The ace Tunisian/American actress, Poorna Jagannathan has bagged a regular role in Mindy Kaling’s forthcoming Netflix comedy series. The Mindy Project co-exec producer Lang Fisher and Mindy Kaling will be producing this upcoming venture. Besides producing, Kaling has also co-created and co-written the series, as the show is partially inspired by Kaling's own childhood.
Jagannathan to play the role of Mom
Jagannathan will play her role opposite Maitreyi Ramakrishnan. She will play the role of a mother, whereas Ramakrishnan will play the series’ lead character of a young woman named 'Devi'. Sharing this exciting news on her social media, Jagannathan posted about this on her Instagram with a caption “Let's Go America.”
Currently, Jagannathan is sharing screen space with Nicole Kidman on HOB's, Big Little Lies. She will also feature in HBO's Share, which was an award-winning venture, at the Cannes Film Festival. Popular for her role as Safar Khan in HBO’s Emmy-nominated The Night Of, she also featured in the Bollywood cult comedy film Delhi Belly.
Who is Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
The story of the comedy series follows the complicated life of Devi played by Ramakrishnan, who is a modern-day first-generation Indian American teenage girl. The show will take us on a roller coaster ride in 'scholar Devi's life' who keeps getting into trouble due to her short temper.
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is a new actress shortlisted by Universal TV. This young actress from Toronto outshined amongst 15,000 people who auditioned for the same role.
Introducing Ramakrishnan, Kaling tweeted about her upcoming Netflix venture.
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Kaling's on her 'new age comedy series'
Kaling got her first break on TV when she was 24 years old, as both a writer and performer on NBC’s The Office. After which she did The Mindy Project, which started out on Fox before finishing its run on Hulu.
Sharing her excitement about her new project Kaling wrote on her twitter “We feel so much excitement to be bringing this story to life, and a responsibility, too. Depicting what it’s like to be a young desi woman right now-a real girl with real desires, ambitions and problems. Not just Indian American culture presented to us as side characters on a show.” Further adding to this she said, “We love that this extremely special and hilarious young woman gets to help us tell that story. Can’t wait to see the full cast come to life!”
This has been a pretty great year for Kaling, with her sequel-in-spirit to the romantic comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral debuting soon on Hulu, and Amazon Studios has Late Night, a film that Kaling wrote and co-stars in alongside Emma Thompson, John Lithgow, and Reid Scott.
With amazing star cast & talented show producers, Netflix fans, especially Indian diaspora, is already excited for this upcoming new age comedy series.
Divya Tripathi is an inter with SheThePeople.TV
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