Radha Mehta (she/her) is a film director, a multi-disciplinary artist, and first-gen Indian American based in Los Angeles, California. She uses her background as a musician, painter, and hard-of-hearing mother of two children to tell stories of hope from within her marginalized communities on the themes of motherhood, disability, womxn empowerment, and rising above shame within her South Asian diaspora.

Radha is an MFA graduate for Film Directing at American Film Institute Conservatory, an Entertainment Lab Fellow of RespectAbility, and a scrip Winner of the M Film Lab x OpenScreenplay supported by Pillars Fund and MPAC, and a Top-3 Finalist for the 2023 Netflix/Tasveer Film Fund. She also served as an elected Board Member of The Recording Academy, and co-hosts an annual casting ABC diversity workshop that elevates South Asian talent. 


Films shown in Divvy Film Festival London 2024


When her son’s life is put at risk at their family’s pre-wedding ritual, a Hard-of-Hearing mother must decide how to seek help for her husband in order to keep her family safe.

Dosh 

dir:  Radha Mehta

run time:  16 mins 8 secs

production year: 2023

language: Hindi and English (with English subtitles)

country: India

fiction short