Miss India America

2015 American film
  • Tiya Sircar
  • Hannah Simone
  • Kosha Patel
  • Meera Simhan
  • Bernard White
  • Satya Bhabha
  • Cas Anvar
  • Kunal Sharma
  • Anjali Bhimani
CinematographyAlan CaudilloEdited byVarun ViswanathMusic byAmritha Vaz
Production
companies
Mr. Kicks and Lady Megs
Simhan and Kapoor
Distributed byMarVista Entertainment
Release dates
  • 27 February 2015 (2015-02-27) (Cinequest Film Festival)
  • 14 March 2016 (2016-03-14) (US)
Running time
93 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Miss India America is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Ravi Kapoor, starring Tiya Sircar and Hannah Simone.[1]

Cast

  • Tiya Sircar as Lily Prasad
  • Hannah Simone as Sonia Nielson
  • Kosha Patel as Seema
  • Meera Simhan as Gita Prasad
  • Bernard White as Sam Prasad
  • Satya Bhabha as Sanjay
  • Cas Anvar as Deep Panday
  • Kunal Sharma as Karim
  • Anjali Bhimani as Pinky Matthews
  • Anushka Rani as Nita Nanji
  • Sameera Rock as Reshma Mathur
  • Anna George as Divya Nielson
  • Rima Rajan as Preeti Grewal
  • Chriselle Almeida as Bindu Kapoor
  • Nandini Minocha as Bindu's mother
  • Vikki Gurdas as Renu Nanji
  • Kevin Symons as Dr. Mike
  • Sonal Shah as Volunteer 1
  • Kristina Anapau as Soap Opera Patient
  • Rachna Khatau as MC
  • Rizwan Manji as Balu Patel

Reception

Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the film has "genuine charm" and praised the script and the performances of Sircar and Simone.[2]

Allen Pham of the Daily Trojan called the film "campy" and "enjoyable".[3]

Ben Sachs of the Chicago Reader wrote that the film "hews closely to Hollywood formula despite being an independent production."[4]

References

  1. ^ Daswani, Kavita (25 March 2016). "'Miss India America' takes a page from Hollywood's South Asian film community". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  2. ^ Lowe, Justin (10 June 2015). "'Miss India America': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Pham, Allen (30 March 2016). "Miss India America plays on cross cultural references". Daily Trojan. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  4. ^ Sachs, Ben (2 April 2015). "Miss India America". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 26 January 2024.

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