Who are we and why are we making Kinorium...

Ajay Naidu

February 12, 1972 • 54 y.o.

Actor Actor
Director Director
Writer Writer

Place of Birth	Evanston, Illinois, USA
Citizenship	United States
Career	1985 — ...
Genres	Drama, Comedy, Crime
Height	1.65 m 5′ 5″
Zodiac sign	aquarius
Religion	hindu

Education	University: Institute for Advanced Theatre Training, Harvard University
Family	marriage: married: January 27, 2012 kids: 1 Heather Burns

Naidu was born in Evanston, Illinois. His parents came from India to the United States in 1964. He attended Evanston Township High School. He trained with the American Repertory Theater's Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.

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Top Rated Movies

The Kindergarten Teacher 2018

7.4

Bad Santa 2003

Filmography chart

Title Ratings: 6.61

Drama 25%
Comedy 20%
Crime 11%
Mystery 9%
Thriller 7%

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Actor — 113

Murry

Comedy
United States • Micah Khan

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Comedy, Crime
Onur Tukel

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Ian

Short, Thriller
United States • Mark Blane

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Shamash

Short, Comedy, Horror
United States • Nicholas Avenue

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Lee

Drama
United States • Shervin Nassi

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2026

2026 — AI Patrol Officer

Comedy
United States • Zak Corrigan...

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2026 — Dennis

Comedy
United States • Henry Griffin

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2025

2025 — Professor Sebastian

Short, Drama, 12 min
United States • Eden Martinez

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2025 — Officer Finston

Short, Drama, 22 min
United States • Daniel Sauli

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2025 — Hippo

Short, Thriller
United States • Frank Harts

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2025 — Officer Cellestino

Comedy, Drama, Thriller, 1 hr 30 min
United States • Ben Jacobson

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6.1
Critics: 80%

2024

2024 — Director

Sci-Fi, Musical, Family, 1 hr 36 min
United States • Evan Oppenheimer

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7.1
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2024 — ... — Martin Wali

3 Episodes, 2024

Comedy, Crime, Drama, 43 min
United States • Robert King...

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6.7
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7.5
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2023

2023 — Brick Rivers

Comedy, Romance, 1 hr 39 min
United States • Micah Khan

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6.6
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2023 — Hanu

Short, Drama
United States • Ronald Austin Jr.

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2023 — Mohammed

Drama, 1 hr 28 min
United States • Evan Oppenheimer

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4.7
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2023 — Hiram McDowell

1 episode, 2023

Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery, 50 min
United States • Scott Z. Burns...

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6.0
IMDb

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6.2
Critics: 43%

2022

2022 — Samir

Short, 1 min

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2022 — Dr. Robert Hind

Biography, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 56 min
United States • Tobias Lindholm

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6.6
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6.8
Critics: 74%

2022 — Raffi

1 episode, 2022

Comedy, Drama, Romance, 30 min
United States • Andrew Fleming...

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6.7
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7.0
Critics: 73%

2022 — Randall

Biography, Drama, 53 min
United States • John Requa...

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7.1
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7.3
Critics: 65%

2021

2021 — Imran

Short, Drama, 12 min
United States • Andrew Carter

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6.0
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2021 — 2023 — Dr. Sasani

3 Episodes, 2021

Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1 hour
United States • Jennifer Morrison...

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7.0
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7.6
Critics: 86%

2021 — Jawad

Comedy, 1 hr 31 min
United States • Iman K. Zawahry

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6.2
Critics: 73%

2020

2020 — Pat

Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 43 min
United States • Dennis Donovan

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5.1
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2020 — Vivek

Romance, 1 hr 27 min
United States • Michael DiBiasio-Ornelas

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7.1
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2020 — Dan

1 episode, 2020

Comedy, Drama, 20 min
United States • Anya Adams...

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5.9
Critics: 58%

2020 — Principal Pepp

Comedy, Romance, 1 hr 30 min
United States • Keith Bearden

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5.2
Critics: 100%

2020 — ... — Dan

1 episode, 2021

Drama
United States • Robert Galinsky

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2020 — Graham

Drama, 1 hr 9 min
United States • Kevin Tran

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4.2
Critics: 100%

2019

2019 — ... — Customer

1 episode, 2019

Comedy
Scott Price

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2018

Short, Comedy, 11 min
United States • Ross Kauffman

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5.2
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2018 — Nikhil Roy

Drama, Thriller, 1 hr 36 min
United States, Israel, United Kingdom • Sara Colangelo

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6.5
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6.7
Critics: 90%

2018 — 2020 — Eric

1 episode, 2018

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, 43 min
United States • Marcos Siega...

