{"id":13180,"date":"2012-05-23T03:05:21","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T03:05:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-05-23T03:05:23","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T03:05:23","slug":"The-20-Most-Powerful-Indians-In-Hollywood-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=13180","title":{"rendered":"The 20 Most Powerful Indians In Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>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\u2014they&#8217;re the people who control Hollywood both in front of and behind the camera.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s getting harder to find a TV network that doesn&#8217;t have a show featuring an Indian character. <\/p>\n<p><strong>The top 20 are:<\/strong><br \/>\nAziz Ansari<br \/>\nAshok Amritraj<br \/>\nIrrfan Khan<br \/>\nAnil Kapoor<br \/>\nHannah Simone<br \/>\nM. Night Shyamalan<br \/>\nKal Penn<br \/>\nDanny Pudi<br \/>\nMindy Kaling<br \/>\nAasif Mandvi<br \/>\nA.R. Rahman<br \/>\nNo\u00ebl de Souza<br \/>\nArchie Panjabi<br \/>\nAnadil Hossain<br \/>\nAnil Ambani<br \/>\nDev Patel<br \/>\nPadma Lakshmi<br \/>\nTarsem Singh<br \/>\nJay Chandrasekhar<br \/>\nFreida Pinto<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-most-powerful-indians-in-hollywood-2012-5#ixzz1vjhVQY8C\">The Business Insider<\/a> has come up with their 20 Most Powerful Indians in Hollywood!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What about Seema Mody on CNBC? 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