American Chai

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?

Cast

Aalok Mehta

as Sureel

Sheetal Sheth

as Maya

Aasif Mandvi

as Engineering Sam

Josh Ackerman

as Toby

Ajay Naidu

as Hari

Paresh Rawal

as Sureel's Dad

Bharti Desai

as Sureel's Mom

Akshay Oberoi

as Neel

Ravij Reddy

as Young Sureel

Jamie Hurley

as Jen

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