Top 3 Finalist at Kinolime Studios South Asia Shorts Competition!
July 2026
My short film script, Talking To God, has made it to the final round of over a thousand submissions!
The top 3 scripts are competing for a production grant.
You can read and vote for my story here.
The winner’s announced Live on July 13th 2026.
Featured by Kinolime Studios
July 2026
Kinolime Studios wrote a wonderful profile on my filmmaking journey.
My script, Talking To God, is a finalist in their South Asia Shorts competition.
If you want to read about the journey that inspired this film: My breakup and make-up with the Universe and the film I wrote about it.
Enough screens across New York and New Delhi!
June 2026
My debut short film, Enough, which I produced, co-directed, and starred in, has been screened at indie festivals and groups across continents!
The Immersion Room - Gurgaon, India | June 7th 2026
Riot Grrls Showcase - Queens, New York | May 31st 2026
And more coming soon!
Featured in QStack: The LBGTQAI+ Community of Substacks
May 2026
My essay I Was Naked All Over Japan And It Cured My Lesbian Locker Room Shame, was selected and featured on QStack, a publication with 5K+ readership.
You can read it on Qstack, here.
On Set for I Don’t Believe In Coincidences (Short Film)
April 2026
I co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in a short film about the magic of meeting the right strangers at inflection points in our lives.
Had a wonderful time working with The Storytime Creators, a brother-sister production studio in Gurgaon/Delhi and SilverTone Creatives, a DOP and editing team that came all the way from Rajasthan for our shoot around Gurgaon.
Stay tuned as we complete post production and take our film to festivals across India and beyond!
Featured in Soch Badlo, Farak Padega, a documentary series
March 2026
Soch Baldo, Farak Padega (Change Your Mind, It’ll Change You) is a documentary series by The Storytime Creators.
Episode 1 is on Mind-Body connection, which features a wide range of athletics, doctors, artists, tech founders, and more. I spoke about my lived experience with psychosomatic, stress-induced chronic pain, and the mental exercises that rescued me.
You can watch the documentary here.
Enough premieres at The ReelOut Queer Film Festival!
February 2026
My debut short, Enough, is an Official Selection at ReelOut!
ReelOut is a 27-year-old festival and the second largest LGBTQAI+ festival in Canada.
Sapphic Space Shorts Program
February 2nd 2026, 5:50PM
The Screening Room on Princess Street (Kingston, Canada)
Get your tickets here!
Completed the manuscript of my debut novel!
December 2025
I’m thrilled to share that my literary fiction manuscript is complete — she lives!!
It’s giving speculative memory tech, dual protagonist, queer diaspora!
Stay tuned as I dive into a second round of development and ready myself for querying season.
Live Reading at the Austin Film Festival!
October 2025
Nina & The In-Betweeners, my half-hour comedy-drama pilot script, was selected for a live reading at the AFF Writer’s Conference!
A huge thank you to the talented local Austin performers who read out my script, and to the panel of judges that gave invaluable feedback on the spot.
Saturday, October 25th 2025, 4PM at Six Square
Open to the public. More details here.
Nina & The In-Betweeners places at Austin Film Festival, PAGE International Awards, and more!
May to October 2025
My debut TV pilot, Nina & The In-Betweeners, had an incredible first competition season.
It’s a half-hour comedy-drama about an anxious, melodramatic Indian lesbian reeling from a brutal break up stumbles through love, career, and belonging with her misfit crew in pretentiously progressive Boston.
Second Rounder in Austin Film Festival 2025.
Quarter Finalist in PAGE International Screenwriting Awards 2025.
Top 50 Pilots in Roadmap Writers Jumpstart Competition 2025.
Quarter Finalist in Scriptation Showcase 2025.
My independent publication, Brea Is Too Much, goes live!
September 2025
I publish essays across topics like queerness in diaspora, behind the scenes of my artistic process, and stories from my life about family, love, and healing.
You can read Brea Is Too Much on Substack, here .
First Assistant Camera on Heal, Dog: a comedy web series
June 2025
My first gig as 1st AC!
We shot a five episode series in 4 days across Brooklyn, NYC. It’s a comedy about burnout and grief in the medical industry.
Streaming soon!
Working New York City Film Festivals: NewFest Pride, Indie Film Fest, and more.
Summer 2025
From tickets at the door to running the projector for a shorts program, I spent the summer contributing to indie film festivals across the city!
Second AC and PA on indie sets across New York!
Summer 2025
I worked on indie sets around New York, first as a Production Assistant helping the gaffer or acting as a runner.
I quickly joined the camera department, working on several sets as a second AC.
The Interim (Short Film)
The Lost Earring (Short Film)
Double Standards (Spec Ad)
Performed Live Music at Salon Sessions NYC!
March, April, May 2025
I sang and played original music at Salon Sessions NYC, an intimate performance space in Tribeca.
You can watch my live performances on YouTube, here.
Or listen on Soundcloud, here.