Rizwan Manji
Also Known As: Ризван Манжи
Biography: Rizwan Manji (born October 17, 1974, height 5' 7" (1,70 m)) is a Indo-Canadian actor. He is most most famous for his role as Rajiv in the now cancelled NBC Universal TV series Outsourced. Manji was born in Toronto, Canada where his Indian parents had immigrated to from Tanzania. His family is Ismaili Muslim, and he states that his religion is very important to him in life. He was raised in Calgary, Alberta, and went to Crescent Heights High School. He later moved to the US where he attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Manji played small parts in various films and television shows with recurring roles in Privileged, Better Off Ted and 24. In 2010, he auditioned for the role of Gupta on the NBC comedy Outsourced. Although he lost the part to Parvesh Cheena, the producers decided to cast him as the scheming assistant manager Rajiv. Manji resides in Studio City, California, with his wife and two children.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Birthday: October 17, 1974
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Gender: Male
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The Donor Party
Overview: Follows Jaclyn who really wants a baby, and realizes she doesn't need a husband to be a mother after a messy divorce and wasted years of online dating, so she and her best friends create a plan to get her pregnant at a very special party.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-03
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That Thing with the Cat
Overview: An agoraphobic woman sets out to solve the mystery of who killed her neighbor's cat.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-09
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The Dictator
Overview: The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-15
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The Citizen
Overview: Yearning to leave behind his life of misfortune in the Middle East, Ibrahim Jarrah wins the U.S. Green Card Lottery for a chance to become an American citizen. Ibrahim lands in New York City the day before 9/11…and the events of the September terrorist attacks forever shape the struggles he faces on his journey to capture the American dream.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-19
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...Or Die
Overview: "...Or Die”, directed by Gregory Bonsignore and John Petaja, satirizes the obstacles today's South Asian Hollywood actors have to deal with.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-27
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Eat Wheaties!
Overview: Sid Straw leads a dull life until he accidentally stalks famous college friend, Elizabeth Banks, on social media. With each failed attempt to prove he knows her, he rediscovers more of himself and the true meaning of friendship.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-25
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Diamond in the Rough
Overview: After her parents' deaths, Ariana Alvarez is lost and can’t hold down a 9 to 5 job no matter how hard she tries, which isn’t that hard. To help her navigate post-college life, her doting Tío Jorge gets her a seasonal membership at his swanky country club and challenges her to make some friends… complete with a hopelessly hot caddy. But Ariana soon learns that life among the wealthy and golf-obsessed is a lot like being back in high school: cliques abound, mean girls everywhere, and only the richest kids get to call the shots.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-29
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Journey to Bethlehem
Overview: A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-09
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Overview: Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who transform into superheroes by saying "Shazam!", are forced to get back into action and fight the Daughters of Atlas, who they must stop from using a weapon that could destroy the world.
Genres: Comedy Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-15
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Wedding Season
Overview: Pressured by their immigrant parents to find spouses, two Indian-Americans pretend to date in order to survive a summer of weddings – but find themselves falling for each other as they struggle to balance who they are with who their parents want them to be.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-08-04
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Don Jon
Overview: A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-12
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The Wolf of Wall Street
Overview: A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-25
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Overview: Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who transform into superheroes by saying "Shazam!", are forced to get back into action and fight the Daughters of Atlas, who they must stop from using a weapon that could destroy the world.
Genres: Comedy Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-15
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Mustache
Overview: It’s the mid-90’s in Northern California and 13-year-old Pakistani-American ILYAS is facing a major crisis — his parents yanked him out of his comfortable Islamic private school and now he has to face life at public school. Ilyas’ fears about joining public school are made worse by insecurities due to his inescapable, prepubescent MUSTACHE. Ilyas hatches a hilarious plan to return to his old school — but he must also learn to accept himself.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-12
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The Tiger Hunter
Overview: A young Indian man relocates to 1970s Chicago to become an engineer, but when his job falls through, he resorts to an elaborate charade with misfit friends in order to woo his childhood sweetheart.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-31
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Ramadan America
Overview: Ramadan America is a film with unique characters, themed around Ramadan and Eid, and spanning a number of genres.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-01-01
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Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
Overview: In honor of the 30th anniversary of the animated classic, this animated and live-action blended special showcases the fan-favorite movie, along with new musical performances, sets and costumes inspired by the classic story.
