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Bad Brown Kids is a vertical dark comedy about South Asian twins Zara and Rishi, whose carefully curated lives unravel over one chaotic birthday party.
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ABOUT THE SERIES
A birthday party. A polished image. A very public unraveling.
Set over one increasingly chaotic birthday party, Bad Brown Kids follows twins Zara and Rishi as the versions of themselves they’ve carefully built for family, culture, and the world begin to crack. Sharp, messy, and darkly funny, the series takes aim at perfection, performance, and the cost of always having to look exceptional.
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CAST
Meet the Bad Brown Kids
At the center of the chaos are two siblings trying — and failing — to hold their lives together.
CREW
THE TEAM CAPTURING THE MADNESS
Rishi and Zara appreciate their hard work
EPISODES
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Episode 1
BAD BROWN TWINS
Episode 2
BAD BROWN CANDLES
Episode 3
BAD BROWN MAESTRO
Episode 4
BAD BROWN SQUAT STOOL
Episode 5
BAD BROWN COUSIN
Episode 6
BAD BROWN COLTON
ZARI: THEATRICAL TRAILER
Press
Vishaal Reddy
Actor, Writer, Director
Creator, BAD BROWN KIDS & INSOMNIA
Vishaal Reddy is an actor, singer, writer, and producer from Tennessee and based in NYC. He received his undergraduate degree at Boston University, studying Business Administration and Theater. Additionally, he has acting training some the Atlantic Theater Conservatory and Oxford University. He was selected as one of the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival Creator N.O.W. creators. Additionally, Vishaal was recently awarded the SF Film Rainin grant to develop and write his first feature film. Upon moving to NYC, he booked numerous Off-Broadway plays and musicals, while also delving into the television world.
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Snigdha Kapoor
Line Producer
Sydney Owens
Editor
Post Producer
The project takes us on a journey that is not conventionally seen within the South-Asian community and we love it.
- VEYLEX
Insomnia finds a hearty dose of laughs and sexuality to keep things entertaining, and Reddy injects Nikhil with enough charm and vulnerability to keep him relatable, even at his most neurotic.
- David Reddish, QUEERTY
Vishaal Reddy’s ‘Insomnia’ gives a different perspective of Indian-Americans
- Staff Writer, NEWS INDIA
You learn more about these characters in the short episodes than you do in many of the TV shows trending on Netflix.
- Sharan Dhaliwal, BURNT ROTI
"Meet Vishaal Reddy, the creative genius behind a new dark comedy series, Insomnia"
- Avani Thakkar, ELLE INDIA
...Refreshing and revolutionary...the best thing Reddy does is to embrace his nuanced identity in a way that previous representations rarely do.
Proma Khosla, MASHABLE
“Insomnia has quickly become a-don’t-miss web series and an important source of adding shade and color to what can seem like black and white issues"
- Anubhuti Kumar,
BROWN GIRL MAGAZINE