Trivia / India Sweets And Spices

• Fake American: Adil Hussain, an Indian, and Nepali Manisha Koirala play an Indian couple who have become US citizens.
• Fake Nationality:
  • Sophia Ali, who's Pakistani-American, played Indian-American main character Alia Kapur.
  • Sheila Kapur, an Indian-American, is played by Nepali Manisha Koirala.
• Write What You Know: Director and writer Geeta Malik partly based the film on her own experiences growing up Indian-American in Aurora, Colorado.