Purva Bedi Movies
- 2006
House (Hugh Laurie) takes a personal interest in 6-year-old patient Ian (MacKenzie Astin), whose kidneys and pituitary gland are rapidly failing. The exact same symptoms occurred to a 73-year-woman who'd been House's patient a dozen years ago--and who had died less than a day after she was admitted to the hospital. Unwilling to make the same mistakes twice, House is bound and determined to succeed with Ian where he had failed with his previous patient. Meanwhile, the boy's regular doctor Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein) is drinking and laughing the night away at a benefit poker tournament for the clinic's oncology department--and House intends to keep her thus occupied until he can figure out a solution to Ian's plight all by himself! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Two young Texans locked in a pre-arranged marriage do their best to convince their parents to call the impending nuptials off in a romantic comedy directed by Shiraz Jafri and featuring Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle star Kal Penn. Ameet (Sunil Malhotra) and Saima (Lisa Ray) were more than happy apart when their marriage-minded parents insisted that they spend the rest of their lives together. Now, with their engagement cemented and the wedding frenzy kicking into overdrive, Ameet, Saima, and Ameet's best friend Bobby (Penn) must break every rule in the book to prove that their marriage will only spell misery for all involved. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sunil Malhotra, Lisa Ray, (more)
- 2004
Former series regular John Carroll Lynch returns in the role of Steve Carey, cross-dressing brother of Drew (Drew Carey), husband of the obnoxious Mimi (Kathy Kinney) and father of five-year-old Gus. Sneaking back into Cleveland after a lengthy sojourn in Sir Lanka, Steve is welcomed with open arms (sort of) by Drew, who hopes to bring Steve and Mimi back together--and incidentally, get Mimi out of his own house. Complications ensue when Steve's Sri Lankan lover Padma (Purva Bedi) likewise shows up--and the end result is a "hot time" for Steve in the wrong place! Meanwhile, in their never-ending effort to score with chicks, Lewis and Oswald begin to market a Rubbermaid ripoff. This episode was first telecast back-to-back with "Knot in the Mood". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2003
A young foreigner's quest to obtain an ever-elusive green card fuels this romantic comedy drama from first-time writer/director Bala Rajasekharuni. Intentionally overstaying his visa in order to seek out a green card that will permit him to remain in the U.S., the naïve youngster finds himself wading through a sordid underworld of illegal immigrants and immigration layers while attempting to elude the ever-persistent INS. Along the way he find himself falling for a an Indian American girl who attempts to assist him in his quest.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Vikram Dasu, Deep Katdare, (more)
A feature film debut for Indian director Piyush Dinker Pandya, American Desi centers around Krishna Reddy (Deep Katdare), who calls himself Kris to escape the traditionalism of his Indian family. Desiring to be an all-American type of guy, Kris enters college with good friend Eric (Eric Axen) and begins a new world of freedom away from his protective family. As soon as he arrives on campus, he learns that he has been roomed with three Indian roommates: Jagjit (Ronobir Lahiri), a budding artist, Salim (Rizwan Manji), an old-fashioned believer in Eastern ideals, and Ajay (Kal Penn), who immerses himself in Afrocentric culture. Kris also meets a young student named Nina (Purva Bedi), with whom he falls instantly in love, but fails at first to realize that she too is Indian. An unforeseen opponent, Rakesh (Anil Kumar), threatens to separate the two, with his appreciation of the lifestyles Kris has often rejected in favor of a more American bent. Through his relationship with Nina, Kris begins to get in touch with his heritage, finding that the Western adoptions he has clung to his whole life have prevented him from discovering his true identity. ~ Jason Clark, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Deep Katdare, Purva Bedi, (more)
- 2000
The premiere episode of ER's seventh season gets under way by solving the mystery surrounding Carter (Noah Wyle), Benton (Eriq La Salle), and that plane flight to Atlanta. Returning to Chicago after undergoing rehab, Carter finds that things are as hectic as usual at the ER; a group of teenagers are brought in after a riot at a football game, and the custodians have gone on strike. Elsewhere, Chen (Ming-Na) finds out she is pregnant, Abby (Maura Tierney) is prevented from attending medical school when her ex-husband fails to pay her tuition, and Greene (Anthony Edwards) develops a rather embarrassing case of poison ivy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
