A Unique Take on South Asian Street Food in L.A. | Spice Road

Actor Rupak Ginn (Royal Pains) returns home to Los Angeles, where he dines on Desi street food delicacies with a unique twist at Paratta. He is then joined by friend actor/writer/comedian Kiran Deol (Sunnyside) at local South Asian grocery store Bhanu to shop, while pondering the future of South Asians in America, and then share hearty laughs and heartfelt conversation over a delicious meal.

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Featuring
Paratta
Bhanu Indian Cuisine
Rupali Redd
August Redd
Asim Bharwani
Kiran Deol

Director / Host / Producer
Rupak Ginn

Producers
Vicky Lee
Sami Khan

Executive Producers
Sally Jo Fifer
Lois Vossen

Executive in Charge of Production
Royd Chung

Senior Manager, Short-Form Content
Pamela Torno

Supervising Producer
Susan Cohen

Consulting Producer
Clare Chambers

Editor
Jaron Henrie-McCrea

Director of Photography
Matthew Garland

Original Music
Alam Khan

Camera Operator
Nicholas Galante

Assistant Camera
Amber Buchanan

Sound
Michael Gassert

Colorist
Jeffrey Sousa

Online Editor / Assistant Editor
Joshua Wilmott

Production Assistant
Evan Randel

Archival Producer
Adrián Gutiérrez

Archival Researcher
Manuel Martínez

Editorial Consultant
Hena Ashraf

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