Jimi Mistry

In 2000, Mistry played small-time crook Eddie in David Kane's comedy Born Romantic, which was followed by a small role in the drama My Kingdom. Mistry then went to Trinidad to make the Merchant-Ivory costume drama The Mystic Masseur. In a rapid succession, he married his wife Meg, became a father, and found out he was to star in his first U.S. film, The Guru. He played Ramu Gupta, an Indian dance teacher who moves to America to be a star, but ends up with a career using his unique sensual abilities to please women. Also starring Heather Graham and Marisa Tomei, the film incorporates elements of Bollywood productions with standard romantic comedies. Mistry's next starring role was young, gay, Muslim Alim in the romantic comedy Touch of Pink, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Later projects included the war romance Partition, the action comedy Dead Fish, and the comedy drama You Don't Have to Say You Love Me. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide