6 Movies Starring Ayesha Dharker

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Mad, Sad & Bad  2009  2.8 stars 90 mins Comedy   Rated: NR Three grownup siblings -- all in their 30s -- let their collective self-absorption trump any chance of true happiness in this fly-on-the-wall comedy from first-time director (and psychiatrist) Avie Luthra. With a narrative that shifts among the trio -- Atul (Nitin Ganatra), Hardeep (Zubin Varla) and Rashmi (Meera Syal) -- the film chronicles the messes they make navigating the waters of love and relationships through the prisms of their neuroses.

Loins of Punjab Presents  2007  3.9 stars 88 mins Comedy   Rated: NR Manish Acharya directs this raucous mockumentary that follows the dreams and schemes of six Indian immigrants (and one non-Indian) as they vie for big bucks in "Desi Idol," a low-rent New Jersey singing competition. "Idol" hopefuls include a gay Sikh shock-rapper named Turbanotorious B.D.G. (Ajay Naidu), a socialite trying to bribe her way to victory (Shabana Azmi) and the Jewish inventor of "joga" -- a hybrid of jogging and yoga (Michael Raimondi).

Outsourced  2006  3.6 stars 103 mins Comedy   Rated: PG-13  until 02-Sep-2018     When his department is outsourced to India, customer call center manager Todd Anderson (Josh Hamilton) heads to Mumbai to train his successor (Asif Basra), and amusing culture clashes ensue as Anderson tries to explain American business practices to the befuddled new employees. In the process, he learns important lessons about globalization -- and life. Ayesha Dharker and Matt Smith also star in director John Jeffcoat's cross-cultural comedy.

The Mistress of Spices  2005  3.2 stars 95 mins Drama   Rated: PG-13 After leaving India and moving to the United States, Tilo (Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai) sets up shop in San Francisco as the proprietor of an exotic spice store and helps her customers -- including a handsome American (Dylan McDermott) -- change their lives with just the right amount of seasoning. Paul Mayeda Berges directs this crossover romance based on the book by award-winning writer Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.

Anita & Me  2002  3.3 stars 92 mins Comedy   Rated: NR  until 01-May-2010     Traditions and trends clash in this coming-of-age dramedy set in 1970s England, following a young girl's struggles to find acceptance -- and a cool best friend. As a recent Indian immigrant, 12-year-old Meena (Chandeep Uppal) is so desperate to distance herself from her family and become part of the British in crowd that she swears allegiance to the local bad girl (Anna Brewster) with disastrous results. Lynn Redgrave and Mark Williams co-star.

City of Joy  1992  3.6 stars 134 mins Drama   Rated: PG-13  until 01-Jun-2010     American doctor Max Lowe (Patrick Swayze) travels to Calcutta, India, to search for meaning in his life. His outlook is forever changed when he crosses paths with poverty-stricken Hasari (Om Puri) and his family and Irish clinic volunteer Joan (Pauline Collins). Fighting deplorable living conditions and the local crime boss, Max and Joan team up to provide aid to the sick and dispossessed people of Calcutta in this Roland Joffé-helmed drama.