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Comprehensive list of Fandom's South Asian characters

Nov 12, 2009 06:51

Hi, everyone! Welcome, again, to purnima_fic. I'm glad to see some new members trickling in. Since one of the basic problems with focusing on characters and actors of South Asian origin is that many don't *know* what shows feature them, I thought it would be prudent to make a list that we can continuously add to ( Read more... )

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monimala November 13 2009, 12:30:18 UTC

I can't believe I forgot Mohinder! LOL. That's what I get for working on the comm early in the mornings! :) Thanks.

a handful off the top of *my* head :D tl__dr November 14 2009, 03:19:58 UTC

Dev Patel as Anwar in Skins, Parminder Nagra as Neela Rasgotra in E.R., and then for films, much/most of the casts of any Gurinder Chadha and Mira Nair movies, Kal Penn as Kumar in the Harold and Kumar series, Jimi Mistry as Ramu Gupta in The Guru...ahh, I know there are so many more but I have a terrible memory, haha.

Re: a handful off the top of *my* head :D monimala November 14 2009, 16:33:44 UTC

Thanks! You just inspired me to make a separate list for movies featuring South Asians! Figure that'll make it easier! :)

dharmavati November 15 2009, 03:16:56 UTC

Hi, I just joined this community since I think it's a great idea! :) I hope you'd like to include book characters as well since they could use love too! :)

Literature:
Padma Patil (Harry Potter)
Parvati Patil (Harry Potter)
Captain Nemo (20,000 Leagues Under The Sea)
Nirupam Singh (Chronicles of Chrestomanci: Witch Week)

Shows:
Jonathan (30 Rock, actor: Maulik Pancholy)
Guru Pathik (Avatar: the Last Airbender)
Baljeet Patel (Phineas & Ferb)

Movies:
Mississippi Masala

monimala November 15 2009, 16:32:00 UTC

Awesome! Thank you! And, yes, book character deserve love, too! Added all your suggestions to the list!

dharmavati November 15 2009, 16:57:54 UTC

Yay! And, oh, I just remembered one more character: Principal Figgins from Glee (played by Iqbal Theba). :D

monimala November 15 2009, 17:04:02 UTC

Noted!

:)

here from pen's lj, bearing questionable additions sainfoin_fields November 15 2009, 16:48:25 UTC

Aziz Ansari as Tom Haverford (given name: Darwish Sabir Ismael Gani) on Parks and Recreation!

Navi Rawat played Latina as Theresa Diaz on The OC, and I think she's currently on Flashforward too.

Marshall Manesh is an Iranian actor whose character on How I Met Your Mother, Ranjit, is Bangladeshi (although when he has an outburst in another language, it's Persian).

Iconic, but voiced by a white guy: Apu?

Re: here from pen's lj, bearing questionable additions monimala November 15 2009, 16:54:41 UTC

Thank you! This is great. I forgot about Ranjit and I actually *watch* HIMYM. It does amuse that his outburst are always inexplicably in Persian but as a Bangladeshi/Indian, it would be nice to hear some Bengali on American TV!

Navi Rawat gets around. She's one of those people like Indira Varma who ends up playing a wide range of ethnicities.

plazmah November 15 2009, 22:25:55 UTC

Literature:
Kartik (Gemma Doyle Trilogy)
Devi Sukhavati (Contact novel)