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Payasam and Other Careful Processes

Directed by Akshay Ravi

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Runtime
11 minutes
Year
2023
Genre
Comedy
Premiere
November 12, 2026 on PREVO
Starring
Suraj Partha, Rishi Mehta, Usha Ravi, Ravi Natarajan, Ren Holly Liu, Shavya Samala

The story

A conflict-avoidant boy brings his girlfriend home to meet his parents – but where she was ready to take the relationship to the next step, he hasn't even told his parents they're dating.

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Cast and crew11 credits
Written and directed byAkshay Ravi
StarringSuraj Partha, Rishi Mehta, Usha Ravi, Ravi Natarajan, Ren Holly Liu and Shavya Samala
Produced byAlyssa Callahan, Matthew Martinez and Rohan Palla
Co-producersSangeetha Krishnan, Raja Natarajan, Nicole McCullough and Rita Konopasky
Associate producerSruchi Patel
Director of photographyJohn Laverman
Production designerBrenda Garcia
EditorKirsten Hoang
Original music byDhruv Goel
Sound designer and mixerAlex Bologna
Production companiesEmpty Lot Productions and Raw Color Studios

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