Ajay Naidu
Biography: Ajay Kalahastri Naidu (born 12 February 1972) is an American actor. Naidu was born in Evanston, Illinois and raised in Chicago, the son of Indian immigrants from Chittor District, Andhra Pradesh to the U.S. He attended Evanston Township High School. As an actor, he trained with the American Repertory Theater's Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University. His first professional acting job was the film Touch and Go (released in 1986) which he won from an open call, this in turn led to television jobs.He starred in the TV-movie, Lady Blue (1985) as "Paquito". This was followed by an ABC Afterschool Special episode, "No Greater Gift" (1985), where he played "Nick Santana", a 12-year old boy with a terminal illness. He then appeared in an uncredited role as "Ahmed" in the "MacGyver" TV series, during the first season, in episode, "To Be a Man" in 1986. Other film credits when younger include Where the River Runs Black (1986) and Vice Versa (1988). Between 1988 and 1995 he worked extensively in classical theatre. He returned to film acting in SubUrbia (1996), where he was praised for his role as the convenience store owner, "Nazeer Choudhury" and for which he was nominated for an independent spirit award for best supporting actor. On screen, Naidu has appeared in the film Office Space, as well as K-Pax, π, Requiem for a Dream, Bad Santa, The War Within, American Chai, The Guru, Waterborne and Loins of Punjab Presents and many more. He co-starred in the sitcom LateLine and had guest starring roles on the television dramas The Sopranos, in the episode entitled Big Girls Don't Cry, as well as The West Wing. In 1997, Naidu was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his role in the independent film subUrbia. Naidu has been working extensively with musicians from the Asian underground music movement for many years and his vocals have appeared on many records most notably Talvin Singh's mercury award winner "OK". In 2006 he directed his first feature film Ashes which came out in 2010. His most recent Theatre credits include A world tour of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure with Simon McBurney's Theatre Complicite, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui alongside Al Pacino, and The Little Flower of East Orange at New York's Public Theater. He is currently engaged to actress Heather Burns. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ajay Naidu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: February 12, 1972
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K-PAX
2001-10-26
K-PAX
Overview: Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-26
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Pi
1998-07-10
Pi
Overview: A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-10
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Bad Santa
2003-11-26
Bad Santa
Overview: You'd better watch out - Santa Claus Willie T. Soke is coming to town and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Wille's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective, a sexy bartender, and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-26
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Office Space
1999-02-19
Office Space
Overview: A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-19
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Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
2005-05-13
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
Overview: Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang become involved in a supernatural mystery in Egypt.
Genres: Mystery Animation Family Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-13
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The Honeymooners
2005-06-10
The Honeymooners
Overview: Working class New York bus driver Ralph Kramden is always coming up with get-rich-quick schemes for him and his best friend, Ed Norton, who's always around to help him get in (and out of) trouble.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-10
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Montana
1998-01-16
Montana
Overview: A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow the Boss and this routine task gets very complicated.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-16
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The Wrestler
2008-09-07
The Wrestler
Overview: Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-07
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The Accidental Husband
2008-02-29
The Accidental Husband
Overview: Emma, a radio host, is about to be married to Richard, her perfect match. But right before her wedding, she learns she's already married to Patrick, a charming but irresponsible fireman. Furthermore, Patrick has a secret: he has arranged this little trick because Emma advised Patrick's ex-fiancée to end their relationship. However, Patrick may find that the trick is on him, for he soon begins to fall in love with his uptight adversary.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-29
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SubUrbia
1997-02-07
SubUrbia
Overview: A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-07
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Loins of Punjab Presents
2007-01-28
Loins of Punjab Presents
Overview: A ruthless philantrophist. A bhangra rapper. An over-protected prodigy. A reckless actress. A lovelorn businessman. An entrepreneurial yogi. And a Loin King. Enter a roller-coaster world of seven strangers whose lives collide during a singing contest in a small New Jersey town.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-28
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Alchemy
2005-04-25
Alchemy
Overview: Can an university computer scientist (Cavanagh) make a woman fall in love with his interactive computer before she succumbs to a well-known professor?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-25
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Hotel for Dogs
2009-01-16
Hotel for Dogs