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6.3
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7.0
Critics: 59%

2017

2017 — Dr. Manning

Action, Comedy, 1 hr 18 min
United States • Paul Jarrett

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5.1
IMDb

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4.3
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2017 — 2019 — Howie Wexler

1 episode, 2017

Comedy, Drama, 30 min
United States • Nicholas Stoller...

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5.3
IMDb

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6.9
Critics: 26%

2017 — Amir

Comedy, 1 hr 25 min
United States • Anthony Tarsitano

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4.8
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2016

2016 — Karl

Short, Comedy
Alan Poul

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2016 — 2023 — Kulbinder Darcha

Drama, 1 hour
United States • Colin Bucksey...

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7.9
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8.3
Critics: 87%

2015

2015 — 2020 — Shohid Akhtar

Sci-Fi, Action, Crime, 42 min
United States • David McWhirter...

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6.7
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7.3
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2015 — 2017 — Doctor

1 episode, 2016

Comedy, 22 min
United States • Alex Reid...

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7.0
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2014

2014 — Bob

Short, Comedy
United States • Ben Rekhi

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2014 — 2015 — Brian

1 episode, 2014

Comedy, 30 min
United States • John Fortenberry...

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7.0
IMDb

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7.0
Critics: 27%

2014 — 2016 — The Taxi Man / Attendant

2 Episodes, 2014

Comedy, Fantasy, 22 min
United States • Troy Miller...

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5.7
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7.2
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2013

2013 — 2023 — Mahmoud Iqbal

Crime, Drama, Mystery, 43 min
United States • Andrew McCarthy...

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7.2
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7.9
Critics: 91%

2013 — The Producer

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 30 min
United States • Marc Turtletaub

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5.2
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2012

2012 — Vik Donowitz

Comedy, 1 hr 22 min
United States • Ishai Setton

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5.5
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2011

2011 — Mister Handsome

Short, Comedy, Fantasy, 14 min
United States • Jason Wishnow

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6.8
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2010

2010 — Ashes

Crime, Drama, 1 hr 17 min
United States • Ajay Naidu

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5.3
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2010 — 2014 — Rakesh

1 episode, 2010

Short, Sci-Fi, Drama, 17 min
United States • Garret Williams...

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7.0
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2010 — Rakesh

Short, Sci-Fi, 19 min
United States • Tanuj Chopra

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6.5
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2009

2009 — Skip Malhotra

Comedy
United States • Brett Ratner

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3.2
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2009 — Munnamia

Comedy, 1 hr 39 min
United States • David Kaplan

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6.0
IMDb

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6.6
Critics: 81%

2009 — Laurence

Drama, 1 hr 45 min
United States • Michael Imperioli

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5.4
Critics: 14%

2009 — 2010 — Matt

1 episode, 2009

Drama, 43 min
United States • Andrew Bernstein...

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6.1
IMDb

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7.1
Critics: 25%

2009 — 2011 — Vikram

2 Episodes, 2010

Comedy, Crime, Drama, 22 min
United States • Michael Lehmann...

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7.1
IMDb

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7.8
Critics: 79%

2009 — Dr. Nayar

2 Episodes, 2009

Sci-Fi, Drama, 45 min
United States • Francis Lawrence...

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6.7
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8.1
Critics: —

2009 — Kyle

Short, Sci-Fi, 30 min
United States • David Jakubovic

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6.8
Critics: —

2009 — ACO Jake

Comedy, Family, 1 hr 40 min
United States • Thor Freudenthal

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6.4
IMDb

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5.5
Critics: 47%

2008

2008 — Sanjay Lall

Comedy, 1 hr 4 min
United States • Kevin Arbouet...

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5.2
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2008 — Paco

Comedy, Drama, Romance, 1 hr 30 min
United States • David M. Rosenthal

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5.6
IMDb

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5.6
Critics: —

2008 — Medic

Drama, Sport, 1 hr 49 min
United States, France • Darren Aronofsky

Friends

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7.6
IMDb

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7.9
Critics: 99%

2008 — Dr. Chadrabar

Crime, Mystery, Thriller, 1 hr 41 min
United States • Jon Avnet

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6.5
IMDb

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6.0
Critics: 18%

2008 — Deep

Comedy, Romance, 1 hr 30 min
United States, Ireland • Griffin Dunne

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6.4
IMDb

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5.6
Critics: 11%

2007

2007 — Turbanotorious B.D.G.

