Hope and a Little Sugar

Ali (Amit Sial) is a photographer and bike messenger who lives in New York. He develops a friendship and falls in love with a married woman, Saloni Oberoi (Mahima Chaudhry). When her husband, Harry Oberoi (Vikram Chatwal), is killed during the September 11 attacks, Harry's father, a retired Colonel (Anupam Kher), begins to take his aggressions out on Ali for being a Muslim. Although Mrs. Oberoi (Suhasini Mulay) tries to stop the Colonel's behavior, the situation escalates as the Colonel, himself, becomes the target of social post-9/11 aggression directed towards him because he is a Sikh. ==Cast==

• Anupam Kher as Colonel Oberoi • Mahima Chaudhry as Saloni Oberoi • Vikram Chatwal as Harry Oberoi • Amit Sial as Ali Siddiqui • Suhasini Mulay as Mrs. Oberoi • Meghna Malik as Ali's mother ==Production==

The film was shot in 2004 but was delayed due to "an exhaustive post-production exchange" between director Chandra and independent American producers—Scott Pardo and Glenn Russow. ==See also==