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Synopsis: On or about 12May00, a truck gets stolen in Los Angeles, and the Police bring in six men of South Asian origin for questioning. They are: Yashvardhan Rampal, known as 'Major' educated intelligent, unemployed, with an ailing wife who longs to return to India; Non-English speaking Jay Rehan, otherwise known as 'Ajju', a foul-mouthed, trigger-happy gangster; A out-of-work former nightclub bouncer, Marc Issak, whose girlfriend, Lisa, is a bar dancer, and who is known to get into fights due to his uncontrollable temper; A drug deal, Raj Yadav, otherwise known as Bali, foul-mouthed, womanizer, stutterer, and alcoholic; Bali's sidekick, Maqbool Haider, otherwise known as Mac; White-collared Anand Mathur, alias Andy, recently separated from his wife, Renu, and longing to get back together with his son, who he cannot get custody of due to financial problems. The six confer in a cell, cite woes that even though the Italians have their Mafia, the Colombians have their Cartels, but the East Indian
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Sanjay Gupta
Production: Media Partners
  3 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
41
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
R
Year:
2002
150 min
$1,002,066
438 Views


Uncle Sam has laid

his eyes on you.

Tell him not to look at me too

much. It'll do me bad. A**hole!

Truck.

- Lawyer.

What lawyer?

- What truck?

Where's the truck?

- Where's my lawyer?

Do these people think

of us as talcum powder?

Even if they itch a little,

they pick us up.

Not talcum powder, but condoms.

They use us all night...

...and flush us down the

toilet in the morning.

Hey Ajju! Shall we talk

business? - Yes, boss.

Anyway, they pick us

up every third day.

It isn't good

for my reputation.

Which station?

- Reputation. - What?

Reputation means status. You

won't understand its English.

Ok. Status, that too yours?

Hey donkey, what do...

...you do when

you're outside the jail?

The same thing that you

do with McGuires wife.

This McGuires

wife is quite popular.

How many of you have

an affair with her?

Mark? Andy?

- No. My standard is a bit high.

Good. Let's get

down to business.

Major, I had heard that

you had given up everything.

Boss, Major had promised his

wife that he's given up everything.

Just like our hero. Hey! Even

you've promised your girl that...

...you've given up everything,

isn't it?

What? What have you

promised your girl?

That I'll kill you.

- Then kill him first.

I can't give up my business

for a girl. Stupidity! Stupidity!

Business!? Have you seen

his girl? - Is she beautiful?

Beautiful? She's the

queen of Club India.

You're talking of business? I

can leave this world for her sake.

I'll help you leave this world.

- Leave him.

Hey guys! - Major!

Major, just ignore them.

They're just whiling away their

time. You were saying something.

McGuire is whiling

away his time with us.

But you people

won't understand that.

You keep wasting your

time over unnecessary talks.

You won't think why the

police is always arresting us.

The police commits the

crime of arresting us.

Hence, the police will

pay the price for doing so.

How? - By looting their banks.

- The service American bank?

Every cop here has

an account there.

That's why no one has dared

to loot that bank till date.

Because the one who loots

this bank will be taken on a...

...procession to the

graveyard by the entire police dept.

Then why do you think, smarty,

that the same won't happen to you?

Because brother Bali, the security

in that bank is so weak that...

...even your mother will

be able to loot that bank.

Till now, they received

their salaries from that bank...

...now we'll

receive ours from there.

We've received it.

We all have to go to hell one day.

Do this job and you'll go in a...

...big car else

you'll have to go walking.

You can keep your big car.

I prefer walking.

It's better than

going on four shoulders.

Hey stutterer,

try to understand.

You're trying to

make me understand?

Do you think this is some

cooperative bank in Kolhapur?

You will walk in and point a gun at

the guard, and he will intimate the...

...cashier, who in turn, will gift-wrap

all the money and give it to you...

...saying, Happy birthday,

sir! This is America, ass!

Within two minutes,

you'll be brought back here...

...and you'll be

celebrating your birthday here.

Ajju is right. - Hell!

We'll have to come back here...

...whether we take

the right or the left.

Hey chicken! You're right.

- Yes, I'm right.

I'll send for you when

I've to burgle a poultry farm.

Chicken stealer! - Hey don't call me

chicken... - I won't call you that.

I understood.

- Yes.

We've to make them talk,

sir. What do we do with them?

Let them go. I'll

get those damn Indians.

Alright! You're free for now.

