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Shades of Ray is a american film of genre Comedy released in USA on 18 october 2008 with Zachary Levi
Shades of Ray (2008)
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Add to a movie listShades of Ray is a 2008 independent film written and directed by Jaffar Mahmood. The film stars Zachary Levi as a half-American, half-Pakistani male wrestling with his mixed identity while waiting for his girlfriend to respond to his marriage proposal. The film was the number one download of independent films on Amazon.com for several weeks, following screenings at numerous film festivals.
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American-born Ray Rehman comes home one night to find his Pakistani father on his doorstep. Ray's Nordic mother threw him out. It's an awkward time for his father to move in as Ray just proposed to his girlfriend - who hasn't given him an answer. While trying to get his parents back together, Ray meets a South Asian girl of mixed descent, just like him, and must decide where his identity truly lies.Actors
Zachary Levi
(Ray Rehman)
Fran Kranz
(Sal Garfinkle)
Sarah Shahi
(Sana Khaliq)
Bonnie Somerville
(Noel Wilson)
Kathy Baker
(Janet Rehman)
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