#115 Venk Potula Award-winning Indian-American filmmaker & creator of the new Indian-American fiction podcast called Masala Jones - A daring new comedy about one man's journey to become the world's first Indian-American adult actor.
- Author
- Neil Patel
- Published
- Mon 06 May 2019
- Episode Link
- http://www.indianstartupshow.com
Today i speak to Venk Potula. Venk an award-winning Indian-American filmmaker and actor, producer & creator of the new Indian-American fiction podcast called Masala Jones. A subversive and daring new comedy about one man's journey to become the world's first Indian-American adult actor.
Venk talks about his life in Hollywood as an Indian-American , how he come up with idea. his entrepreneurial spirit. An amazing story of how he got discovered. What fame is really like and what comes with it. His dream role. We go through his IMDB appearing in VEEP and finally a great story about playing a zombie (make sure your not eating anything!)
in this conversation we also talk about
- How much research did he do?
- Working with hall of fame AVN actress Aurora Snow
- Virtual Reality in the theater
- Appearing on Veep was he star struck?
- Time spent at UCLA
- Hollywood parties
- Stay out of L.A!
- Making money in the entertainment business
- Taking acting classes - Running around staring at walls
- Being a hustler
and much more!
links
https://www.venkpotula.com/
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