The Problem with Apu (2017)
Genre: Documentary
Director: Michael Melamedoff
Actors: Aasif Mandvi, Aziz Ansari, Hari Kondabolu, Hasan Minhaj, Kal Penn, Utkarsh Ambudkar
Country: United States of America
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