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Rom Con

Short Film (Runtime 10:15)

An Indian woman spends a humorous night of missed connections at a desi romance convention while nursing a broken heart.


A ROMANTIC DRAMEDY of 10 minutes 15 secs of MODERN DATING WOES in America.

Film Festivals & Awards

DC South Asian Film Festival

Premiere

(September 7, 2025)

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Writer's Statement

… based on a true story 

'Rom Con' is an irreverent dramedy about an Indian American woman whose sexual humor disrupts the traditional mold of the “good” South Asian. By playing with rom-com tropes and subverting expectations, we hope to challenge the idea of how model minorities should present themselves, especially to one another—while embracing the messy, complicated, and hilarious reality of self-expression in the pursuit of love. 

 

Inspired by Netflix’s Indian Matchmaking and recent singles’ night events advertised specifically for American- and Canadian-born desi’s on social media.

What is marriage but a negotiation, a choice of the life we envision for ourselves. When we don't have all the information pertinent to make that decision, how will that reframe the life we've led for forty years? Will there ever be anything our spouse can say that might rectify the betrayal? Or do we choose to believe the lie they've been telling themselves as a final act of grace?\

Screengrabs

The details of our film journey

Team

Key Cast - Producer - Editor

Zen Dot

Key Cast

Levin Valayil

Key Cast

Anand Ray

Writer - Producer - Editor

Dini Parayitam

Writer

Tom Quach 

Directors

Andrew Beguin & Brittany Ramjattan 

Producer

Prashant Vankamamidi

Supporting Cast

Roni Banerjee, Ajay Bhullar, Ayush Batua, Tanya Chauhan, Yesha Chokshi, Gaurav Dasari, Siraj Huda, Mehreen Khan, Noor Mondal, Hamza Nasir, Indira Soodeen

Director of Photography

Olga Vazquez, AEC

Gaffer

Shawn Gray

Sound

Tim Perdoch

Post Sound

Aditi Iyer Kolodny

1st Assistant Camera 

Paola Oliveros 

Colorist

Kris Singh

Hair & Make-up

Brianna Gabriela

Production Assistant

Isha Parkhi, Cory Stonebrook

Location Partner

Bar Veloce, Hell’s Kitchen NYC

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