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American Daylight

American Daylight

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American Daylight

2006

1h 38m

4.3(3 votes)

Crime

Drama

Romance

Overview

A young Indian woman works as an operator for a US bank that outsourced its call center to India. The bank's young local manager becomes interested in her and offers her to help him game the system and make some real money.

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Kaleidoscope Entertainment

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Nick Moran

Nick Moran

Lawrence Stokowski

Koel Purie

Koel Purie

Sue / Sujata

Vijay Raaz

Vijay Raaz

Pat / Pratap

Gulshan Grover

Gulshan Grover

Billoo

Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Zelda (as Jennifer Siebel)

Avantika Akerkar

Avantika Akerkar

Vi

Christie Goddard

Eve

Amardeep Jha

Amardeep Jha

Sue's Mother

Siddhartha Luther

Journalist

Daya Shankar Pandey

Daya Shankar Pandey

Ashok

Creative team

Directed by: Roger Christian
Written by: Farrukh Dhondy
Produced by: Bobby Bedi

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