akshay ravi

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Payasam and Other Careful Processes | Short Film

11:00

2023

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An Indian boy brings his non-Indian girlfriend to a holiday lunch - but doesn’t tell his parents they’re dating.

Writer/Director | Akshay Ravi
Producers | Alyssa Callahan, Matt Martinez, Rohan Palla
Starring | Suraj Partha, Ren Holly Liu, Shavya Samala, Rishi Mehta, Usha Ravi, Ravi Natarajan
Executive Producers | Raja Natarajan, Sangeetha Krishnan
Music | Dhruv Goel
Director of Photography | John Laverman
Production Designer | Brenda Garcia
Sound Designer / Mixer | Alex Bologna

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Festivals:
Cleveland International Film Festival
LA Shorts Film Festival
NewFilmmakersLA
Wyoming International Film Festival
Chicago South Asian Film Festival
South Asian Film Festival of Montreal
IFFSA Toronto
  The New Mexico Asian American Film Festival
  DC South Asian Film Festival
Florida South Asian Film Festival
  Huntington Beach Cultural Film Festival

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