Is this Mrs. Varma?
Synopsis:
An elderly, recently-widowed Indian woman receives a scam call, but the power flips on who is actually doing the scheming.
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Director
Shawn Parikh is currently a Staff Writer on NIGHT COURT for NBC. A student of improv, standup and sketch at UCB & Groundlings, he appeared on shows like Outsourced, Cougar Town, What/If, and Mom.
In addition to writing and starring in an independent pilot BAD INDIANS with Devanshi Patel and a spoof of HBO’s The Night Of for Funny or Die, Shawn’s short film KHOL (open), starring Sarayu Blue, played a global festival circuit. He was selected to pitch in 2021 and 2022 at the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival.
His grounded dramatic feature THE DINING ROOM was one of 10 scripts included on the 2021 CAPE list. He is one of this 2021’s NBC Writers On The Verge.