#FIRSTLOOK: “BEST OF THE BEST” SCREENING WITH MAITREYI RAMAKRISHNAN

To celebrate the launch of Netflix’s new film, Best of the Best, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan joined friends, family and fans for a special screening in her hometown of Mississauga. The evening kicked off with a performance by Anoshinie featuring some of Toronto’s leading dancers, followed by an advance screening of the film and a Q&A hosted by Taha Arshad with Maitreyi and co-writer and producer Prashanth Venkataramanujam.

ABOUT BEST OF THE BEST:
DIRECTOR: Lena Khan
WRITERS: Hasan Minhaj and Prashanth Venkataramanujam
PRODUCERS: Jonathan Eirich for Rideback, Hasan Minhaj and Prashanth Venkataramanujam for 186K Films
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Ellen H. Schwartz, Ryan Halprin
KEY CAST: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Priyanka Kedia, Ankur Rathee, Janina Gavankar, Chaneil Kular, Becky Alex, Shreya Navile, and Hasan Minhaj
ADDITIONAL CAST: Nihar Duvvuri, Nico Greetham, Amryn Khurana, Tanishq Joshi, Lilly Singh, Saara Chaudry, Sasha Bhasin, Kavi Ramachandran
CHOREOGRAPHY BY: Phillip Chbeeb, Makenzie Chbeeb
CO-CHOREOGRAPHER: Joya Kazi

LOGLINE: Two childhood best friends, Maya and Anjali, join UCLA’s competitive Bollywood-fusion dance team, only to discover that the road to winning the U.S. Championship is far more raucous and cutthroat than they ever imagined