{"id":174222,"date":"2023-02-25T16:50:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T23:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inbusinessphx.com\/?p=174222"},"modified":"2023-02-25T16:50:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T23:50:48","slug":"states-first-woman-owned-south-asian-film-production-and-entertainment-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/?p=174222","title":{"rendered":"State\u2019s First Woman-Owned, South Asian Film Production and Entertainment Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_174223\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174223\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-174223\" src=\"http:\/\/inbusinessphx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Camelback-Productions-1024x597.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"356\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-174223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actor Lilly Singh, Camelback Productions founder Anita Verma-Lallian\u00a0and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego (l to r)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bringing her expertise in real estate to the film industry, award-winning commercial real estate and land consultant Anita Verma-Lallian recently announced the creation of <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/camelbackproductions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camelback Productions<\/a>, Arizona\u2019s first female- and South Asian-owned film production and entertainment company. It is also the first company of its kind with a focus on South Asian storytelling. There are several parallels between the two industries, in terms of structuring the various opportunities, and Verma-Lallian also is going to be partnering with highly experienced producers, directors and actors\/actresses.\u00a0Guests and the company\u2019s launch party in January included actor and comedian Lilly Singh, actor Nik Dodani, \u201cFamily Karma\u2019s\u201d Bali Chainani and Anisha Ramakrishna, and Paramount+ Executive Producer Sean Gupta.<\/p>\n<p>Naming her company after the iconic Phoenix mountain, Verma-Lallian wants to see Camelback Productions associated with much more than producing great content. She wants it to be synonymous with perseverance and mental strength, a symbol for the South Asian community to push toward their goals and desires.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been a major push to see minority groups represented in the media over the past few years,\u201d says Verma-Lallian. \u201cI want to see more South Asians represented; I want my children to see themselves when they watch TV. I want my daughter\u2019s dream to become an actress to become a reality. Skin color shouldn\u2019t be a barrier to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Photo courtesy of Camelback Productions<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bringing her expertise in real estate to the film industry, award-winning commercial real estate and land consultant Anita Verma-Lallian recently announced the creation of Camelback Productions, Arizona\u2019s first female- and South Asian-owned film production and entertainment company. It is also the first company of its kind with a focus on South Asian storytelling. There are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":174223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-growth-enterprise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=174222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=174222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=174222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=174222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}