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American Desi

 2001
 100 minutes (1 hrs 40 mins)
American Desi
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Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Piyush Dinker Pandya

Starring

Kal Penn · Purva Bedi · Deep Katdare · Ronobir Lahiri · Rizwan Manji · Anil Kumar

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release
16th March 2001
United States release date United States release
16th March 2001
United Kingdom release date United Kingdom release
28th September 2001

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 28th Sep '01
  • Debut position: 16
  • Highest position: 15
  • Debut gross: £43.6 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 2

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 16th Mar '01
  • Debut position: 24
  • Highest position: 24
  • Debut gross: $305.1 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 3

Chart position history

UK box office

5 Oct, 2001
15

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
Not Rated

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £133.5 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $801.9 Thousand
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

25thframe.co.uk stats

News from around the web
American Desi Original Cast Reunites for 25th Anniversary Screening  IMDb Thu, 16th April 2026

American Desi, 18 Years On  www.thejuggernaut.com Wed, 17th April 2019

Top 5 Indo American Desi Movies Of All Times  DissDash Mon, 4th December 2017

Movies - interview - Kal Penn  BBC Mon, 26th March 2007

Filmmaker Geeta Malik on Representation: ‘Being Seen Can Be a Double-Edged Sword’ (Guest Column)  Variety Mon, 30th May 2022

Lucy and Desi movie review & film summary  Roger Ebert Fri, 4th March 2022