Members



Arvind


Beau


Mohini


Tara


Anjli


Kaushal


Manu


Gaurav


Mitra


Noor


Priyanka


Al


Anjolie


Farzaan


Jack


Medhavi


Vinithra

Arvind Krishnan

School/Major/Class: Weinberg/Molecular Biology/2012
Hometown: Fort Myers, FL aka The Fort aka 239 aka Lil Pakistan
Indian Roots: Chennai, Madras
Hobbies / Interests: Sports, Rap/Hip-Hop Music, Comedy/Impersonations, Fishing
Favorite Bollywood:
- Movie: Dil Chahta Hai
- Actor: Deepika Padukone
- Playback singer: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Favorite American:
- Movie: The Shawshank Redemption
- Actor: Aziz Ansari
- Singer: Andre 3000
Favorite Indian dessert: Rasmalai
Favorite Brown Sugar song: Afterglow

Beau Garrett

School/Major/Class: McCormick/Environmental Engineering 2012
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Indian Roots: too many to list
Hobbies / Interests: photography, golf, traveling
Favorite Bollywood:
- Movie: Lagaan
- Actor: SRK
- Playback singer: Atif Aslam (for keeping BSug alive)
Favorite American:
- Movie: Traffic, The Fall
- Actor: Don Cheadle, Wee Man, Shaquille O'Neal
- Singer: John Legend, Brandon Boyd, JT
Favorite Indian dessert: kheer, jalebi
Favorite Brown Sugar song: Silsila Yeh Chaahat Ka, Afterglow

Mohini Kundu

School/Major/Class: Medill/Journalism/2012
Hometown: Pleasanton, CA
Indian Roots: Bengali
Hobbies / Interests: Singing, dancing, writing, learning languages, bad jokes, FOOD
Favorite Bollywood:
- Movie: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai/ Lagaan
- Actor: Aamir Khan
- Playback singer:
Favorite American:
- Movie:
- Actor: Leonardo Dicaprio
- Singer: Christina Aguilera
Favorite Indian dessert: Rasmalai
Favorite Brown Sugar song: Lips of an Angel/ Bheegey Hont

Tara Patel

School/Major/Class: WCAS/Political Science/2012
Hometown: Sylvania, OH
Indian Roots: Lots
Hobbies / Interests:
Favorite Bollywood:
- Movie: Lagaan
- Actor: Aamir Khan
- Playback singer:
Favorite American:
- Movie: Shawshank Redemption and The Lord of the Rings series
- Actor: Natalie Portman, Johnny Depp
- Singer: CAN'T DECIDE
Favorite Indian dessert: Rasmalai
Favorite Brown Sugar song: Gravity/Kuch Is Tarah

Anjli Lodhavia

School/Major/Class: Human Communication Sciences & Psychology; SoC 2013
Hometown: Wheeling, IL
Indian Roots: Gujarati Baby!
Hobbies / Interests: Napping, Playing with Kids, Watching Marathons of HIMYM, Sleeping, Eating, Singing in the Shower, etc.
Favorite Bollywood:
- Movie: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai--there are TWO Anjalis!
- Actor: Saif Ali Khan
- Playback singer: Adnan Sami
Favorite American:
- Movie: Remember the Titans
- Actor: Chace Crawford. Yes, I like Gossip Girl. Bite me.
- Singer: You mean my current obsession? Uhh, Mike Posner.
Favorite Indian dessert: Mango Lassi... Om Nom Nom ;)
Favorite Brown Sugar song: Khuda Jaane

Kaushal Khambhati

School/Major/Class: McCormick/Applied Math/2013
Hometown: West Windsor, NJ
Indian Roots: Gujarat
Hobbies / Interests: Guitar, Cello, Calvin and Hobbes, Pav Bhaji, (shamelessly) Owl City
Favorite Bollywood:
- Movie: Dil Chahta Hai
- Actor: Amir Khan
- Playback singer: Atif Aslam
Favorite American:
- Movie: V for Vendetta
- Actor: Will Smith (disregard irrelevance to favorite movie)
- Singer: Brandon Boyd of Incubus
Favorite Indian dessert: Kaju Katri
Favorite Brown Sugar song: High and Dry/Kyun Chor Gaye

Manu Anjanappa

School/Major/Class: Weinberg/Econ and Math/2013
Hometown: Ellicott City, MD
Indian Roots: Bengaluru, Karnataka
Hobbies / Interests: Chipotle, Basketball, and a little bit of Singing
Favorite Bollywood:
- Movie: New York
- Actor: SRK
- Playback singer: Sonu Nigam
Favorite American:
- Movie: Casino Royale
- Actor: Kiefer Sutherland
- Singer: Ryan Tedder/OneRepublic
Favorite Indian dessert: Obbattu/Holige
Favorite Brown Sugar song: Afterglow

Gaurav Kikani

School/Major/Class: Weinberg -- MMSS/Economics -- 2014
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Indian Roots: Patna, Bihar
Hobbies / Interests: Music, Sports
Favorite Bollywood:
- Movie: Lagaan
- Actor: Priyanka Chopra
- Playback singer: Sonu Nigam
Favorite American: Barack Obama
- Movie: Inception, Shawshank Redemption
- Actor: Jessica Alba
- Singer:Eminem, Jay-Z, Coldplay
Favorite Indian dessert: Gujia
Favorite Brown Sugar song: Halo/Shukran Allah

