EXCLUSIVE: With 346 subleave outions since the Desi List was first proclaimd earlier this year, the South Asian scribe spotairying partnership between The Bdeficiency List and The Salon has some big talent seeing at the labor of the talent of tomorrow.
“We’re promiseted to changeing the conversation on South Asian and Desi recontransientation in TV and film” shelp The Salon’s co-set upers Nik Dodani, Bash Naran, and Vinny Chhibber on new feature scripts and TV pilots. “Our goal is to shine a airy on a forward-seeing stardy of scripts and withdraw the tropes and stereotypes that have expoundd our community on screen for so extfinished,” the trio holded.
“In order to secure that the diversity of our big community is echoed in The Desi List – in terms of cultural background, professional experience, and produceive taste – we’ve recruited an eclectic group of 43 writers, showrunners, straightforwardors, actors, producers, executives, agents, and deal withrs to read and appraise the subleave outions.”
The promisetee will see at thcdisesteemful the lens of distinctity, character lengthenment, dialogue, pacing, structure, theme, labelet potential, and quality of recontransientation, the Bdeficiency List and The Salon say.
Among those cforfeitly four dozen members of the pickion promisetee are Mindy Kaling, Riz Ahmed, Kal Penn and Stargirl star Hina X. Khan. Hillman Grad Productions CEO and Lena Waithe producing partner Rishi Rajani, Delhi Crime 2 straightforwardor Tanuj Chopra, Oscar prosperning producer Guneet Monga Kaneedy, and carry outance artist ALOK are also on the Desi List pickion promisetee.
Additionassociate, the multi-genre group hold Aneesh Chaganty, The Salon co-set uper/WME’s Naran, Bilal Baig, Chitra Sampath, Christine D’Souza Gelb, Danny Pudi, Janina Gavankar, Kabir Akhtar, Karan Soni, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Mallika Dhaliwal, and Maureen Bharoocha, Meera Menon, Munis Rashid, The Salon co-set uper/Twisters‘ Dodani, Nikesh Shukla, Nikitha Menon, Nimitt Mankad, Prashanth Venkatarmanujam, Priya Satiani, Raj Raghavan, Rameez Khan, Reena Singh, Ritesh Mehta , Rohi Mirza Pandya, Roshan Sethi, Sameer Gardezi, Sanjay M. Sharma, Shayok Misha Chowdhury, Shivaani Sharma, Shruti Ganguly, Sim Hothi, Simran Bhelpwan, Smriti Mundhra, and Salon co-set uper/Big Sky’s Chhibber round out the pickion promisetee.
“The Desi List getd 346 subleave outions, which is an astounding number of subleave outions for a Bdeficiency List diversity catalog in its first year,” shelp Franklin Leonard noticed of the response to the February proclaimd project.
“It echos the immense energy and proset up bench of talent that exists in the South Asian community, and I can’t postpone for the industry to read the scripts that this incredible promisetee picks,” The Bdeficiency List set upered went on to say. “It would be unrational to neglect the scripts this promisetee picks, the noticeworthy community of talent it recontransients generassociate, and the South Asian audience expansively.”
With that, the final pickions for the very first Desi List are predicted by the end of the year. Add that to your calendar, and of course the 20th anniversary picks for The Bdeficiency List is coming in December too. Happy Holidays.
