Hope and a Little Sugar

Hope and a Little Sugar
Directed by	Tanuja Chandra
Produced by	Scott Pardo and Glenn Russow
Written by	Tanuja Chandra and Glenn Russow
Starring	Anupam Kher; Vikram Chatwal; Amit Sial; Mahima Chaudhry; Suhasini Mulay
Music by	Wayne Sharpe (score) and Jasbir Jassi (lyrics)
Cinematography	Nirmal Jani
Edited by	Hilary Peabody
Release date	October 2006; ; ; ; ;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	India; United States
Language	English

Hope and a Little Sugar is a 2006 Indian English-language film shot in New York City and directed by Tanuja Chandra. It premiered and won an award on 6 October 2006 at the South Asian International Film Festival in New York. In addition, it was the opening film in 2008 for the Opening Night Gala at BAFTA, sponsored by the London Asian Film Festival by Tongues on Fire.

Plot

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.^[4]^[5]