Finding Yourself through Owning Your Story.

I’m an Indian actor of Bengali descent who grew up in a household in Montreal that looked picture-perfect on the outside, filled with the trappings of family accomplishments and wealth—while crumbling secretly beneath the weight of untreated mental illness and dismissed trauma. That kind of upbringing- ruled by silence inside the home and pretending to be normal outside of it- doesn’t just give you a clear roadmap to your identity.

But it does make you aware of the power of story- how it can confine you or liberate you. How you can CHOOSE the story you tell about yourself… and allow it to build you up instead of tear you down.

This was what I discovered through acting- a way to regain the beautiful colors of being a human being in all possible ways, unaffected by the past- and letting empathy, not repression, lead the way forward.

I’m still learning. And at age 45, having lived many lives beyond acting in realms like coaching and novel writing, it continues to be an amazing journey of rediscovery and second acts. One that I am lucky to be sharing with my wife Erin and three amazing sons Mickey, Henry and Teddy- which makes the whole thing honestly 500 times more fun :-)

Join me on the second act of artistic reinvention and rediscovery on Instagram. 


Take a look at my reel.

Learn a bit more about my first novel, The Isolation Door, which draws on some of the experiences I mention above.