https://www.apoorvagundeti.com/about daily 1.0 2024-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78b862e4ade3308a23accf/403f70ab-98bd-4cf3-8032-e4bb8dd76690/ApoorvaGundeti-4.jpg About - Act, write, repeat. Apoorva Gundeti is an actor, writer, and producer. Through her work, Apoorva strives to share stories that re-envision South Asian representation, female friendship, and the immigrant experience. After appearing in the Oxford Playhouse production of Dick Whittington at the ripe age of 8, Apoorva fell in love with the performing arts. For better or for worse, she has not been able to shake the bug since. Apoorva graduated from The University of Chicago with a dual degree in Cinema & Media Studies and Global Studies. During college, Apoorva began improvising, writing, producing, and acting in shows at the Second City and iO. Apoorva is a graduate of the 2020 Black Box ACADEMY and the Second City Conservatory Program. Apoorva is co-writer and producer of the award-winning web series “Stuck in Reality”, which premiered at The Chinese Theater in LA as part of the Hollyshorts Screening Series. “Stuck in Reality” also screened at the Portland Comedy Film Festival, Chicago South Asian Film Festival, and won “Best Web Series” at Dallas Film Awards. She is also writer of TV pilot script “Me Vs. You,” which was recognized by LaunchPad Pilot Competition, Finish Line Script Competition, a Semi-Finalist at Austin Film Festival, and Runner-up in the Junior Hollywood Television and Radio Society Script Competition. Apoorva is currently assisting Actor and Executive Producer Desiree Staples on the feature film, “My Divorce Party” written & directed by Heidi Weitzer, and “The Blue Diamond” directed by Sam Fox. Apoorva is proudly represented by Arise Artists Agency in LA and MZMGMTNY in NYC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78b862e4ade3308a23accf/d4d9b5ed-3ef5-4b9a-afc1-7a0f33db16f2/IMG_0884.jpg About Times Square Billboard for WindCreek Casino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78b862e4ade3308a23accf/aa43058a-4260-447e-8389-be706cad32d3/20231105_105322.JPG About Half Me, Half You Rehearsals with Zhailon Levingston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78b862e4ade3308a23accf/f0312b4a-6215-4af0-8659-9229ff4f1edf/000005780009.JPEG About Sweethearts gang! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78b862e4ade3308a23accf/4d0226c0-6490-4edd-a775-a86c7665dfbe/tempImageowPib5.png About Sweethearts <3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78b862e4ade3308a23accf/6e298d26-b219-41ea-b6f7-1d9aa1eb039d/20231105_105938.JPG About Half Me, Half You Rehearsals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78b862e4ade3308a23accf/87e63158-c80f-46fb-a98e-8d80005b043f/ApoorvaGundeti_Headshot1.jpg About Photo by Jeff Mosier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78b862e4ade3308a23accf/35e38d88-ac2b-47e8-a848-38a96631802e/Screen+Shot+2022-03-22+at+6.34.06+PM.png About Google Chromebook Ad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78b862e4ade3308a23accf/26c4563d-fcb8-4e8b-9ed9-f3db3d804aed/Still11.png About Stuck in Reality, Episode 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78b862e4ade3308a23accf/fe60f459-f736-4239-9b04-05b6a9532099/75410001.JPG About Photo by Kate Pittard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78b862e4ade3308a23accf/38d63919-cef3-4fa4-bdae-cd096dd19bff/Pri-Still.png About Five Years Later (short) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78b862e4ade3308a23accf/7e15cc75-0cc5-4690-b231-777d95ab511d/tempImagepRq0Ce.png About Rainy day on set for RELAY https://www.apoorvagundeti.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78b862e4ade3308a23accf/9c1369af-ee9e-444f-99f3-6680ce80be6e/A5B292DD-3108-4E04-A4C1-F043DD0E9412.jpeg Contact https://www.apoorvagundeti.com/actor daily 0.75 2025-08-04 https://www.apoorvagundeti.com/writer daily 0.75 2024-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78b862e4ade3308a23accf/1612562091212-2F7DXP19XK4JXAECL3Z8/Screen+Shot+2021-02-05+at+3.54.31+PM.png Writer - Words in Mcsweeney’s Internet Tendency. What happens when you love The Crown but hate everything monarchy and colonization stands for? Here are my thoughts. “All I wanted was to make my freedom fighting ancestors proud. But after four years of hard work to decolonize my mind, I threw it all away for the thrill of watching your show.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78b862e4ade3308a23accf/1612557691482-0QSOBD6FYWJ99WM63UG5/58be4f82-152d-11e7-80f4-13e067d5072c.jpeg Writer - Original Pilot: Me vs. You Corporate lawyer Sahana and artist Ben struggle to make their inter-racial relationship work. Sahana’s parents love Ben like their own son…so, what’s the problem? Sahana’s company is responsible for the gentrification of the LA Arts District, which is now putting Ben out of work. Me vs. You is a 30-min single-camera TV Pilot. This script has been recognized by the LaunchPad Pilot Competition, Finish Line Script Competition, and Austin Film Festival Script Competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78b862e4ade3308a23accf/1612559075544-W2IQKDLBIPJPDE54688B/16797155_10154572051603937_4725832704640289746_o.jpg Writer - Pilot in progress: Rite of Passage Tara Sekar has spent her whole life on Columbia University’s campus - always within a half mile radius of her PhD parents. Just when she thinks she can leave the nest, she gets fired from her first job and ends up at home. “Modern Family” meets “Master of None” in this family comedy that tackles growing up together, reshaping the South Asian immigrant experience, and following the first batch of post-grad Gen Z professionals. Rite of Passage is a 30-min single-camera pilot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78b862e4ade3308a23accf/1612559736197-02A4BLGTLMCERJVYI668/72241d24-e14d-4cca-98a6-9af1d06b95cf.jpeg Writer - Archives: RSVP RSVP is a six part web series set at a glamorous Hindu wedding. Each episode shows the moments leading up to a defining incident from the point of view of six individual wedding guests. Questions of caste, inter-religious marriage, and socio-economic status come to the forefront as the wedding unfolds. https://www.apoorvagundeti.com/menu-1 daily 0.75 2025-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f78b862e4ade3308a23accf/11195d56-7cc1-4157-8817-d63963076a9f/ApoorvaGundeti_Resume.jpg