Amsterdam Ave. is a new web series written, produced by, and starring Dionne van den Berg and Pooja Tripathi. It is set to be released this November. The series follows the stories of Maya and Kyran, two young women following their dreams in a new country. Kajal spoke with van den Berg and Tripathi about … Read More
Australian comedian Aamer Rahman released the first episode of his new webseries “Can We Kick It?” Wednesday on YouTube. And his first guest was New York City-based fellow comedian Hari Kondabolu. Rahman and Kondabolu meet up in the episode the day before Kondabolu’s Netflix standup special “Warn Your Relatives” is released. The two stroll through … Read More
Code-Switched, a new show by, for, and about young South Asians just released its pilot episode. Starring Sonal Aggarwal, Sabeen Sadiq, Saurabh Pande, Vikram Pandya, and Stephen George as a bunch of young South Asians dealing with work, family, and love in Chicago. Kajal spoke with show creator Karan Sunil about representation, brown folks in … Read More
“This is America,” Jisha says, leaning forward to pat Sita’s face. “Try to enjoy it.” The way a webseries works is based on an exchange of witty one-liners and the audience’s forgiveness — amateurish, lo-fi moments of breathless over-acting or bedrooms hastily turned into club scenes propel the story forward inelegantly yet earnestly. “The Fob & I,” a … Read More
