Bhaag Beanie Bhaag + Brown Hollywood with Neel Shah and Ravi Patel

01/19/21 • 39 min

For our first live show, Brown Mom teamed up with Brown Girl Mag and Ravi Patel and Neel Shah, Creators of Netflix's Bhaag Beanie Bhaag.

In this episode, we talk to Patel and Shah about babies, bathroom leaks, shooting in India and what it’s like to be Brown in Hollywood.

A little about Bhaag Beanie Bhaag: Unhappy at work and engaged to a man who doesn't quite get her, aspiring stand up comic Beanie Bhatnagar realizes she's on a fast track to a life that she doesn't exactly want. The first season of this hilarious new Netflix comedy, created by Ravi Patel and Neel Shah, and starring Swara Bhaskar, follows Beanie as she chases her dreams.

Ravi Patel is an actor, documentarian, philanthropist and director of the autobiographical documentary, "Meet the Patels." He is also the director of HBO Max's four-part docuseries "Ravi Patel's Pursuit of Happiness." Ravi currently lives in L.A. with his wife and daughter. Follow him on Twitter @showmetheravi.

Neel Shah is a writer and producer, known for The Bold Type, Powerless and Men at Work. Neel lives in LA with his partner and a newborn daughter.

For our first live show, Brown Mom teamed up with Brown Girl Mag and Ravi Patel and Neel Shah, Creators of Netflix's Bhaag Beanie Bhaag.

In this episode, we talk to Patel and Shah about babies, bathroom leaks, shooting in India and what it’s like to be Brown in Hollywood.

Neel Shah is a writer and producer, known for The Bold Type, Powerless and Men at Work. Neel lives in LA with his partner and a newborn daughter.

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Bollywood and Brown Stories with Supriya Kelkar

Supriya Kelkar is an author, illustrator, and screenwriter who grew up in the Midwest, where she learned Hindi as a child by watching three Hindi movies a week.

Supriya’s books are exceptional. There’s the award-winning Ahimsa, the darling and important The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh and American As Paneer Pie, a School Library Journal Best Book of 2020. And she's got three books coming out this year: Strong As Fire, Fierce As Flame, Bindu's Bindis and That Thing About Bollywood, all available for pre-order now.

In this episode, I talk to Supriya about Bollywood, Bakwaas and Brown stories. We also talk about Sridevi, bringing PB&J for school lunch, Amar Chitra Katha comics and dive into our complicated love of 90s Desi movie classics.

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