Nisha Parti: Last News

More than 3,500 workers in the British film and TV industry have signed an open letter calling for senior figures and decision makers to make several "strategic commitments" to reshape the landscape of the sector and "tackle structural and systemic racism." The letter comes a week after the Black Film Collective issued a similar statement to Hollywood, with its creators — including producer Nisha Parti (The Boy With the Top Knot), actor-writer Meera Syal (Goodness Gracious Me), actor Indira Varma (Patrick Melrose), playwright Tanika Gupta, actor-director Pooja Ghai and presenter Anita Rani — having revised it for the U.K., where they say the industry suffers from "same lack of diverse representation in front of and behind the camera."

Manori Ravindran International EditorMore than 3,000 members of the U.K.’s film and TV industry have signed an open letter calling on gatekeepers to make a number of “strategic commitments” to reshape the landscape.Organizers of the letter — which comes just one week after the U.S. Black Film Collective issued a similar open letter to Hollywood — include “The Boy with the Topknot” producer Nisha Parti, actor and writer Meera Syal, “Never Have I Ever” actor Indira Varma, playwright Tanka Gupta, actor-director Pooja Ghai and presenter Anita Rani.The group credits the U.S.