Alexandra Kukoff

News

Sports

Arts

Opinion

The Quad

Photo

Video

Illustrations

Cartoons

Graphics

The Stack

PRIME

Enterprise

Interactives

Podcasts

Games

Classifieds

Print issues

Oscars 2026

robots

Screenwriter and alumna Geeta Malik draws inspiration for her scripts from her Indian upbringing in a Western context. Malik received the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowship for her latest script &quot;Dinner with Friends.&quot; (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)

https://dailybruin.com/2016/11/01/qa-ucla-alumna-geeta-malik-discusses-filmography-and-indian-heritage/web-ae_-geetmalik-sh_-jpg/

twitter:card

twitter:description

twitter:title

twitter:site

https://wp.dailybruin.com/images/2016/11/web.ae_.geetmalik.SH_.jpg

twitter:image

twitter:creator

web.ae.geetmalik.SH.jpg - Daily Bruin

Film & TV

db-story-ae

Daily Bruin

Q&amp;A: UCLA alumna Geeta Malik discusses filmography and Indian heritage - Daily Bruin

Q&#038;A: UCLA alumna Geeta Malik discusses filmography and Indian heritage

max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1

Geeta Malik, an Indian-American Colorado native, grew up watching large-scale Bollywood musical numbers with her mother. Malik said the films inspired the Indian roots in her own film work.

https://dailybruin.com/2016/11/01/qa-ucla-alumna-geeta-malik-discusses-filmography-and-indian-heritage/

Monday, March 30, 2026

IN THE NEWS:

Q&A: UCLA alumna Geeta Malik discusses filmography and Indian heritage

By Alexandra Kukoff

Nov. 1, 2016 9:49 p.m.