Arya

Arya is an independent feature film currently in principal photography in Duluth, Minnesota. The project marks Sayani Gupta's U. S. feature debut, with the Indian actor playing Arya Sinha, a disciplined piano teacher who reluctantly takes an assignment in Minnesota to rescue a struggling band program. Directed by Neil Tuli in his feature directorial debut, the film is produced by Tuli's American Haathi banner alongside Pallavi and Keertana Sastry from Adda G Productions. Gupta also serves as an executive producer on the project. Tuli previously held strategy roles at Netflix and Illumination before launching American Haathi. The production is filming on location in Duluth, bringing together a creative team focused on cross-cultural storytelling.