Genres: Family Fantasy Music Romance Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-15
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Equals
Overview: A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated.
Genres: Drama Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-15
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The Bounce Back
Overview: Father, author and relationship expert, Matthew Taylor is on a whirlwind book tour promoting his new best seller, The Bounce Back. He's got it all figured out until he meets the acerbic Kristin Peralta, a talk show circuit therapist who's convinced he's nothing but a charlatan. Matthew's life is turned upside down when he inadvertently falls for Kristin and has to face painful truth of his past relationship.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-26
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Paterson
Overview: A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-17
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American Desi
Overview: College freshman Krishna Reddy, who has never cared for his Indian-American cultural heritage, looks forward to a new life on campus but is surprised to find that he has been assigned Indian roommates.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Writer's Block
Overview: Past her prime and afflicted with a severe case of writer's block, a veteran songwriter finds new inspiration in a bird that takes up residence outside her home.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-31
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Money Kings
Overview: Vinnie's a bookie, happily married, running his operation for 30 years out of his bar in Brooklyn. Times change, the boys up the chain want a bigger profit, so Vinnie's expendable He's assigned a hotheaded kid, Tony, the nephew of a local mobster. Vinnie's told to school the lad, use him for collections, and teach him some sense. What Vinnie doesn't know is that once Tony learns the ropes, Vinnie will be out. Tensions mount when Tony goes around Vinnie's paternalistic ways, takes a bet from an unemployed alcoholic, and demands that the loser's wife pay the vig in trade. Is there any way out for Vinnie - with or without his good name?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-04
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Overview: Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. Though he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother, and sister all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-08
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Morning Glory
Overview: A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news journalist and anchor who disapproves of co-hosting a show that does not deal with real news stories.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-10
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The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Overview: Decades after serving in WWII and assassinating Adolf Hitler, a legendary American war veteran must now hunt down the fabled Bigfoot.
Genres: Drama Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-02-08
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A Very Nutty Christmas
Overview: Hard-working bakery owner Kate Holiday, has more cookie orders than she has time to fill this holiday season, and when her boyfriend suddenly breaks up with her, any shred of Christmas joy she was hanging onto, immediately disappears. After Kate hangs the last ornament on the tree and goes to bed, she awakens the next morning to a little bit of Christmas magic. She gets the surprise of her life when Chip, a handsome soldier who may or may not be the Nutcracker Prince from Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker,” appears in her living room.
Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-30
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Dr. Cabbie
Overview: An unemployed doctor turned cab driver becomes a local hero when he converts his taxi into a mobile clinic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-19
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Charlie Wilson's War
Overview: In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afghan freedom fighters in their war against invading Soviets. The trio's successful efforts to finance these covert operations contributes to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-19
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Transformers
Overview: Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-27
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Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell
Overview: Interviews with the cast, creators, journalists and celebrity fans, plus behind-the-scenes footage from season six.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-07
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Papercop
Overview: Neil is so consumed by emotional baggage, it bleeds into every aspect of his life. He's meek, timid, and always the first to apologize. Not ideal for his job as an NYPD parking cop.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-08
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Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
Overview: Join iconic Canadian artists, activists, actors, and athletes as they share their stories of hope and inspiration in this national salute to our frontline workers and in support of Food Banks Canada’s COVID-19 relief efforts.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-26
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Uncle
Overview: "Uncle" captures the essence of an Indian-American father/son relationship told through three car rides over ten years.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-15
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The Mikado Project
Overview: A struggling Asian American Theater company decides to put on a production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-20
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