The Illegal (2021) on Netflix
Hassan leaves India to study film in America but his relatives cannot keep him. Khan, the New Delhi Cafe's owner, covers his living costs for full-time work.
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- Netflix3.5/5
- IMDb6.9/101,865 votes
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Plot summary
Hassan, a film student from a middle-class family in India, flies to the United States to attend a top university and stays with his mother's brother. He overhears his aunt objecting to the arrangement, and his uncle admits that years in America have not brought financial ease. Hassan declines to stay and moves out. Babaji finds him outside the New Delhi Cafe, gives him food and water and insists he meet the boss. Khan agrees to cover Hassan's living costs if he works full time and hands over his tips. Hassan accepts and hides the job from his parents.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Illegal (2021)
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- Suraj Sharma was director Danish Renzu's first choice for the role of Hassan in The Illegal, a part Sharma took as a young film school student who becomes an undocumented worker.
