Ajay Naidu, Anita Gillette, Christine Baranski

Ramu Gupta, a young Indian dance teacher with the best moves in Delhi embarks for New York City in pursuit of fame and fortune--only to wind up working as a waiter in an Indian restaurant. However, go...( read more  read more... )od fortune can arise from strange places; Ramu discovers this when a catering gig at a ditzy socialite's birthday party catapults him into an extravagant version of the American dream. Mistaken for a spiritual healer, Ramu becomes an overnight celebrity with the city's elite hanging on to his every word--no matter how absurd. The trouble is, he is also falling in love with Sharonna, an adult film star, who is the one woman who knows the real source of his seemingly profound insights. Ramu soon finds that he must choose between his newfound notoriety, and his love for a woman who accepts him as he is--unconditionally.

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57% liked it

87 critics

R, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: Daisy von Scherler Mayer

Release Date: January 31, 2002

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DVD Release Date: June 3, 2003

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  • October 2, 2009
    I like Jimi Mistry a lot but I found this to be disappointing really. Starts off great but soon becomes tiresome.
  • September 11, 2007
    This is actually funnier than it looks. Sure, it's not strenuous stuff, but you will be amused.

    It looks a bit racist, which it is, but hey, so was 'South Park' and 'Team America', and if they can be seen as funny, so can this.

    I was amazed to hear of Marisa Tomei's Oscar win. ...( read more)And this was many years BEFORE 'The Guru', so it isn't an issue of getting better. She was definitely not bad, but certainly not Oscar - worthy. I will judge when I have seen more of her work.

    Fun, in a ridiculing and silly kind of way.
  • August 15, 2007
    This was very good enjoyed it. Sex filled and comical!
  • October 25, 2006
    Surprisingly fun.
  • October 7, 2006
    very funny jimi mistry is just hilarious! Funny to think he was in eastenders not so long ago lol
  • November 16, 2009
    Pretty bad. B movie writing and cast.. Grahams gonna turn into one. Quote me
  • October 27, 2009
    Comercial! or stupid! :|
  • October 22, 2009
    saw like 10 min of this and I changed the channel.
  • September 28, 2009
    I watch the movie on DVD before and i love it, and watch it again today and still love it, coz it is funny, and yeah something about the movie is real, i mean in real life is hapenning.
  • September 18, 2009
    A funny romantic tale

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January 30, 2003
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

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