Rahul Vijay
Writer / Director
I write / direct / edit films.
I have experience in stand-up comedy and improv comedy, and have produced and headlined shows. I have spent time as a working musician, professional magician, and a software engineer but realized that filmmaking is my true passion. Filmmaking allows me to incorporate the elements of all the art forms I love (comedy, acting, music, and even magic) in one compete and creatively satisfying package.
My stories explore the intricacies of navigating the dichotomy between individuality and assimilation. My characters strive to find their place amidst the contrasting realms they inhabit.
Genres that I mostly write are comedy and drama.
My Screenplays:
Feature: abracaSTABra
Horror/ Comedy
A neurodivergent woman leaves her abusive husband for an undead magician who actually gets her.
Pre-Production.
Feature: Sleeper
Action / Comedy
A hungover, absent-minded terrorist oversleeps and misses the flight he was supposed to blow up, forcing him to travel cross-country with an unlikely stranger to salvage his plan.
Screenplay by request.
Feature: Some Assembly Required
Drama / Comedy
An anxious Indian-American teenager desperately wants to fit in with his coworkers at a big-box toy store and get his immigrant parents off his back.
Screenplay by request.
Pilot: Amadeus Bushtit
Comedy
Four aspiring punk-rockers face a series of hilarious obstacles as they try to get into the biggest local music event of the year, while also dealing with their own ambitions, insecurities, and family pressures.
Screenplay by request.
Pilot: Rahul & Emma
Comedy / Drama
Indian-American Rahul brings his new White girlfriend Emma to meet his extended family for the first time at his cousin’s lavish and traditional Indian wedding. Taking place over the course of a week, the seven episodes of season 1 explore the potentially relationship-ending cultural dynamics facing Rahul and Emma, the cultural expectations and pressure placed on Rahul by his immigrant family, and various family members dealing with their own struggles of self-actualization.