Filmmaker Smriti Mundhra
By kamla bhatt • Mar 10th, 2006Category: Bollywood, Diaspora, Entertainment, India, Los Angeles, New York, People
Smirti Mundhra is an upcoming producer and part of the film company Drops Entertainment. She talks to Kamla Bhatt about her early introduction to the film industry in Los Angeles, her father Dr. Jagmohan Mundhra and her work with various production companies.
Listen to Smriti talk about growing up in Los Angeles surrounded by film personalities, her stint with Coen Brothers production company and how George Clooney spared her from his notorious pranking.
Smriti started working right after graduating from high school, and within two years she had already gained valuable experience working in the production of Spike Jonze’s Being John Malkovich, and Neil LaBute’s Nurse Betty. When she turned 18years old Smriti landed her first project with Coen Brothers, and ended up working on the sets of two films: O Brother, Where Art Thou? and The Man Who Wasn’t There.
A few years ago, Smriti and her friends founded Drops Entertainment. They have so far produced and released two films Bomb The System and Waterborne and have a third one CarBabes is ready for release.
Smriti won the 2005 Mira Nair award for a rising female filmmaker from the Harlem Film Institute. When she is not working on a film project, Smriti is pursuing a Masters degree at Columbia University.
Kamla Bhatt is the host and producer of an Internet Radio show where listeners can find stories about the new and emerging India and the global Indian community. As a pioneer of 'internet radio' format in India Kamla started her first show News about India, followed by TalkNewsIndia in 2005. In 2006 she premiered her new show: The Kamla Bhatt Show: Life, People and Ideas. 
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