Actors Mindy Kaling, Kal Penn, and Freida Pinto, producer Ashok Amritraj and
Actors Mindy Kaling, Kal Penn, and Freida Pinto, producer Ashok Amritraj and director Tarsem Singh prove that South Asians are no longer token diversity hires—they’re the people who control Hollywood both in front of and behind the camera.
It’s getting harder to find a TV network that doesn’t have a show featuring an Indian character.
The top 20 are:
Aziz Ansari
Ashok Amritraj
Irrfan Khan
Anil Kapoor
Hannah Simone
M. Night Shyamalan
Kal Penn
Danny Pudi
Mindy Kaling
Aasif Mandvi
A.R. Rahman
Noël de Souza
Archie Panjabi
Anadil Hossain
Anil Ambani
Dev Patel
Padma Lakshmi
Tarsem Singh
Jay Chandrasekhar
Freida Pinto
The Business Insider has come up with their 20 Most Powerful Indians in Hollywood!
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