West Is West

Plot

Vikram (Ashotosh Gowariker) is an Indian immigrant from Bombay who lands in San Francisco. His happiness over his arrival in the United States is diminished when customs officers unexplainably trim his tourist visa from six months to one. When he arrives at the home of his sponsor, he finds that the building is abandoned, and his application to study at the University of California has been rejected. He later meets Sue (Heidi Carpenter), a punk-rock femme who works at a late-night theater specializing in horror films, and Vikram becomes very fond of the woman, proposing marriage in hopes of starting a new life in the United States.

Cast

Ashutosh Gowariker

Vikran

Heidi Carpenter

Sue

Pearl Padamsee

Mrs. Shah

Rex Delgado

Bernie Segal

Nick

Subash Rane

Deepak

Robert Braun

Priest

Sumati Patel

Anjail

Eric Jody Ray

George

Saraj D. Dhamdhara

Vikram's Mother

Cal Schlesinger

Customs Inspector

Ron Murphy

Tweety Bird

Karen Stern

Neighbor Woman

Ruth Marks

Checkout Woman

Tom Bower