After making her appearance as the title role in Mausi or:  how an old lady finds her way back to India, Sulekha Das is back by popular demand. She wowed audiences in her hilarious onscreen debut as the hyper chai-caffeinated Mary Poppins from India and inspired the continuation of this story as a feature.  Sulekha made her foray into acting doing radio plays for All India Radio.  She is also a talented lyricist and poet.  In addition to being the Director of the Whippanong Public Library, she dedicates much of her time to charitable causes including the M.A. Center, a school for blind and deaf children, and an orphanage in her home state of Orissa, India.


Gargi Mukherjee recently played the part of Mira Mashi in Mira Nair’s latest film, The Namesake. She is a well-known actress in the New York/New Jersey Bangla theatre community. She performed the lead part in Rabindranath Tagore’s The Red Oleanders at the South Asian Theatre Festival in the summer of 2006. In the International Fringe Theater Festival of New York in 2005, Gargi performed a monologue The Breast Chronicle, to much critical acclaim, which was based on an adaptation of a short story by the celebrated Indian novelist Mahasweta Devi.  She was the executive producer of a documentary Free to Sing made on the controversial singer/songwriter from Kolkata, India.  Gargi holds a master’s degree in English Literature from NYU.

Barnali has been a working actress in Chicago for several years. Her credits include the short film Complimentary Nuts. Barnali has done several commercials, print campaigns, and voiceovers. In 2003 Barnali co-founded the first South Asian theatre company in the Mid-West, Rasaka Theatre Company.  Rasaka produced Karma Calling as a staged reading during its inception at the Storefront Theater in Chicago. 

Ansuman makes an encore appearance as Shyam Raj in Karma Calling.  He played Shyam in the short film Mausi or:  how an old lady finds her way back to India and received accolades for his onscreen debut in film festivals across the globe.  Ansuman is also an executive producer with Illpath Entertainment, an independent music label creating original hip hop sounds.

Ishani developed her passion for acting when she was in the 5th grade and began acting lessons with Kerry Lea in New York City.  Her first gig was for a Masala Bhangra Workout Video with Sarina Jain. Her dedicated father, Mike, continued to accompany her to auditions and forums until she landed her next big break with a small part in August Rush, starring Robin Williams and Freddie Highmore.  Ishani recently appeared on HBO's new hit "Flight of the Conchords" and also wrapped on the feature film "Pretty to Think So."

Kavi was most recently seen as Mira Shenoy, Mohinder’s
ex, on NBC’s new hit show Heroes. She also appears in
the upcoming Mr. Woodcock with Billy Bob Thornton and
Susan Sarandon and is set to shoot the feature Joy
Lies with fellow KC cast-mate Samrat. You can hear
Kavi’s voice as the narrator on the recently released
doc Jihad: Searching for Answers, and see her in
several commercials including Chevy and Continental.
On stage she has appeared in Anon(ymous) at The Public
Theatre in NYC, Pentecost at Yale Rep, Seven.11.2005
and several other off-Broadway productions. Her
television credits include Las Vegas, Cosby, HBO’s
Subway Stories and Law & Order. She holds a BFA in
Acting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and
currently studies with Stuart Rogers and is a member
of Theatre Tribe in North Hollywood.  

Darshan Jariwala is a theater veteran now claimed by films. An accountant by qualification, and stockbroker by profession, Darshan lived a schizophrenic life, cultivating a passion for theater which competed with his successful career in finance for 20 years. Eventually, he chucked it all and turned into a full-time actor. Recently, Gandhi, My Father opened worldwide to rave reviews for Darshan’s complex rendering of Mahatma Gandhi. According to Newsweek magazine, “Veteran actor Darshan Jariwala gives a refreshing portrayal of a man whose cast-iron morality could transform a nation yet failed to save his own son.” Mostly busy with Bollywood films such as Guru, he has also acted in a couple of indies stateside including Karma Calling and Loins Of Punjab Presents.

Samrat Chakrabarti holds an MFA in Acting from the ART/MXAT Program at Harvard University.  His film credits include:  Bruce Leddy’s Shut up and Sing (w/Molly Shannon), Manish Acharya’s The Contest (w/Shabana Azmi), Spike Lee’s She Hate Me, Joseph Castelo’s The War Within (Independent Spirit Award nominee), Anjaan Dutt’s The Bong Connection (w/Victor Banerjee), Ajay Naidu’s Ashes and Amyn Kaderali’s Kissing Cousins.  He has had several guest appearances on TV in the last year on shows like Law and Order, The Sopranos, Love Monkey and Hope and Faith.  His recent stage roles include Nirad Das in Indian Ink at the Missouri Rep and Arun in Lingering Voices at the 2004 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.  Samrat is also an established international musician and has won numerous awards for his music, including a U.S. CARA for Best Original Pop/Rock Song for his composition, “What’s It All About.”

Parvesh Cheena has  been a part of Karma Calling from its reading in Chicago with Rasaka Theatre Company (Founding member) to its final cut.  Based in Los Angeles, Parv grew up in Naperville, IL and attended college at Roosevelt University in Chicago.  He made his film debut in Barbershop in 2002 as Samir and reprised his role in the 2004 sequel, Barbershop 2:  Back in Business.    Parvesh has also appeared on the ABC sitcom, Help Me Help You starring Ted Danson, ER, The West Wing, The Suite Life with Zack and Cody, and Crossing Jordan. He is currently performing with "The Group" at Second City Los Angeles and is set to film Ode in 2007.

Debargo hails from New York City and most recently costarred in Ajay Naidu’s (Office Space) directorial debut Ashes.  He also starred in Quarter Life Crisis, West 32nd Street, and My Sassy Girl and has made TV guest appearances on The Sopranos and Law and Order:  Criminal Intent.  On stage, Debargo has performed in dozens of plays including Indian Ink, Port Authority Throw Down, Harvest, Smoking Bloomberg and Browntown.