Karma Calling Trailer
Director Sarba Das was in the process of writing a script with her brother Sarthak about an Indian family in Hoboken when the phone rang and a call operator struggled to communicate in English. Sarthak realized the voice on the other end of line was Indian and began speaking to him in Hindi. A lively conversation bloomed and the call operator told them surreal stories about what went on in the call centers: accent neutralization clinics, even culture lessons that included studying The Simpsons. “We found the stories to be so compelling that we wanted to put it into the screenplay we were working on. We decided that the spendthrift family from New Jersey would get bombarded by call center operators in Mumbai. And so Karma Calling was born,” explains the director. The comedy screens 2:30 p.m. this Sunday, May 3rd at the DGA Theater as part of the 25th annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. more ›