The Brown Film Folk

Two Worlds, One Family - On Art, Culture, History & Travel with Sabrina Saleha!

Sabrina Saleha is an actress, writer and full-time van lifer. She is Bangladeshi-American and Diné (Navajo). Her culture and identity shapes her perspective being both Indigenous to this land and daughter of an immigrant and shares her stories in artistry. She was recently interviewed in the American Portrait Special on PBS - https://youtu.be/cGEfXN043jc Her recent work is a lead in thriller, Trap Door in the Sun that is about the horrors of colonization: Trailer here: https://vimeo.com/496134298 Sabrina lived full-time in a vehicle for 4 years. First in a Jeep with a camper top now in a van travelling to National Parks! Through her travels, she hopes with You, Me and the Parks to share the Indigenous narrative in the storytelling of the Parks.

On Acting for Theatre vs Film with Ved Sapru!

Ved Sapru is a British trained actor of Indian nationality. Whilst his training at the renowned East15 Acting school, Ved went on to have his West End theatre debut with director Robert Hastie's Henry V at the Regents Park Theatre. Not long after that, he performed in the Russian theatre season at the Arcola Theatre, London, in The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky, directed by the award-winning Helena Kaut-Howson. All while still completing his training at Drama school. His Feature Film debut comes with his role as Rahul Singh in India Sweets And Spices, produced by Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Madison Wells Media. Directed by the winner of the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting award and the 2018 Academy Gold Fellowship for Women, Geeta Malik. Starring alongside Sophia Taylor Ali, Manisha Koirala, Adil Hussain and Rish Shah.

On Casting, Acting & Coaching with Nitin Goel!

Nitin Goel is known for his work on In the Shadows [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2302416?ref_=nmbio_mbio] (2017), Four More Shots Please [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8242548?ref_=nmbio_mbio] (2019) and Chor Chor Super Chor [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2337292?ref_=nmbio_mbio] (2013).  As an actor, he believes his fundamental job is to communicate the situations and circumstances of the characters and their way of living through his body, mind & soul. And, it requires an understanding of self and interpretation of a writer’s work with the guidance and support of the director and entire cast and crew.  Working as an actor, over the years, he's observed that there are a few basic and extremely important qualities like listening, seeing, sensing & being in the moment, to make a good actor. Nitin believes that these qualities should be inculcated in every human being to make them alive, sensory and hence a good human being. And everything on this path starts with awareness of self and around. As a coach, Nitin works with his students through workshops or classes and take a step further in order to understand ourselves as a group, society, conditions & circumstances we live in, collectively - hence becoming a better individual and growing as a sensitive person, which leads to becoming an artist.

On Acting & Studio Travel Management with Nargis Hansen!

Nargis was born in Bristol UK, to Indian Bangladeshi parents and raised in a multicultural household. In school, Nargis excelled academically with a talent and passion for theatre. However, Nargis wanted to be independent so she moved to London to pursue higher education in Aviation Management at Buckinghamshire University. Soon after graduating, she settled in London with a career in the corporate world. In 2013, Nargis married the love of her life and moved to the USA. Despite her academic & career achievements, Nargis could never let go of her passion and with support from her husband, she pursued acting. She started out as a background actress in films and TV shows. She was asked to play Momma Arun in the "Bless yer heart" web series and landed a couple of independent short films, before deciding to resume auditioning for film and TV roles. Nargis was represented by TTA and was a student of Nick Conti Professional Actors Studio. 3 years later decided to take a full job as Travel Manager for TV and film productions based out of Pinewood Atlanta Studio. IMDb: Nargis Aniston instra: nargis.usa

Behind the scenes with Sulochana Surapu!

Sulochana Surapu, an Atlanta native, has worked as a Co-director, Video Producer, Talent Manager, and Casting Agent in Tollywood for over 6 years.  Sulochana began working in Tollywood under director Sekhar Kammula in 2013 and worked with him 'Anaamika' and 'Fidaa'. In between the two films, she worked in casting, and AD'd for a couple of tv commercials. After Fidaa, she continued working in casting and in production Kala Mediaworks, which specializes in producing music videos and short films.  Upon leaving Kala Mediaworks, Sulochana worked for a Talent agency called KWAN in its Hyderbad chapter, where she worked as Rana Daggubati's Manager. Sulochana currently works in marketing for an IT company in Atlanta, and occasionally undertakes remote casting opportunities for Tollywood projects based in the U.S, as well as, Hyderabad.