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Heartbeats

Heartbeats

20176.71h 50m

Overview

When a bubbly American hip hop dancer goes to India with her family for a wedding, she is impressed by a new dance style and falls in love with the man who introduced her to it.

Directed by Duane Adler
Written by Duane Adler
Produced by Sriram Das, Karine Martin, Andrea Chung
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Top Cast

Krystal Ellsworth

Krystal Ellsworth

Kelli Andrews

Amitash Pradhan

Amitash Pradhan

Aseem

Aneesha Joshi

Aneesha Joshi

Deepika Zinta

Daphne Zuniga

Daphne Zuniga

Michelle Andrews

Paul McGillion

Paul McGillion

Richard Andrews

Justin Chon

Justin Chon

Jae Juarez

Prabal Panjabi

Prabal Panjabi

Basu

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Maeve O'Brien

Morgen Andrews

Salman Yusuff Khan

Salman Yusuff Khan

Pallav

Mohan Kapur

Mohan Kapur

Harindar Zinta

Themes & Keywords

dancingsibling relationshipdance competitiondeath of brotherintercultural relationshipmarital tensions

About Heartbeats

Heartbeats is a music, romance, drama film released in 2017 exploring themes of dancing, sibling relationship, dance competition, death of brother, intercultural relationship, marital tensions. Directed by Duane Adler, it stars Krystal Ellsworth, Amitash Pradhan, Aneesha Joshi. When a bubbly American hip hop dancer goes to India with her family for a wedding, she is impressed by a new dance style and falls in love with the man who introduced her to it.

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