As a producer Deepti’s mission is to create and support projects that challenge an audience to see their society in a new light. She recently started her own production company, Hamari Films, along with her partner, Larry Pontius.

 Current Projects

Umbrella – An independent feature about the loneliness of living in a big city, Umbrella tells the story of two strangers on  a rooftop, a Peeping Tom and a cutter, who try to find common ground. It all changes as taboos and secrets are revealed and dreams fall apart. What began as an act of kindness turns into a war of wills. Film is in post-production now. For more details visit the facebook page

 

Bodylogue – A one-woman play about body-image and skin color, Bodylogue is Sonu’s story of growing up in India surrounded by negative messages about dark skin, weight and being a woman. We follow her as she travels to Singapore and America where the messages become even more complicated. Learn more

 

 

2nd Sundays – A screenplay reading series in Los Angeles every 2nd Sunday of the month, 2nd Sundays is a space where actors get to read new material, writers get to hear their work out loud, and producers and directors get to hear a new screenplay they are considering while building and enhancing their networks. Learn more

 

Foreign Born Artists’ Collective – A collective of artists born outside of the United States and based in NYC. The goal of the collective was to encourage foreign-born professional artists to create plays, screenplays, prose or poetry as a way to tell their unique stories.

Upcoming Projects

Happy and You Know It – Darkly funny, Happy and You Know It, is a short film about Devika whose response to her planned pregnancy isn’t what she expected. Her husband, their mothers and friends are all ecstatic to hear the news, but Devika isn’t sure how she feels. Her attempts to feel happy fail as she sees troubling visions of rivalry with her future baby. A moment of truth changes it all and she realizes she doesn’t know how to embrace this new event in her life.

Stuck in Traffic - a web-series under development.

Tip – a short/feature film under development.