Desperate Endeavors (2012)
- Directed by
- Salim Khassa
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An immigrant from India moves to New York City in the 1970s to build a new life. He faces many obstacles and family conflicts before finding guidance from a spiritual adviser.
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What happens
Desperate Endeavors is a 2011 film adapted from Seeking Home, a biography of Jayant Patel coming to America to pursue the American Dream. It is produced and directed by Salim Khassa and features Michael Madsen, Ismail Bashey and Gulshan Grover. The story captures the full range of immigrant struggles, beginning in New York City in the 1970s and punctuated by true human emotion and family conflict. The film's protagonist, Ram Patel, encounters more obstacles than he can count, and ultimately finds a remedy to his numerous problems by encountering a spiritual adviser, legendary Dada Bhagwan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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