FIRST DAY OF PRODUCTION.
KALAI VANAKKAM! Today is the first day of production on my feature film, Vidhya’s Guide to the Afterlife. N-O-N-E of this would be possible without you. GOOD...
I now love the WNBA?
I recently went to my first Sparks game and had an INCREDIBLE time. And it made me think of all the hobbies I could have that I don’t yet know about, and why...
a few weeks away from filming?! and an ASK.
WHAT THE HELL. We're a FEW WEEKS away from shooting my feature film, Vidhya’s Guide to the Afterlife. And I feel awesome. I have been rehearsing this script...
CASTING CALL! Plus a ZOOM tomorrow 10/03!
HELLO EVERYONE! I had to do a self tape photo and they told me “not to smile” For those of you who backed our Kickstarter (and have now entered Rekha’s Hot...
Rekha's Recs
Everything is A S S (in the BAD WAY) so here are movies and TV shows I have been loving lately. High and Low - I could watch the scene where they talk to...
S C R I P T. L O C K E D.
you’re not crying i’m crying OUR SCRIPT IS LOCKED. WE ARE GETTING PITCHES FOR LOCATIONS TO FILM IN VIA OUR CONTACT FORM. WE ARE INTERVIEWING DPS. MOST...
Noise
I had to do a self tape photo where I was told not to smile - very cool girl movie-coded IMO I realized recently that I kind of have an incessant loop in my...
stuck
me currently I recently did a couple auditions that I thought were good, but unfortunately, even if they were PERFECT (which they probably were????), you...
i'm hosting a GAMESHOW?!
I’m hosting a gameshow! FINALLY. I have always LOVED gameshows, board games, word games, and doing stupid bits, so hosting Wordplay is going to give me a...
new ~FREE~ podcast! (+ LAST DAY OF CAMEO DISCOUNT!)
Okay sharks. My latest venture (besides D20: On A Bus) is a BRAND NEW PODCAST with my buddy Waleed Mansour. It’s called We’re Dead and it’s available TODAY...
SHIRTS! TOTES! STICKERS! OH MY! (Kickstarter Update + MORE)
THANK YOU TO ALL THE VIDHYA’S GUIDE TO THE AFTERLIFE BACKERS FOR YOUR PATIENCE! “weeeee” Our wonderful t-shirt, tote, and sticker rewards are slowly making...
LET ME AT IT
I wrapped Best Friends Forever, the latest horror comedy by Liz Manashil and Amy Taylor! me and some girl with bangs on the left I had so much fun being in...
Slow and steady (Kickstarter Update)
PHEW! Sandeep and I are plugging away at these story edits and it's going VERY WELL. We made a checklist of everything we need to give the story a bit more...
which wins do we celebrate?
first day of shooting Best Friends Forever :0 If you’re following me on IG then you know I am truly so thrilled to be cast in this horror movie. I’ve made it...
Student Mode
Okay firstly: I was VERY excited this week to host Dropout Debuts, a live event where cast and crew saw sneak previews of Dropout content! And it only felt...
it seems so obvious
My director, Sandeep, and I were at a bar hanging out with other filmmaker friends, and we started talking about immigrant parents (as we are wont to do) and...
I have a Patreon now!
You heard right: I now have a Patreon. I’m still going to be putting out this free newsletter ever-so-often, especially when it comes to updates about my...
the boring stuff
This is gonna be another boring “script minutiae” type of email so BUCKLE UP! We had a great production meeting last week, and my next task is to make sure...
what we're doing next
I am still coming down from the high of this Kickstarter. <3 I have also been at my computer more than ever before so cannot tell if I just have a) regular...
I can't believe it?!
I can’t believe it, friend. In the final day of the Kickstarter, we raised $46,000 and got 1,200 new backers. This is INCREDIBLE (and means Sandeep and I are...