The Inscrutable Americans (film)

The Inscrutable Americans
The Inscrutable Americans
	Official poster
Directed by	Chandra Siddhartha
Based on	The Inscrutable Americans; by Anurag Mathur
Produced by	Dr. Srihari; Indira Malempatti
Starring	Rajiv Punja ; Eron Otcasek
Cinematography	Rajendraprasad Chittabathini
Production; company	Tricolour Communications
Release date	2001;
Country	India
Language	English
Budget	₹1 crore

The Inscrutable Americans is a 2001 Indian English-language comedy drama film directed by Chandra Siddhartha and starring Rajeev Punja and Eron Otcasek.

Cast

Rajiv Punja as Gopal
Eron Otcasek as Randy
Jai Menon as Bhushan a.k.a. Bush
Jana Williams as Sue
Stacci Cobb as Gloria

Production

The film was shot at Mount Holyoke College and University of Hartford. The film was produced by Malemapati Srihari and Indira, who both worked as producers for Padamati Sandhya Ragam (1986). The film was almost entirely shot in the United States. The film was shot for two days in Hyderabad.^[2]

Reception

Ruchi Sharma of Rediff.com opined that "But as small-budget films go, The Inscrutable Americans is a marvellous attempt. The performances are tremendous, the dialogue truly crackles with wit and an earthy, though ribald, humour".^[3] Dhiraj Singh of Outlook India gave the film a rating of one out of five stars and said that "Laugh if you must but remember the joke's, ultimately, on you".^[4] Arati Koppar from The Times of India gave the film a rating of two out of five and wrote that "rajiv punja is decent as gopal, but eron otcasek steals the show with his act as randy. he's smart, funny, witty, and very, very likeable. watch the film for him, if you will. but, take our advice. stick to the book".^[5] Avishek Gupta of Full Hyderabad stated that "The leads thoroughly live their roles, but of the rest of the characters, the lesser spoken, the better. May yet prove to be an entertaining watch, but those who've already read the book had better stay away".^[6]

References

^ Renuka, Methil (29 January 2001). "Director Chandra Siddartha to debut with Anurag Mathur's bestseller 'The Inscrutable Americans'". India Today. Archived from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ Menon, Amarnath K. (19 June 2000). "The Inscrutable Americans: An US-centric film about Indians". India Today. Archived from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ Sharma, Ruchi (12 January 2001). "Laugh, Inc". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ Singh, Dhiraj. "The Inscrutable Americans". Outlook India. Archived from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ Koppar, Arati. "The Inscrutable Americans". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ Gupta, Avishek. "The Inscrutable Americans Review". Full Hyderabad. Archived from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.