Diversity in American television seems to be on the rise as actress Pallavi Sharda is the latest Bollywood actress to bag a show in the US
Pallavi Sharda
Pallavi Sharda, who has featured in Bollywood films like Besharam and Hawaizaada, has been chosen as the female lead opposite Mike Vogel in the ABC drama pilot Triangle. Directed by McG, Triangle poses the question, what if the Bermuda Triangle was not a watery grave in the middle of the ocean but a land lost in time that has trapped travellers over the course of human history?
Pallavi will reportedly play Alex, David's (Vogel) girlfriend who is trying to connect with his teen daughter Natalie (Sarah Catherine Hook). Earlier this year, veteran actor Anupam Kher shared on Twitter that his series New Amsterdam has been confirmed for Season 2. The actor played a neurosurgeon in the first season of the show inspired by Bellevue, the oldest public hospital in the US. He had also featured in the American web television series Sense8, that starred his son Sikander Kher, actor Purab Kohli and actress Tina Desai as well.
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Last month, there were reports about Priyanka Chopra being in talks with Amazon Prime Video for some projects. The streaming platform had shared that a behind the scenes documentary on the Jonas Brothers is underway. And Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke credited Priyanka for it.
"I love Priyanka and she introduced me to Nick Jonas. They sent me a video and we bought it right away and that's how we came about it," Salke had told IANS. "I love her... So you can look forward to us doing more work with Priyanka," she added. Before that, Priyanka, now married to singer Nick Jonas, made waves in the US with her show Quantico. It didn't get a fourth season but Quantico was a breakout when it debuted in 2015.
Nimrat Kaur is another Indian actress who has been successfully maintaining a balance between her work internationally and in the Hindi film industry. The Lunchbox actress portrayed Rebecca Yedlin in the second season of the American television series Wayward Pines. She essayed the role of Tasneem Qureshi in Homeland.
The "Jhakaas" actor Anil Kapoor featured in the eighth season of American series 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland. Back in 2010, Anil had described the action drama as "bigger than the biggest" he had done in India. Anil portrayed Omar Hassan, President of the fictional Islamic Republic of Kamistan. He later starred in and produced 24, the Indian adaptation of the popular American TV show.
Mallika Sherawat was also seen in the popular TV series Hawaii Five O, an American police procedural drama series. Veteran actor Kabir Bedi had featured in The Bold and the Beautiful as Prince Omar Rashid. In 2018, Kabir had tweeted a post about the iconic show, "I hear my former co-star Hunter Tylo is back on The Bold and the Beautiful again! More power to her! She was so good as Tyler, I enjoyed being her Prince Omar for a year."
Also read: Glad I didn't get caught up in archetype of Bollywood heroine: Pallavi Sharda
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