Comedy, Music, 1 hr 28 min
India, United States • Manish Acharya

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7.1
Critics: 60%

2006

2006 — Divya's husband

Drama, 1 hr 28 min
United States • Rehana Mirza

Friends

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5.6
Critics: —

2006 — 2013 — Asif

Comedy, 22 min
United States • Don Scardino...

Friends

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7.0
IMDb

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8.3
Critics: 78%

2005

2005 — Rahul

Short, Drama
United States • Shilpa Mankikar

Friends

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2005 — Vincent

Drama, Comedy, 1 hr 40 min
United States • Anthony Ng

Friends

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7.8
Critics: —

2005 — Kamal

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 41 min
United States • Irving Schwartz

Friends

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4.8
Critics: —

2005 — Best Man

Comedy, Romance, 1 hr 26 min
United States • Evan Oppenheimer

Friends

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IMDb

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5.2
Critics: —

2005 — Account Executive

Thriller, Drama, 1 hr 29 min
United States, Mexico • Stefan C. Schaefer

Friends

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4.6
Critics: —

2005 — Vikram Bhatti

Drama, 1 hr 20 min
United States • Ben Rekhi

Friends

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Kinorium

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5.3
IMDb

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5.4
Critics: 100%

2005 — Naved

Drama, 1 hr 30 min
United States • Joseph Castelo

Friends

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IMDb

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6.8
Critics: 71%

2005 — Vivek

Comedy, Family, Romance, 1 hr 30 min
Germany, United States • John Schultz

Friends

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Kinorium

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5.2
IMDb

:
3.5
Critics: 13%

2005 — Prince Omar, voice

Animation, Adventure, Comedy, 1 hr 15 min
United States • Joe Sichta

Friends

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Kinorium

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7.3
IMDb

:
6.6
Critics: —

2004

2004 — George Edmonds

1 episode, 2004

Crime, Drama, 1 hour
United States • Jean de Segonzac...

Friends

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7.1
Critics: —

2003

2003 — Hindustani Troublemaker

Comedy, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 32 min
United States, Germany • Terry Zwigoff

Friends

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Kinorium

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7.4
IMDb

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7.0
Critics: 78%

2003 — Sayaman

Comedy, 1 hr 24 min
United States, Canada • David Zucker

Friends

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Kinorium

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6.3
IMDb

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5.6
Critics: 36%

2003 — Mohammed

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 20 min
United States • Evan Oppenheimer

Friends

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IMDb

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5.1
Critics: —

2002

2002 — Moses Mundhra

Action, Drama, 1 hr 31 min
United States • Adam Bhala Lough

Friends

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Kinorium

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IMDb

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6.4
Critics: 32%

2002 — 2004 — Sanjay, voice

1 episode, 2004

Animation, Action, Comedy, 30 min
United States, South Korea, Philippines • Christian Roman

Friends

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7.6
Critics: —

2002 — Sanjay

Comedy, Music, Romance, 1 hr 34 min
United Kingdom, France, United States • Daisy von Scherler Mayer

Friends

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Kinorium

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5.5
IMDb

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5.4
Critics: 57%

2002 — 2009 — Masul the Cabbie

Comedy, Crime, Drama, 43 min
Hong Kong, United States • Randy Zisk...

Friends

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Kinorium

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7.5
IMDb

:
8.1
Critics: 89%

2001

2001 — Paul Patel

Comedy
United States • Pamela Fryman

Friends

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IMDb

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6.2
Critics: —

2001 — Hari

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 32 min
United States • Anurag Mehta

Friends

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IMDb

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6.3
Critics: —

2001 — Dr. Chakraborty

Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery, 2 hours
Germany, United States • Iain Softley

Friends

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Kinorium

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7.9
IMDb

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7.4
Critics: 41%

2001 — Perfume Expert

Thriller, Drama, Crime, 2 hr 11 min
United Kingdom, United States, Italy • Ridley Scott

Friends

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Kinorium

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7.4
IMDb

:
6.8
Critics: 39%

2000

2000 — Sanjay

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 32 min
United States • Jeff Winner

Friends

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Kinorium

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IMDb

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4.8
Critics: —

2000 — Ademir the Matre'd

Crime, Drama, Romance, 1 hr 39 min
United States • Bob Giraldi

Friends

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Kinorium

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6.3
IMDb

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7.2
Critics: 91%

2000 — Mailman

Drama, 1 hr 42 min
United States • Darren Aronofsky

Friends

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Kinorium

:
8.1
IMDb

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8.3
Critics: 80%

2000 — Andy

Comedy, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 32 min
United States • Michael Browning

Friends

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IMDb

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5.0
Critics: —

1999

1999 — Raju

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 32 min
United States • Nisha Ganatra

Friends

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IMDb

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5.8
Critics: 87%

1999 — 2006 — Rakim Ali

Drama, 43 min
United States • Christopher Misiano...

