Independent FIlms

Independent projects at various stages of production.

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A cinematic journey of a young man with brain cancer in search of a community, and a hospice doctor who gives up everything to honor his dying wish. (In Festivals, Feature)

DIRECTOR / PRODUCER

A Muslim cleric steps up to perform COVID funerals when few others were willing to risk their lives. (Commissioned, Short)

PRODUCER

Haunted by her mother’s death, a young Indian-American doctor journeys back to India to find meaning. While there, an unexpected encounter with a young indigenous girl makes her confront her past and question her future. (In Post-Production, Short)

PRODUCER

The Last Resort explores the shifting cultural and familial dynamics of immigrant aging, and how immigrant seniors navigate home, belonging, death and dying through the residents of Shanti Niketan, the first Indian American retirement community in the United States.
(In-Development, Feature)

PRODUCER

In a story that connects two centuries, Berkeley-based historian and artist, Barnali, spearheads a grassroots campaign to rename a street after Kala Bagai, one of the first South Asian women to organize South Asian communities in California against intense racial discrimination, over a hundred years ago. (In Production, Short)

DIRECTOR / PRODUCER

The Politician is an intimate portrait of a young fiery woman in rural India who has dreamed of being a part of politics since she was a little girl. But men rule this roost and political sheroes are few in numbers. How will she find a way in and push through? (In Production, Short)

DIRECTOR / PRODUCER

A four day trek to the glorious ruins of Machu Picchu through the Andes lays bare the stark inequalities that have transcended centuries in the Peruvian land. The film hears from a Quechuan trekking guide, Primo, who narrates the story of extraction from the time of the Incas until today.
(In Post-Production, Short)

DIRECTOR / PRODUCER

Memento Mori (Latin for Remember, You Shall Die), is a film that captures the essence of the most honest truth of prevailing human existence - that we will all, eventually, die. The film trespasses into the never before seen experience of dying - of that moment when one’s cessation is imminent. Memento Mori takes place at the cusp of the memoirs of those who want to die and those who aren’t yet ready. It’s the veritable conflict that paves way to understanding our fear of death, experiences of the final stages of dying, and the loss felt by those we will leave to grieve.
(In Development, Feature)