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| Directed by | Prashant Nair |
| Screenplay by | Prashant Nair |
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| Cinematography | Petra Korner |
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| Music by | Dustin O'Halloran |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Umrika (transl. America) is a 2015 Indian Hindi comedy-drama film written and directed by Prashant Nair, and produced by Swati Shetty and Manish Mundra. It features Suraj Sharma, Tony Revolori, Smita Tambe, Rajesh Tailang, Pramod Pathak, Adil Hussain, Amit Sial, Sauraseni Maitra and Prateik Babbar.
Umrika premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award.[1] Director Nair said that the film is "about the mythology of America, and more generally, how cultures perceive each other".[2]
- ^ Yuan, Jada (1 February 2015). "Me & Earl & the Dying Girl Dazzles at Sundance". Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ Sharf, Zack (31 January 2015). "Meet the 2015 Sundance Filmmakers #73: Prashant Nair Spans Continents for Indian Drama 'Umrika'". Indiewire. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.