Friends

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Kinorium

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6.8
IMDb

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8.9
Critics: 81%

1999 — Samir

Comedy, 1 hr 29 min
United States • Mike Judge

Friends

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Kinorium

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6.8
IMDb

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7.6
Critics: 82%

1999 — 2007 — Omar

Crime, Drama, 1 hour
United States • Timothy Van Patten...

Friends

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Kinorium

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8.9
IMDb

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9.2
Critics: 92%

1998

1998 — Asif

Avie Luthra

Friends

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Kinorium

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IMDb

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5.2
Critics: —

1998 — Armand

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 57 min
United States • Adam Goldberg

Friends

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Kinorium

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IMDb

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6.4
Critics: —

1998 — Hot Dog Vendor

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 39 min
United States • Michael Lehmann

Friends

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Kinorium

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5.6
IMDb

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5.0
Critics: 22%

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100

1998 — 1999 — Raji Bakshi

17 Episodes, 1998-1999

Comedy, 22 min
United States • Andy Ackerman...

Friends

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6.6
Critics: —

101

101

1998 — Ives

Action, Comedy, Crime, 1 hr 36 min
United States • Jennifer Leitzes

Friends

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Kinorium

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5.8
IMDb

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6.1
Critics: —

1997

102

1997 — Apu

Comedy, Romance, 1 hr 36 min
United States, Italy • Emanuele Crialese

Friends

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Kinorium

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IMDb

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6.4
Critics: —

103

103

1997 — Farrouhk

Sci-Fi, Horror, Drama, 1 hr 24 min
United States • Darren Aronofsky

Friends

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Kinorium

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7.3
IMDb

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7.3
Critics: 88%

104

104

1997 — Prashant (segment "Honey-Getter")

Drama, 1 hr 20 min
United States • Bob Balaban...

Friends

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Kinorium

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6.5
Critics: —

105

105

1997 — ... — Delivery Guy, Malik, voice

Animation, Comedy, Drama, 30 min
United States • Wesley Archer...

Friends

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Kinorium

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6.9
IMDb

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7.6
Critics: —

1996

106

1996 — Nazeer Choudhury

Drama, Comedy, 2 hr 1 min
United States • Richard Linklater

Friends

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Kinorium

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7.0
IMDb

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6.7
Critics: 68%

1994

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107

1994 — 2024 — Manuel

Action, Crime, Drama, 43 min
United States • Frederick King Keller...

Friends

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Kinorium

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7.1
IMDb

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7.9
Critics: —

1988

108

1988 — Dale

Comedy, Fantasy, 1 hr 38 min
United States • Brian Gilbert

Friends

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Kinorium

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6.6
IMDb

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5.9
Critics: 50%

1986

109

1986 — Segundo

Adventure, 1 hr 40 min
United States • Christopher Cain

Friends

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Kinorium

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IMDb

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6.4
Critics: 60%

110

110

1986 — Louis DeLeon

Drama, Romance, Comedy, 1 hr 37 min
United States • Robert Mandel

Friends

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Kinorium

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6.3
IMDb

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5.8
Critics: —

1985

111

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1985 — 1992 — Ahmed, uncredited

Action, Adventure, Crime, 46 min
United States, Canada • Charles Correll...

Friends

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Kinorium

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6.3
IMDb

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7.6
Critics: —

112

112

1985 — 1986 — Paquito

1 episode, 1985

Drama, 43 min
United States • Michael Vejar...

Friends

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Kinorium

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IMDb

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6.5
Critics: —

1972

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1972 — 1997 — Nick Santana

1 episode, 1985

Adventure, Comedy, Drama, 43 min
United States • Larry Elikann...

Friends

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Kinorium

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5.3
IMDb

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7.2
Critics: —

Director — 1

2010

Crime, Drama, 1 hr 17 min
United States • Ajay Naidu

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2010

Crime, Drama, 1 hr 17 min
United States • Ajay Naidu

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Ajay Naidu

February 12, 1972 • 54 y.o.

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