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{{Infobox film
| name =
| image = The Inscrutable Americans (film).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Official poster
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| director = [[Chandra Siddhartha]]
| writer =
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[The Inscrutable Americans]]''|[[Anurag Mathur]]}}
| producer = Dr. Srihari<br />Indira Malempatti
| starring = Rajiv Punja <br />Eron Otcasek
| narrator =
| cinematography = Rajendraprasad Chittabathini
| editing =
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| studio = Tricolour Communications
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2001}}
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| country = India
| language = English
| budget = ₹1 crore<ref name="India Today">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/20010129-director-chandra-siddartha-to-debut-with-anurag-mathurs-bestseller-the-inscrutable-americans-775833-2001-01-29|title=Director Chandra Siddartha to debut with Anurag Mathur's bestseller 'The Inscrutable Americans'|date=29 January 2001|work=[[India Today]]|first=Methil|last=Renuka|access-date=2022-09-13|archive-date=2022-09-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913030619/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/20010129-director-chandra-siddartha-to-debut-with-anurag-mathurs-bestseller-the-inscrutable-americans-775833-2001-01-29|url-status=live}}</ref>
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'''''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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/20000619-the-inscrutable-americans-an-us-centric-film-about-indians-779005-2000-06-19|title=The Inscrutable Americans: An US-centric film about Indians|last=Menon|first=Amarnath K.|work=[[India Today]]|date=19 June 2000|access-date=2022-09-13|archive-date=2022-09-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913030618/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/20000619-the-inscrutable-americans-an-us-centric-film-about-indians-779005-2000-06-19|url-status=live}}</ref>

== 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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/jan/12amer.htm|title=Laugh, Inc.|last=Sharma|first=Ruchi|date=12 January 2001|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=13 September 2022|archive-date=13 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913030635/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/jan/12amer.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-inscrutable-americans/210803|title=The Inscrutable Americans|first=Dhiraj|last=Singh|work=[[Outlook India]]|access-date=2022-09-13|archive-date=2022-09-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913030636/https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-inscrutable-americans/210803|url-status=live}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/hollywood/the-inscrutable-americans-/b-/articleshow/1849642578.cms|title=The Inscrutable Americans|work=[[The Times of India]]|last=Koppar|first=Arati|access-date=2022-09-13|archive-date=2022-09-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913031211/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/hollywood/the-inscrutable-americans-/b-/articleshow/1849642578.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/the-inscrutable-americans/english/the-inscrutable-americans-movie-reviews-230-2.html|title=The Inscrutable Americans Review|work=Full Hyderabad|last=Gupta|first=Avishek|access-date=2022-09-13|archive-date=2022-09-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913030635/https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/the-inscrutable-americans/english/the-inscrutable-americans-movie-reviews-230-2.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt2177044}}

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[[Category:English-language Indian films]]
[[Category:Films about Indian Americans]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films shot in Hyderabad, Sindh]]
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]

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