Catch the hilarious new feature film, “Kissing Cousins,” written and directed by Amyn Kaderali, at the Mumbai In’tl Film Festival (March 7-13) and the San Francisco Int’l Asian American Film Festival on March 19th. You can check out the trailer at www.kissingcousinsmovie.com

Here’s what SFIAAFF had to say about “Kissing Cousins”:

Filmmaker Amyn Kaderali follows up his hilarious short
film Call Center(SFIAAFF ’05) with Kissing Cousins, an
inspired debut feature that breathes new life into the
tired romantic comedy genre. Witty, sassy and even a
bit naughty, Kissing Cousins revels in its subversive
depiction of romance gone awry.

Amir (Samrat Chakrabarti) is a professional
heartbreaker. Except, he hasn’t dated any of the
unfortunate souls with whom he breaks up—he’s just the
hired messenger who bears the bad news. And for an
additional fee, he can even get your stuff back! As
his friends begin to couple up, get married and settle
into new homes, they wonder if bachelor Amir will ever
let his hardened heart fall in love.

When Amir’s gorgeous British cousin Zara (Rebecca
Hazlewood, ER) visits him in Los Angeles, she fools
his friends into thinking that she’s his girlfriend.
But as Amir spends more time with Zara, she opens him
up to feelings that have lay dormant for far too long.
How long can they keep up this ruse of faux-love? Or
will they become more than “just cousins”?

Look out for Jaleel White (better known as “Steve
Urkel”) and David Alan Grier in humorous supporting
roles, but the real star is Chakrabarti, who is
enormously appealing as Amir. A veteran of short-form
storytelling, director Kaderali infuses Kissing
cousins with equal parts candor and comedy to craft a
funny, touching portrait of a heart redeemed by love.