshall, an LA girl with a reckless personality and a laundry list of burned bridges, returns to New York and unexpected tragedy strikes, it is up to her mistreated friends to decide between helping her through this tough time or abandoning her - like she did them.
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Ashes (2011)
Character: Ashes
A young Indian man struggles in the inner city of New York to support himself and his mentally ill brother... but their lives are unraveling and he falls in with the wrong crowd.
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Boy Boy Girl Girl (2018)
Character: N/A
A dark comedy about a gay couple trying to adopt a newborn from a drug-addict and her abusive girlfriend.
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Loins of Punjab Presents (2007)
Character: Turbanotorious B.D.G.
A ruthless philantrophist. A bhangra rapper. An over-protected prodigy. A reckless actress. A lovelorn businessman. An entrepreneurial yogi. And a Loin King. Enter a roller-coaster world of seven strangers whose lives collide during a singing contest in a small New Jersey town.
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You Are Here* (2000)
Character: Sanjay
A twentysomething office drone struggles between freedom and responsibility in this independent comedy-drama. Sanjay is a man in his mid-'20s who has come to the conclusion his life is stuck in neutral. Sanjay hates his job and doesn't think it has any real future and one day he announces to his boss that he's quitting. However, Sanjay's boss manages to double-talk him into not only keeping his job, but taking on longer hours and new responsibilities he doesn't really want. Several of Sanjay's friends are in the same boat, and together they struggle to decide what freedom is worth to them and how to get it. (Rovi)
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Stream (2009)
Character: Kyle
Thanks to a drug she took when she was seventeen, moments from various points in Jodi's life become intertwined, effectively letting her experience two moments at once. Stream snaps back and forth through three phases of Jodi's life: her past as an intelligent but headstrong teen; her present in a psychiatric facility, and her future as an adult clinging to a normal life after years of tribulation. The story unfolds in and around New York City, as we travel with Jodi from the wealthy suburban home of her youth to the nebulous world of an institution, and the unforgiving streets of the South Bronx.
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212 (2005)
Character: Vincent
Living in matchbox apartments and working mundane jobs in New York City, three sets of urbanites struggle to connect with each other and find love in the digital age.
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Mister Handsome (2011)
Character: Mister Handsome
A love story between a grown-up girl and a mysterious friend from her childhood (plus a case against moving in with your parents).
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Alchemy (2005)
Character: Best Man
Can an university computer scientist (Cavanagh) make a woman fall in love with his interactive computer before she succumbs to a well-known professor?
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Waterborne (2005)
Character: Vikram Bhatti
Heera Bhatti, an American-Sikh, runs a corner store in Los Angeles with the help of her son, Vikram, and Gulu. She does not approve of Vikram's Caucasian girlfriend, Lillian, and would prefer that Vikram marry a Punjabi girl, but Vikram has made up his mind. Then the lives of all Californians are turned upside down when one morning eight people are dead after drinking contaminated tap water.
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3 Days of Normal (2012)
Character: Vik Donowitz
3 Days of Normal follows the story of straight-laced deputy Bill Morgan who is quite content literally living within the quaint boundaries of Washington, New Hampshire. Bill’s stable and rather uneventful life is thrown for a loop when he finds and arrests a woman, Nikki Gold, passed out in her car from inebriation. Unbeknownst to him, the woman happens to be a popular movie actress longing for some normalcy in her hectic life.
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No Greater Gift (1985)
Character: Nick Santana
Two terminally ill boys strike up a friendship in a hospital ward. One of the boys decides to make the ultimate sacrifice to the other so he can have a chance at life.
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More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
Character: Andy
A series of mishaps and misfortunes over $1 million in cash leads to murder, mayhem and greed.
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Falling Up (2009)
Character: Paco
A nursing student forced to quit school for family reasons winds up taking a job as a doorman in an elite apartment building in New York City, where he sparks to one of his residents.
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Hannibal (2001)
Character: Perfume Expert
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.
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Where the River Runs Black (1986)
Character: Segundo
An orphaned boy who was raised in the Amazon jungle is brought back to civilization by a priest who knows his father.
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Touch and Go (1986)
Character: Louis DeLeon
A Chicago hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him; after he chases them off he catches the youngest member and gives him a ride home, where he meets the boy's mother.
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Bunny (2025)
Character: Officer Cellestino
Two best friends rally the neighbors in their tenement building to help them hide a dead body over the best/worst night of their lives.
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Lost Cat Corona (2017)
Character: Amir
A play-it-safe guy must search for his wife's missing cat, bringing him face-to-face with the colorful, wacky, and sometimes, the more dangerous element of his neighborhood, forcing him to confront his fears and rethink his M.O.
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Antarctica (2020)
Character: Principle Pepp
Two teen girls see their long-time friendship crumble from the pressures of adulthood in their last year of high school.
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Scotch and Milk (1998)
Character: Armand
A brooding self-styled swinger obsessed with things from the 1950's loses himself in booze and night clubbing amongst similar other men. Meanwhile he pines for the woman he really loves, but is incapable of establishing a meaningful relationship with.
