Bio

Shash is a dual national Australian and British and dual heritage Indian and British writer, producer and actor who creates with a global mentality and a focus on representation and diversity.

Shash has a number of projects in development including his Melbourne based LGBTQ+ mystery comedy, Rez’s Fortune, having just completed the writers room supported by Screen Australia and in collaboration with Confidante Pictures. His family based RomCom, A Sunny Disposition, based on his short form film Absent Minded, is currently in development with Emergence Films in London and LA.

Shash has worked extensively as a freelance producer working with big brand content such as Barbie (Mattel), Masterchef (Ch10) and Rexona. Shash was the lead producer on the hit Melbourne based, multi tiered art installation, Kwality Chai, which covered dramatic performance, literature, cuisine and sound-scape. Shash produced the short form film, Wake Up, which was distributed by Amazon Studios UK and he has been commissioned to write the third film in the trilogy.

His numerous acting credits include Nowhere Boys (ABC), Wentworth (Fremantle/Netflix), Neighbours (Fremantle/Amazon) and Orange is the New Brown (Screentime/Ch7).

Shash created the production company Colourful Cocktail in 2020. Colourful cocktail prides itself on working with underrepresented voices and increasing environmental practices in production.