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THE CAST

Natasha Pancholi Khatod

Natasha Pancholi Khatod (Dharini) is from Dubai, UAE. Indian-born, Natasha is a graduate in business and acting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with post-graduate training at the Michael Howard Studios in New York. Her professional theater work includes productions in New York and at the Shakespeare Theater in Washington, D.C. She has also performed live solo Bollywood shows in Dubai, UK, and several US cities. She is a native speaker of Hindi, Gujarati, and Arabic.

Raja Fenske

Raja Fenske (Abhay) found his passion for acting at the Beverly Hills Studio. He believes his acting success is due to his focus, discipline, and having fun. Currently, Raja is starring with Emma Roberts in the Nickolodeon series "Unfabulous." He's guest starred on "24," "Boomtown" and "CSI: Miami," which earned him a Young Artist Award Nomination. Raja's second love is basketball.

Naveen

Naveen (Sameer) trained at England's Guildford School of Acting, and credits include The Pougkeepsie Tapes and Million Dollar Baby. Television credits include Charmed and Presidio Med. He has also appeared in national commercials for IBM, Dupont and SBC/ATT. Naveen's theatre credits include Midsummer's Night Dream, The Winters Tale, Comedy of Errors, The Royal Hunt of the Sun and Witness for the Prosecution.

Sakina Jaffrey

Sakina Jaffrey (Kiran) was born in Manhattan and raised in Greenwich Village, N.Y. As a child, she danced with the Joffrey Ballet at City Center, and made her acting debut in Wallace Shawn's Marie And Bruce at the New York Shakespeare Festival while still in high school. Favorite roles include Juliet in Romeo And Juliet at Williamstown, and Alice in Alice In Wonderland at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Jaffrey's film credits include The Indian In The Cupboard, Chutney Popcorn, The Truth About Charlie, Raising Helen; as well as four Merchant Ivory productions and the current NBC series Heroes.