Mitra Veeramasuneni

School/Major/Class: Weinberg/Economics and Computer Science/2014
Hometown: Round Lake, Illinois
Indian Roots: Tenali, Andhra Pradesh
Hobbies / Interests: Music, Fencing
Favorite Bollywood:
- Movie: Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham
- Actor: Priyanka Chopra
- Playback singer: Sonu Nigam
Favorite American:
- Movie: Dark Knight
- Actor: Mila Kunis
- Singer: Ne-Yo
Favorite Indian dessert: Gulab Jamun
Favorite Brown Sugar song: Halo/Shukran Allah

Noor Hasan

School/Major/Class: WCAS/English Writing and Legal Studies Pre-Law/2014
Hometown: Skokie, IL
Indian Roots: Pakistani (half Pathan, half Punjabi)
Hobbies / Interests: poetry, singing, playing guitar, writing, humanitarianism, French language and culture, talking like a GPS, pretending to be Jamaican
Favorite Bollywood:
- Movie: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- Actor: Shahrukh Khan
- Playback singer: Shreya Ghoshal, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Favorite American:
- Movie: Sixteen Candles
- Actor: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Singer: Jack's Mannequin
Favorite Indian dessert: Laddoo
Favorite Brown Sugar song: Des Rangila

Priyanka Tilve

School/Major/Class: Medill/Journalism/2014
Hometown: West Windsor, NJ
Indian Roots: Maharashtra (Mumbai)
Hobbies / Interests: singing, dancing, eating om nom nom, making weird noises instead of using words
Favorite Bollywood:
- Movie: Dil Chahta Hai
- Actor: Aamir Khan
- Playback singer: Sonu Nigam
Favorite American:
- Movie: The Breakfast Club
- Actor: Colin Firth
- Singer: Eminem/John Mayer; weird mix, I know
Favorite Indian dessert: Gulab Jamun
Favorite Brown Sugar song: Breakeven/Wonderwall or Shukran Allah/Halo

Al Johri

School/Major/Class: McCormick/Engineering/2015
Hometown: Clifton, New Jersey
Indian Roots: Indian
Hobbies / Interests: not memorizing my lines, singing obscure 90's bollywood songs
Favorite Bollywood:
- Movie: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- Actor: Shahrukh Khan
- Playback singer: Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam
Favorite American:
- Movie:
- Actor:
- Singer:
Favorite Indian dessert:
Favorite Brown Sugar song:

Anjolie Kulkarni

School/Major/Class: Weinberg/Undecided/2015
Hometown: Fairfax, Virginia
Indian Roots: Maharashtra, Mumbai
Hobbies / Interests: cooking, watching 30 Rock/Arrested Development (movie?), photography, running
Favorite Bollywood:
- Movie: Raajneeti
- Actor: Arjun Rampal
- Playback singer:
Favorite American:
- Movie:12 angry men...and LOTR.
- Actor:Edward Norton
- Singer: Adele/Michael Buble
Favorite Indian dessert:Gulab Jamun and Mango Lassi
Favorite Brown Sugar song:Khuda Jaane

Farzaan Kassam

School/Major/Class: Weinberg/ Cognitive Science (Pre-Med)/ 2015
Hometown: Evergreen Park, IL
Indian Roots: Indian
Hobbies / Interests:Singing, Playing guitar/ saxophone, music, sports, movies, friends, family
Favorite Bollywood:
- Movie: Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham
- Actor: Hrithik Roshan
- Playback singer:
Favorite American:
- Movie:Lord of the Rings
- Actor:Katherine Heigl
- Singer: Blink-182/Taylor Swift
Favorite Indian dessert:
Favorite Brown Sugar song:Halo/Shukran Allah

Jack Lowrie

School/Major/Class:Communications/Theatre/2015
Hometown: Belmont, MA
Indian Roots: N/A
Hobbies / Interests:singing, theatre, chipotle
Favorite Bollywood:
- Movie: Muqabla Muqabla
- Actor: Muqabla Muqabla
- Playback singer: Whoever sings Muqabla Muqabla
Favorite American:
- Movie:
- Actor:
- Singer:
Favorite Indian dessert:
Favorite Brown Sugar song:

Medhavi Bhasin

School/Major/Class: Weinberg/Cognitive Science/2015
Hometown: Naperville, IL
Indian Roots: Punjabi
Hobbies / Interests:Cooking, songwriting
Favorite Bollywood:
- Movie: 3 Idiots
- Actor: Hrithik Roshan
- Playback singer:Shaan, Sonu Nigam
Favorite American:
- Movie:12 Angry Men
- Actor:Leonardo DiCaprio
- Singer: Adele
Favorite Indian dessert: Gulab Jamun
Favorite Brown Sugar song:Halo/Shukran Allah

Vinithra Rajagopalan

School/Major/Class: McCormick/Biomedical Engineering/2015
Hometown: Lake Zurich, IL
Indian Roots: Tamil
Hobbies / Interests:Mackin' with Mitra the Mack Daddy
Favorite Bollywood:
- Movie:
- Actor: Amitabh Bachhan
- Playback singer: Hariharan
Favorite American:
- Movie:LOTR
- Actor:Leonardo DiCaprio
- Singer:Beyonce
Favorite Indian dessert: Gulab Jamun
Favorite Brown Sugar song:Paradise