Thursday, March 3, 2016

"Star Wars: Rebels" Tiya Sircar's New Film

In TheaterMarch 25,

 On Digital HD and On Demand April 5 

 

Directed by Ravi Kapoor (CROSSING JORDAN)

Written by Meera Simhan (ANGER MANAGEMENT)and Ravi Kapoor

Starring Tiya Sircar (THE INTERNSHIP, STAR WARS REBELS), Hannah Simone (NEW GIRL),
Kosha Patel (‘NEWSROOM,’ ‘HOUSE OF LIES’)MeeraSimhan, Bernard White (CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER)

 

After playing to a sold-out crowd at Cinequest Film Festival, winning the prestigious 2015 Center for Asian American Media’s Narrative Jury Award, bringing diversity to Geena Davis’ Bentonville Film Festival, and receiving the Best Screenplay and Best Actress awards at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film FestivalMISS INDIA AMERICA opens in theaters March 25 before coming to Digital HD and on-demand platforms April 5 from MarVista Entertainment.

 

Set in the world of South Asian American beauty pageants, the comedy marks the feature film directing debut of actor Ravi Kapoor (“Crossing Jordan”), who wrote the screenplay with Meera Simhan, his wife and one of the film’s co-stars

 

MISS INDIA AMERICA follows the travails of high-achieverLily Prasad (Tiya Sircar), a recent high school graduate who has a concrete life plan: to become a brain surgeon, marry herboyfriend, Karim, have kids and live happily ever after. But the“Lily Plan” comes crashing down when Karim runs off with the reigning Miss India National beauty queen.

 

Incapable of losing, Lily decides to win him back by becomingthe new Miss India National, and recruits the help of her best friend (Kosha Patel), despite seemingly long odds and competition from the impossibly perfect Sonia Nielson (Hannah Simone).