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My Giant (1998)
Character: Hot Dog Vendor
Sammy, an agitated agent lost in the forest of the modern world, happens upon a gentle giant with a tall talent for friendship named Max.
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Montana (1998)
Character: Ives
A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow the Boss and this routine task gets very complicated.
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The War Within (2005)
Character: Naved
A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience.
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Dinner Rush (2000)
Character: Ademir the Matre'd
One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the star chef, whose culinary creativity has brought success to the business.
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The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)
Character: Nikhil Roy
Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.
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The Sleepless (2020)
Character: Vivek
Chronic insomniacs Zach and Sophia wander the pre-dawn streets of NYC on an impromptu first date.
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Once We Were Strangers (1997)
Character: N/A
Antonio is a seductive, charismatic Sicilian living illegally in New York. He wanders from job to job, lives as a squatter and enjoys a carefree romantic tryst with a wealthy art dealer. When he falls in love with Ellen, a strong-willed radio talk-show host who is set to move to Paris within a few days, he decides he must find a way to keep her from leaving.
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Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Character: Mailman
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
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Office Space (1999)
Character: Samir Nagheenanajar
A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.
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Peas and Carrots (2025)
Character: Director
New York-based 16-year-old Joey Wethersby's parents were part of a 1990s one-hit wonder band. After encouraging her parents to start a new band, Joey finds herself traveling nightly to an alternate reality where everyone repeatedly says the titular three-word phrase.
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The Magnificent Meyersons (2023)
Character: Mohammed
A complicated New York City family as they discover on one extraordinary day that although life-and family-can sometimes shock you - it can also lead to miraculous new places.
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Hotel for Dogs (2009)
Character: ACO Jake
Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. Soon other strays arrive, and the hotel becomes a haven for every orphaned canine in town. But the kids have to do some quick thinking to keep the cops off their tails.
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Vice Versa (1988)
Character: Dale
A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.
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Today's Special (2009)
Character: Munnamia
Young Manhattan chef Samir rediscovers his heritage and passion for life through the enchanting art of cooking Indian food.
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Thorp (2020)
Character: Pat
After fleeing Earth in the late 80s, an alien returns to his childhood home in search of his best friend. As he gets closer to finding her, his mysterious past gets closer to catching him.
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SubUrbia (1997)
Character: Nazeer Choudhury
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
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The Honeymooners (2005)
Character: Vivek
Working class New York bus driver Ralph Kramden is always coming up with get-rich-quick schemes for him and his best friend, Ed Norton, who's always around to help him get in (and out of) trouble.
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Subway Stories (1997)
Character: Prashant (segment "Honey-Getter")
An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City, which range from compassion and love to violence and loss.
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Scary Movie 3 (2003)
Character: Sayaman
News anchorwoman Cindy Campbell has to investigate mysterious crop circles and killing video tapes, and help the President stop an alien invasion in the process.
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Brenda (2026)
Character: Dennis
In 1994 New Orleans (right before the internet), two married weed dealers face a dilemma when their five-year-old son overhears their code name for marijuana and tries to solve the mystery of his parents’ imaginary friend. The movie shares a name with the code word: BRENDA.
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Pi (1998)
Character: Farroukh
A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.
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Confess (2005)
Character: Account Executive
A young ex-hacker, disgruntled with his life, lashes back at those deemed responsible, uploading unfavorable video footage of them on the internet.
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Bad Santa (2003)
Character: Hindustani Troublemaker
You'd better watch out - Willie T. Soke is coming to town, and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Willie's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective, a sexy bartender, and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.
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The Guru (2002)
Character: Sanjay
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.
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K-PAX (2001)
Character: Dr. Chakaraborty
Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
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Righteous Kill (2008)
Character: Dr. Chadrabar
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
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Hiding Divya (2006)
Character: Divya's Husband
The story of three generations of women and the taboos created in the South Asian-American community from mental illness in the family.
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The Accidental Husband (2008)
Character: Deep
Emma, a radio host, is about to be married to Richard, her perfect match. But right before her wedding, she learns she's already married to Patrick, a charming but irresponsible fireman. Furthermore, Patrick has a secret: he has arranged this little trick because Emma advised Patrick's ex-fiancée to end their relationship. However, Patrick may find that the trick is on him, for he soon begins to fall in love with his uptight adversary.
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The Wrestler (2008)
Character: Medic
Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.
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The Good Nurse (2022)
Character: Dr. Robert Hind
Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth.
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American Chai (2001)
Character: Hari
Sureel is a young first-generation Indian American. All he wants is to be like his American friends, but his strict immigrant parents keep a tight rein on his life. Will he realize his dream of performing rock-and-roll music?
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The Zombie Wedding (2023)
Character: Brick Rivers
The first-ever wedding between a Human Bride and a Zombie Groom. The human guests need to learn how to behave. WWN reporters cover the wedding - while trying to get out alive.
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PIA (2010)
Character: Rakesh
Can an android have feelings? Can true love be resurrected through technology after death? When a family in mourning encounters a mysterious wandering service android, the family is forced to redefine its conceptions of humanity, relationships, and family.
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