Series Creator Mala Patil has worked with Jerrod D. Brito and Mony Mar on multiple projects, including short films and a feature film (“Adalynn”).

The trio now joins forces to tell Mala’s charming, adventurous tale in a semi-autobiographical portrait of life as a Mumbai Girl.

  • Mala Patil

    Concept/Writer

    Mala Patil was born with her feet in Mumbai but her heart in America. Her journey was challenging, but they are what helped her to build a strong belief in herself and the spirit needed to survive and thrive.

    After graduating from Mumbai University with a degree in engineering, Mala leaped to the United States without the safety net of friends or family. Her stories as a “fresh off the boat” Indian are funny, inspiring, and educational.

    Mala continued to satisfy her thirst for knowledge and earned a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Redlands, which helped bolster her technical knowledge with real-world business flair. Mala has since learned to apply her myriad skills and business sense from her 15+ year engineering career toward new endeavors in the film and television industry.

    Mala currently uses her pragmatic business savvy and unique perspective to develop genuine, interesting, and socially relevant projects, like her postpartum thriller, “Adalynn,” and the drama series “The Mumbai Girl.”

  • Jerrod D. Brito

    Writer

    Jerrod D. Brito is a screenwriter, filmmaker, and humorist from Denver, Colorado. In addition to his film work, Brito has also written stage plays for the Pandemic Collective theater company, a graphic novel, and is currently writing his first book.

    Brito's past and current collaborations include Blood Moon Pictures' "13 Slays Till X-Mas," work distributed by Full Moon Features, multiple award-winning and nominated scripts and short films, the upcoming Jacala Productions feature, “Adalynn,” and a historical documentary called “The Face on the Barroom Floor: The Poem, the Place, the Opera."

    On deck, Brito is set to co-direct his first feature film, "The Hairy Ones," with co-writer Aaron Whitrock, and co-writing Blood Moon Pictures' anthology feature, "Devil’s Knight: Volumes of Blood 3."

  • Moni Mar

    Writer

    Mony is a photographer, screenwriter, assistant director and community volunteer. Growing up in a movie theater run by her family, she has always found different types of imagery as an outlet for storytelling, emotions, and the human condition.

    Previous works are "Adalynn" as an Assistant Director and collaboration with award winning short films.

    Mony currently does nonprofit and freelance work along with future collaboration projects pending exhibition in Mexico.