SCREENPLAY BY
R. PAUL DHILLON & JESSE THIND

The Synopsis

Immigrant life in America has become unbearable for many following the attacks on September 11, 2001. Amid the tightening of the internal security – the immigrants, especially those from South Asia and the Middle East – are forced to suffer daily racist attacks. In many cases the attacks are misdirected such as in the cases of Sikhs being mistaken as Muslims. SWEET AMERIKA tells the story of Balbir Singh Gill aka Bobby, a Sikh grocery store owner who is kidnapped and tortured by four Americans who mistake him for a Muslim because he wears a turban. The kidnapping is shown in flashbacks – like Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs (the film’s structure is a homage to writer/director R. Paul Dhillon’s favourite American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino). During the film the viewer is introduced to the various characters who visit or inhabit the store. There is Issac Washington, a black teenager who comes to rob the store but ends up working for Bobby after he kindly gives him the money he needs for his sick mother. Sagu Kumar and Dara Singh make up the resident comedians of Bobby’s Spice Emporium. Lovers of food and Bollywood films – they spend their waking hours at the store doing the two things they love the most. Mina Sultan is a school-teacher who supplies Bobby with the most tasty and tantalizing samosas. Her ulterior motive behind this side job is that she has fallen for Bobby, even though he doesn’t get it. In this mix – there is the deadly kidnapping. Will Bobby survive and will they also kill Issac, who comes to save him. SWEET AMERIKA takes all these stories and comes up with an entertaining and enlightening brew that the audience will find completely satisfying.

(A full script of SWEET AMERIKA is available for investors).