Sambar Salsa

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Sambar Salsa
Directed by Aditya Raj Kapoor
Produced byRenu Patel
Ashish Redij
Starring
CinematographyDamodar Naidu
Edited byVidhyadhar Pathare
Music by Taz
Thara
Production
company
Kaybe Pictures
Release date
  • 21 September 2007 (2007-09-21)
Running time
99 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
India
LanguageEnglish

Sambar Salsa is a 2007 English-language film directed by Aditya Raj Kapoor starring Rishi Kapoor, Preyanka, Roberta Caocci, and Ateesh Randev in the lead roles.

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Synopsis

An Indian man, Surya, and a Spanish woman, Sasha, fall in love much to the disapproval of Surya's parents (Om and Alamelu) even though they had also acted in defiance of their elders. [1]

Cast

Source [2] [3]

The music director, Taz, makes a cameo appearance as himself.

Release

The Sunday Times wrote that "It is a worthy project with plenty of potential to examine current British Asian family ties, cultural differences, and the difficulties often face in gaining acceptance to communal and inter-racial love". [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Critic, Anil Sinanan, Times Bollywood Film. "Sambar Salsa" via www.thetimes.co.uk.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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