Anupam Kher's 'American Blend' to be scre

Anupam Kher-starrer "American Blend", a film that explores cross-cultural relationships, will be screened at the ongoing Mumbai Academy of Moving Images (MAMI) international film festival here.

The film that also stars Dee Wallace Stone, David Oyelowo, Kristin Erickson, Ruben Garfias and Ranjit Chowdhary will be shown Saturday as part of the repertoire at the festival that began Thursday.

Directed by Los Angeles-based Indian filmmaker Varun Khanna, "American Blend" is a love story that revolves around an Indian guy, Raj (Anupam Kher), and his American-born wife Jayme (Dee Wallace Stone), whose 20-year marriage survives the problems inherent in a relationship between two people from different ethnic backgrounds.

Maya (Kristen Erickson), who works at her stepfather Raj's restaurant, faces same difficulties when she gets romantically involved with Mercury (David Oyelowo), a black tap dancer who takes a job at the restaurant.

The film won the best writer-director/achievement filmmaker award at the Riverside International film festival in the US last month.

Khanna started his career at the age of 17 with his critically acclaimed production of Peter Shaffer's play "Equus" and ventured into filmmaking with "Beyond Honor", a landmark film on the oppression and high tension in suburban America.

Made under the banner of White Stripes Entertainment Ltd., "American Blend" is produced by Krishna Datla and Vishwaas Paandya, who was also associated as an actor and executive producer with Anupam's "Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Mara".

Anu Malik has composed the music for the film.