Susham Bedi

Birth : 1945-07-01, Firozpur, Punjab, India

History

Susham Bedi is an Indian novelist and writer of short stories and poetry, as well as an occasional film and television actress. She was a professor of Hindi Language and Literature at the Department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures (MEALAC) at Columbia University, New York, USA.

Profile

Movies

The Big Sick

Tina (Khadija's Mother)

Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.

A Walk Among the Tombstones

Mrs. Youness

Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

From Other Worlds

Vegetarian

FROM OTHER WORLDS is a sci-fi comedy about a depressed Brooklyn housewife who sleepwalks through her life until she encounters an alien force in her backyard. With the help of a fellow contactee, an African immigrant, she is determined to solve the mystery of her otherworldly experiences. Along the way, she finds romance, saves the planet and finds new meaning in her life.