Loglines & Screenplays by Amita Sarin

GENRES: Historical

What is a former Princess and now Member of Parliament doing in a New Delhi prison and what is Prime Minister Indira Gandhi going to do to her?

GENRES: Historical, Drama

Why is this charismatic woman who grew up in palaces and gave speeches in Parliament incarcerated in a New Delhi prison and what is Mrs. Gandhi going to do to her?

GENRES: Drama

A widowed woman from New Delhi struggles to adapt to a different lifestyle when she moves in with her son and daughter-in-law in USA.

GENRES: Comedy

Less than 10 minute comedy vignettes about an older Punjabi couple who have lived in the US their entire adult lives. Both utterly opinionated they lock heads over just about anything - the news, politics, food, friends and life in general. A well-disguised undercurrent of affection as well as fears of approaching death and old age runs beneath their quarrelsome banter. Based on myself and my husband.

GENRES: Historical

Akbar and Birbal are a legendary subject of folklore in India. This feature-length drama looks at the historical 16th century Mughal emperor and his friendship with a Hindu bard, who according became a close companion and member of his inner circle. 

GENRES: Historical, Animation

This animated series or feature for children is about the childhood of Akbar the Great, the Mughal emperor of India in the 16th c. The drawings would be based on historic Mughal paintings that illustrate the emperor's biography the Akbarnama.