(upbeat percussion music)
Brainchild is a science show.
We explore various different topics
and not only topics
that you might learn in school, traditionally,
like you know space or about the oceans,
but also science.
About things that you didn't even think was science,
like social media or motivation.
In college I auditioned for Brainchild, sent in a tape,
sort of set up in my room.
You could tell it was like
clearly a college bedroom you know.
My bed wasn't made, whatever.
The strange thing is people, including adults,
have irrational thoughts all the time.
I have been getting positive feedback from kids,
Indian American kids and woman who want to go into acting,
but also into STEM fields.
And I feel like I have this great opportunity to, you know,
encourage kids to go into both
(upbeat percussion music)
There's a little girl, I think she is a young girl of color,
and she had dressed up like I do in the show
and her mom told me that she would go round her school
saying like, do I look like Sahana?
I'm trying to look like Sahana today.
And that's really cool because it shows that
That you know, she can look up to.
When you're a kid, especially,
it's so easy to feel like a misfit and alone.
Even now, like just regardless of your age,
it's important to have role models
who look like you, in the media.
I mean, everybody watches TV and movies,
and that's just such an underrated platform for you know,
(gentle music)
I definitely want to be that role model
that I didn't get to see growing up
in the media and onscreen.
It's definitely something that I strive to do,
but at the same time I don't want to say that I'm,
that's all I'm about, you know.
Like I might do jokes in my stand-up
or you know, create short films
that do focus on my background,
but I can also choose not to.
I think it's important to recognize that I have that choice.
I mean, representation,
it's an issue that's getting better slowly.
And a lot of that was fixed by people of color
making their own content, like Mindy Kaling.
She made her own show and then she's the lead in it.
And that's also something that I realized,
is that like I'm not going to get cast in everything,
Which is why I really got into filmmaking
and making my own little monologues
or impressions and stuff.
Laughter is like a feeling that you can't really,
it's something you can't control.
And so it's their way of agreeing with what you're saying
without even realizing it.
Which is why comedy and art are such good platforms
for talking about important messages.
Because people laugh and then later they'll look back
and be like, oh, I wasn't really on her side,
but I guess I am now.
(rose smashing)
Things aren't looking too rosy for the rosies.
A lot of art and acting is definitely very self-motivated.
Just talking about my personal experiences
in an observed way, I think, is what I like to do.
And with short films, I also like to incorporate
aspects from different cultures that I grew up in.
I don't want the world to expect
only that kind of content to be made by me.
It is important to recognize
that it is a big part of who I am
just growing up and feeling like a misfit
and not belonging to either culture sometimes.
And then later recognizing that I could you know,
blend everything together.
People are complicated and that's okay.
You can explore various different paths
and I'm lucky to be able to get the best of both worlds
by doing Brainchild.
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