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Hope and a Little Sugar is a film of genre Drama directed by Tanuja Chandra released in USA on 6 october 2006 with Anupam Kher
Hope and a Little Sugar (2006)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 6 october 2006
Length 1h40
Directed by Tanuja Chandra
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on the September 11 attacks, Films about terrorism, Disaster films, Films about hijackings
Rating68%
Hope and a Little Sugar is a 2006 Indian English-language film shot in New York and directed by Tanuja Chandra. It premiered and won an award on 6 October 2006 at the South Asian International Film Festival in New York. In addition, it was the opening film in 2008 for the Opening Night Gala at BAFTA, sponsored by the London Asian Film Festival by Tongues on Fire.
Synopsis
Ali (Amit Sial) is a photographer and bike messenger who lives in New York. He develops a friendship and falls in love with a married woman, Saloni Oberoi (Mahima Chaudhry). When her husband, Harry Oberoi (Vikram Chatwal), is killed during the September 11 attacks, Harry's father, a retired Colonel (Anupam Kher), begins to take his aggressions out on Ali for being a Muslim. Although Mrs. Oberoi (Suhasini Mulay) tries to stop the Colonel's behavior, the situation escalates as the Colonel, himself, becomes the target of social post-9/11 aggression directed towards him because he is a Sikh.Actors
Anupam Kher
(Colonel Oberoi)
Amit Sial
(Ali)
Mahima Chaudhry
(Saloni)
Suhasini Mulay
(Mrs. Oberoi)
Hugh Dillon
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