We all started

going our own ways...

...when Satan called out

to us for the last time.

If the bell tolls in

any one of your heads...

...then come to club Niagara

tonight. I'll wait for you there.

We... we'll wait for you there.

Mark, why are you

always fighting?

I can't stay calm if

anyone touches you.

This can't go on, it's

got to stop. - I know!

Ok. Listen. We'll meet Cyrus,

we'll talk and we'll work it out.

But you've to promise me

that you won't lose your temper.

I won't. Ok? Come.

You've come back again?

Can't you

understand simple words?

...anymore problems

here because of me.

There'll be problems only

when you don't go from here.

Ok. C'mon!

- Go, Lisa. Go!

If one girl goes, a hundred

will come. This is America, baby!

Go with this good-for-nothing.

Go! Go! Go!

C'mon, Lisa. C'mon!

- Where, Mark?

Lisa!

- No! Look, Mark. I love you.

But even I've very few options.

I don't like doing all this.

But what do I do?

You know this is L.A.

And it's very difficult for a

girl to stay alone in this city.

Very difficult! - But, Lisa,

you're not alone. I'm with you.

Where are you, Mark? You

spend half of your time in jail.

I want to come with you.

But when you

have your own house.

I'll surely have

my own house, Lisa.

But there won't be any

place for you in that house.

But you know that your

mom doesn't like dogs.

What sh*t!

How many times have I told

you not to use such language?

I'm sorry, dad but

this is not fair.

C'mon, let's go home.

Could we spend some

more time, dad? Please?

Listen. You know that

when I take you home late...

...your mom gets angry. She'll

scowl at you. Fights with me.

Yeah. - And what when

she comes home late?

She works.

- No! She goes out with uncle.

Which uncle?

- The uncle who comes home.

The one who

bought me these shoes.

Since when is he coming home?

- Since a long time.

C'mon. Let's go home.

What time is it? If you

can't bring him home in time...

...then why do you take him out?

- Renu!

Don't 'Renu' me!

It's enough, Andy.

If you're going to act so

irresponsibly then I feel...

...you should stop meeting him.

Renu, I'm his father.

- Oh really? Then bear the...

...expenses of his education,

his dresses.

You call yourself his father?

Then where were you when...

...he was ill and I had to

call the doctor at midnight?

And then where were you

when he was beaten up by...

...his schoolmates and

had come home crying?

You were in jail, Andy.

You were in jail

and we got punished.

It wasn't my fault.

It was a mistake.

Yes. It's never

your fault, Andy.

When was it your fault?

It's my entire fault.

It's my fault that I

married a man like you.

You're a loser, Andy.

- Shut up!

Don't shout! This is my house.

And I know what

happens in this house.

Aren't you ashamed! You

come to meet your son so...

...that you can ask him

about my personal life?

Well, how sick can you get?

- Renu, it's nothing like that.

I haven't asked him

anything about you.

I don't care, Andy.

And one more thing...

...don't try to rule over

me because only a husband...

...has the right to do so, and you

lost that right a long time ago.

Renu! Why don't we start

living together again?

I'll work things out.

Why? What'll you do?

Will you rob a bank?

I don't

understand all your plans.

What I understand is this!

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Sanjay Gupta

Sanjay Gupta ( SAHN-jay GOOP-tə; born October 23, 1969) is an American neurosurgeon and medical reporter. He serves as associate chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, and as assistant professor of neurosurgery at the Emory University School of Medicine. A media personality on health-related issues, he is best known as CNN's multiple Emmy Award-winning chief medical correspondent, hosting the network's weekend health program Sanjay Gupta, M.D., and making frequent appearances on their American Morning, Larry King Live and Anderson Cooper 360° programs. His reports from Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina led to him winning a 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast. Additionally, Gupta publishes a column in Time magazine and is a special correspondent for CBS News. His books Chasing Life and Cheating Death were New York Times and national bestsellers. His latest book, Monday Mornings, a novel, was released in March 2012 and became an instant New York Times bestseller. It was adapted as a 2013 television series with David E. Kelley and Gupta serving as executive producers. From 1997 to 1998, he served as one of fifteen White House Fellows, primarily as an advisor to Hillary Clinton. In January 2009, it was reported that Gupta was offered the position of Surgeon General of the United States in the Obama administration, but he withdrew his name from consideration. In January 2011, he was named "one of the 10 most influential celebrities" by Forbes magazine. more…

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