Jagannathan

Last month, Poorna Jagannathan attended a Hollywood party, held a few days before the Oscar ceremony. But there was one difference. The party was hosted at Paramount Pictures Studio by a group of South Asians — actors, content creators and…

Actors Richa Moorjani and Poorna Jagannathan get up close and personal on playing South Asian women in STEM in Netflix’s comedy ‘Never Have I Ever’, and why new mediums of storytelling matter Never Have I Ever, as a show, has deeply…

The Hindu Weekend interviews actors Richa Moorjani and Poorna Jagannathan who respectively play Kamala Nandiawada and Dr Nalini Vishwakumar on 'Never Have I Ever' With season two of Never Have I Ever streaming on Netflix from July 16,…

Nalini Vishwakumar is a strict, widowed Indian mother raising her teen daughter the only way she knows how: with an iron fist. A medical professional by day, she strives to make their San Fernando Valley home a fortress of tradition and…

At the time when India was grappling with the second wave of the pandemic, actor Poorna Jagannathan found herself tormented with a feeling of “helplessness”, and that pushed her to use her voice and influence to raise funds for the…