Overview: Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. Soon other strays arrive, and the hotel becomes a haven for every orphaned canine in town. But the kids have to do some quick thinking to keep the cops off their tails.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-16
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Today's Special
2009-10-14
Today's Special
Overview: Young Manhattan chef Samir rediscovers his heritage and passion for life through the enchanting art of cooking Indian food.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-14
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My Giant
1998-04-10
My Giant
Overview: Sammy, an agitated agent lost in the forest of the modern world, happens upon a gentle giant with a tall talent for friendship named Max.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-10
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Touch and Go
1986-08-22
Touch and Go
Overview: A Chicago hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him; after he chases them off he catches the youngest member and gives him a ride home, where he meets the boy's mother.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-22
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You Are Here*
2000-01-01
You Are Here*
Overview: A twentysomething office drone struggles between freedom and responsibility in this independent comedy-drama. Sanjay is a man in his mid-'20s who has come to the conclusion his life is stuck in neutral. Sanjay hates his job and doesn't think it has any real future and one day he announces to his boss that he's quitting. However, Sanjay's boss manages to double-talk him into not only keeping his job, but taking on longer hours and new responsibilities he doesn't really want. Several of Sanjay's friends are in the same boat, and together they struggle to decide what freedom is worth to them and how to get it. (Rovi)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Perception
2005-01-01
Perception
Overview: When Jen Marshall, an LA girl with a reckless personality and a laundry list of burned bridges, returns to New York and unexpected tragedy strikes, it is up to her mistreated friends to decide between helping her through this tough time or abandoning her - like she did them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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3 Days of Normal
2012-06-02
3 Days of Normal
Overview: 3 Days of Normal follows the story of straight-laced deputy Bill Morgan who is quite content literally living within the quaint boundaries of Washington, New Hampshire. Bill’s stable and rather uneventful life is thrown for a loop when he finds and arrests a woman, Nikki Gold, passed out in her car from inebriation. Unbeknownst to him, the woman happens to be a popular movie actress longing for some normalcy in her hectic life.
Genres: Comedy Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-02
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Ashes
2011-03-05
Ashes
Overview: A young Indian man struggles in the inner city of New York to support himself and his mentally ill brother... but their lives are unraveling and he falls in with the wrong crowd.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-05
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The Zombie Wedding
2023-12-03
The Zombie Wedding
Overview: Based on the hit interactive play (premiered in 2015). The first-ever wedding between a Human Bride and a Zombie Groom. The human guests need to learn how to behave. WWN reporters cover the wedding - while trying to get out alive.
Genres: Comedy Romance Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-03
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Vice Versa
1988-02-25
Vice Versa
Overview: A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-25
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More Dogs Than Bones
2000-07-14
More Dogs Than Bones
Overview: A series of mishaps and misfortunes over $1 million in cash leads to murder, mayhem and greed.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-07-14
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Once We Were Strangers
1997-08-29
Once We Were Strangers
Overview: Antonio is a seductive, charismatic Sicilian living illegally in New York. He wanders from job to job, lives as a squatter and enjoys a carefree romantic tryst with a wealthy art dealer. When he falls in love with Ellen, a strong-willed radio talk-show host who is set to move to Paris within a few days, he decides he must find a way to keep her from leaving.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1997-08-29
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Stream
2009-01-15
Stream
Overview: Thanks to a drug she took when she was seventeen, moments from various points in Jodi's life become intertwined, effectively letting her experience two moments at once. Stream snaps back and forth through three phases of Jodi's life: her past as an intelligent but headstrong teen; her present in a psychiatric facility, and her future as an adult clinging to a normal life after years of tribulation. The story unfolds in and around New York City, as we travel with Jodi from the wealthy suburban home of her youth to the nebulous world of an institution, and the unforgiving streets of the South Bronx.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-15
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Where the River Runs Black
1986-09-19
Where the River Runs Black
Overview: An orphaned boy who was raised in the Amazon jungle is brought back to civilization by a priest who knows his father.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-19
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The Good Nurse
2022-10-19
The Good Nurse
Overview: Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-19
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PIA
2010-01-01
PIA
Overview: Can an android have feelings? Can true love be resurrected through technology after death? When a family in mourning encounters a mysterious wandering service android, the family is forced to redefine its conceptions of humanity, relationships, and family.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Confess
