---
title: 'American Desi (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Piyush Dinker Pandya'
released: '2001-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/american-desi-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203289/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# American Desi (2001)

2001 · 100 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

American Desi is a 2001 Indian-American comedy film. It is notable for featuring many prominent South Asian American actors and features an a cappella version by Penn Masala of Nazia Hassan's classic "Aap Jaisa Koi", originally from the Indian film Qurbani. The term Desi in the title refers to the people and cultures of the Indian subcontinent.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Deep Katdare](https://cinepixo.com/people/deep-katdare)
- **Director:** [Piyush Dinker Pandya](https://cinepixo.com/people/piyush-dinker-pandya)

## Cast

- [Sanjit De Silva](https://cinepixo.com/people/sanjit-de-silva)
- [Purva Bedi](https://cinepixo.com/people/purva-bedi)
- [Deep Katdare](https://cinepixo.com/people/deep-katdare)
- [Rizwan Manji](https://cinepixo.com/people/rizwan-manji)
- [Tirlok Malik](https://cinepixo.com/people/tirlok-malik)
- [Kal Penn](https://cinepixo.com/people/kal-penn)

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