The Illegal (2021)
A gritty realistic story about a young film school student from middle-class India who's forced to drop out to support his family while staying in the United States as an undocumented worker.
- Date of release
- 2021-03-23
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Danish Renzu
Casting
- Suraj Sharma — Hassan
- Shweta Tripathi Sharma — Mahi
- Adil Hussain — Papa
- Iqbal Theba — Babaji
- Jay Ali — Zayen Khan
- Neelima Azim — Mummy
- Hannah Masi — Jessica
- Shila Ommi — Sara
- Ismail Bashey — Mamujaan
Interesting facts
The Illegal is a 2019 Indian American English-language drama film written and directed by Danish Renzu. The film is produced by Tara Tucker, and Danish Renzu. Starring Suraj Sharma, Iqbal Theba and Shweta Tripathi in the lead roles, it is a story about a young film school student from middle-class India who is forced to drop out to support his family while staying in the United States as an undocumented worker. The Illegal premiered at the 2019 Austin Film Festival under the official feature narrative section.
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