2005-01-01
Confess
Overview: A young ex-hacker, disgruntled with his life, lashes back at those deemed responsible, uploading unfavorable video footage of them on the internet.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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The War Within
2005-09-30
The War Within
Overview: A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-09-30
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No Greater Gift
1985-09-11
No Greater Gift
Overview: Two terminally ill boys strike up a friendship in a hospital ward. One of the boys decides to make the ultimate sacrifice to the other so he can have a chance at life.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-11
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Justice
2003-05-08
Justice
Overview: A comic strip writer in NYC, still grieving over the death of a friend in 9/11, gets his publisher to agree to a limited run of "Justice", a comic book about an ordinary person who is a hero.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-08
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Righteous Kill
2008-09-11
Righteous Kill
Overview: Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-11
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212
2005-01-01
212
Overview: Living in matchbox apartments and working mundane jobs in New York City, three sets of urbanites struggle to connect with each other and find love in the digital age.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Lost Cat Corona
2017-02-24
Lost Cat Corona
Overview: A play-it-safe guy must search for his wife's missing cat, bringing him face-to-face with the colorful, wacky, and sometimes, the more dangerous element of his neighborhood, forcing him to confront his fears and rethink his M.O.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-24
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Scary Movie 3
2003-10-24
Scary Movie 3
Overview: In the third installment of the Scary Movie franchise, news anchorwoman Cindy Campbell has to investigate mysterious crop circles and killing video tapes, and help the President stop an alien invasion in the process.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-24
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Hannibal
2001-02-08
Hannibal
Overview: After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-02-08
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Boy Boy Girl Girl
2018-04-30
Boy Boy Girl Girl
Overview: A dark comedy about a gay couple trying to adopt a newborn from a drug-addict and her abusive girlfriend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-30
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Requiem for a Dream
2000-10-06
Requiem for a Dream
Overview: The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-06
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The Kindergarten Teacher
2018-09-23
The Kindergarten Teacher
Overview: Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-23
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Scotch and Milk
1998-04-17
Scotch and Milk
Overview: A brooding self-styled swinger obsessed with things from the 1950's loses himself in booze and night clubbing amongst similar other men. Meanwhile he pines for the woman he really loves, but is incapable of establishing a meaningful relationship with.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-17
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Dinner Rush
2000-09-01
Dinner Rush
Overview: One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the star chef, whose culinary creativity has brought success to the business.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-01
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Antarctica
2020-10-15
Antarctica
Overview: Two teen girls see their long-time friendship crumble from the pressures of adulthood in their last year of high school.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-15
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Subway Stories
1997-07-24
Subway Stories
Overview: An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City, which range from compassion and love to violence and loss.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-24
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Uncle
2020-01-15
Uncle
Overview: "Uncle" captures the essence of an Indian-American father/son relationship told through three car rides over ten years.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-15
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Falling Up
2009-09-29
Falling Up
Overview: A nursing student forced to quit school for family reasons winds up taking a job as a doorman in an elite apartment building in New York City, where he sparks to one of his residents.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-29
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The Sleepless
2020-08-24
The Sleepless
Overview: Chronic insomniacs Zach and Sophia wander the pre-dawn streets of NYC on an impromptu first date.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-24
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Mister Handsome
2011-09-15
Mister Handsome
Overview: A love story between a grown-up girl and a mysterious friend from her childhood (plus a case against moving in with your parents).
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-15
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Thorp
2020-10-23
Thorp
Overview: After fleeing Earth in the late 80s, an alien returns to his childhood home in search of his best friend. As he gets closer to finding her, his mysterious past gets closer to catching him.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-23
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Bunny
2025-03-08
Bunny
Overview: Two best friends rally the neighbors in their tenement building to help them hide a dead body over the best/worst night of their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-08
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