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{{Infobox film
| name = Hope and a Little Sugar
| caption =
| image =
| director = [[Tanuja Chandra]]
| producer = Scott Pardo and Glenn Russow
| writer = [[Tanuja Chandra]] and Glenn Russow
| starring = [[Anupam Kher]] [[Vikram Chatwal]] [[Amit Sial]] [[Mahima Chaudhry]] [[Suhasini Mulay]]
| music = Wayne Sharpe (score) and [[Jasbir Jassi]] (lyrics)
| cinematography = [[Nirmal Jani]]
| editing = Hilary Peabody
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2006|10}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = India United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Hope and a Little Sugar''''' is a 2006 [[India]]n 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.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20061126/spectrum/main4.htm Sugar and all things nice]</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.tonguesonfire.com/about/history/ London Asian Film Festival: History]</ref>

==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.<ref name=rediff>[http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2008/apr/18hope.htm Hope and a Little Sugar: Rediff]</ref><ref>[http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/509026 Hope and Little Sugar review]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081215152109/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/453546/Hope-and-a-Little-Sugar/overview Hope and a Little Sugar: NYT]</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Anupam Kher]] as Colonel Oberoi
*[[Mahima Chaudhry]] as Saloni Oberoi
*[[Vikram Chatwal]] as Harry Oberoi
*[[Amit Sial]] as Ali Siddiqui
*[[Suhasini Mulay]] as Mrs. Oberoi

==Production==
The film was shot in 2004 but was delayed due to "an exhaustive post-production exchange" between director Chandra and independent American producers—Scott Pardo and Glenn Russow.<ref name=rediff/> This included pre and post-production that was entirely done via the [[internet]]. Pre-production took over two months where Chandra "finalised the cast, locations and even set design sitting in Mumbai." The entire cast and crew consisted of 25 people, and the film was shot entirely in New York over a period of 25 days.<ref name=ro>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061007/asp/weekend/story_6805563.asp Rocking on]</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of cultural references to the September 11 attacks]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0430193|title=Hope and a Little Sugar}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvvqklhVUBg Official Trailer] - ''Tongues on Fire/London Asian Film Festival''

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hope and a Little Sugar}}
[[Category:2006 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian-American films]]
[[Category:English-language Indian films]]
[[Category:Films shot in New York City]]
[[Category:Indian films set in New York City]]
[[Category:Films based on the September 11 attacks]]
[[Category:Films directed by Tanuja Chandra]]

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