America America (1995 film)
America America is a 1997 Indian Kannada family drama film written and directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar. It features Ramesh Aravind, Akshay Anand and Hema Panchamukhi essaying the key roles whilst H. G. Dattatreya, Vaishali Kasaravalli and Shivaram performing the supporting roles. The plot revolves around three childhood friends hailing from a coastal village of Karnataka who get entangled in the marital issues after flying and settling in the U.S.. The film makes an attempt to study the psyche of Nonresident Indians who are settled abroad.
Three childhood friends Surya Ramesh Aravind, Shashank Akshay Anand and Bhoomi Hema Panchamukhi are from the coastal region of Karnataka. After finishing their undergraduate studies, Shashank goes to the US for further studies. Surya is extremely patriotic about India and doesnt want to go anywhere and starts his business in his hometown, and Bhoomi stays at home. After three years, Shashank comes back to India. He starts going off on India on his way from the airport, saying how much greater America is. While in India, his family arranges his marriage to Bhoomi. Surya, on the other hand, is the one who truly loves Bhoomi and tries to tell her using recorded audio tape and plants it in Bhoomis room having no idea that she is to be married to Shashank.That evening Surya learns of the marriage plans. Confused, he rushes to Bhoomis house to take the tape back. Before he could get there, someone who was cleaning Bhoomis room accidentally replaces it with another cassette. Surya, thus unknowingly, grabs wrong tape and throws it into a nearby river.After the marriage ceremony, Shashank and Bhoomi leave for the US. ........
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