Dude, Where's the Party?

Dude, Where's the Party?
Dude, Where's the Party? DVD cover
Directed by	Benny Mathews
Produced by	Sunil Thakkar
Story by	Sunil Thakkar
Starring	Kal Penn Sunil Malhotra Prem Shah Tina Cherian Serena Varghese Sunil Thakkar Mousami Dave
Release date(s)	2003
Running time	110 min
Country	USA
Language	English

Dude, Where's the Party? aka Where's the party yaar? is a 2003 film directed by Benny Mathews. It stars Kal Penn and Sunil Malhotra. It is a comedic film that focuses mainly on the Indian American experience.

Plot

Harishkumar S. Patel (Sunil Malhotra) is a geeky student from a small village in Gujarat, India who is attending the University of Houston, while living with his uncle (his father's best friend). His uncle, Dr. Bakshi, has an American-born son who's Hari's age, Mohan Bakshi (Kal Penn). Mohan, known as Mo, is a popular student at UH. He shows Hari around the college but then stays away from him because of Hari's nerdy ways.

Hari, meanwhile, is overly excited because of an astrological prediction that was made by a holy man. The famous astrologer told Hari that he'll meet his Sapno Ki Raani (the girl of his dreams) in America and her name will begin with a "P." Hari then meets Priya (Tina Cherian), a Malayali studying fashion, and falls in love with her. In the meanwhile, Mo falls in love with Janvi Valia (Serena Varghese), a Punjabi girl, but things don't go as planned when Mo invites Janvi to a party. In the film's conclusion, Mo learns important things about his culture, and Hari overcomes his challenges. This film is primarily a comedic portrayal of young Indian Americans going through life.

Cast and crew

• Mohan Bakshi: Kal Penn
• Harishkumar Satishkumar Patel: Sunil Malhotra
• Ray (Ramesh Kumar): Prem Shah
• Supriya Varghese: Tina Cherian
• Janvi Valia: Serena Varghese
• Shyam Sunder Balabhadrapatramukhi: Sunil Thakkar
• Poonam Mehta: Mousami Dave
• Jiten Kothari: Jiten Kothari

• Director: Benny Mathews
• Producer: Sunil Thakkar
• Executive producers: Asha Virani, Farid Virani, Sandhya Thakkar
• Co-producers: Matt Trush, Benny Mathews
• Associate Director: Soham Mehtra
• Associate Producers: Rikesh Patel, Deepi Sidhu
• Screenplay: Benny Mathews, Soham Mehtra, Rikesh Patel, Sunil Thakkar
• Story: Sunil Thakkar
• Music Coordinators: Shimit Amin, Yogi Goyal
• Sound Design: Will Golden
• Makeup: Katarina Voss
• Casting: Regina Vasquez
• Director of Photography: Anthony Fennel
• Film Editor: Shimit Amin
• Production Designer: Randy Cole

Trivia

• This is not a sequel to Dude, Where's My Car?.

• The opening scene which is supposed to be Bhimnagar, Gujarat, is actually the Meenakshi Temple of Pearland, Texas.

• The film is based on Sunil Thakkar's own experiences running and throwing parties for the Music Masala radio station, and having to discriminate between "Fresh off the Boat" Indians and the more fashionable Americanized Indians (A.K.A ABCD ).^[1]

References

1. ^ Where's the Party Yaar? (2003)

External links

• Dude, Where's the Party? at the Internet Movie Database