ASTROLOGICAL
a feature film
COMING SOON
THE STORY
After succumbing to a mysterious curse, a young man must date all 12 Zodiac signs to find his true love by his 30th birthday, or he'll die.
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When Raj was born, an astrologer declared him to be cursed. If he doesn't get married by 30, he's gonna die. Holy crap!
But there's a solution! The 12 signs of the Zodiac.
We’ll follow Raj’s journey from childhood to adulthood as he dates each Zodiac sign in hopes of breaking the curse.
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Astrological is a fast-paced rom-com that explores the never-ending pressure to find the one "or else" in a hilarious feature film.​
It's inspired by romantic classics like 500 Days of Summer, with the stylized wit of Polite Society.
AFFILIATIONS & RECOGNITION
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Featured Project
Second Round - Screenplay Competition
Semi-Finalist - Diverse Voices Lab
Table Read of Astrological
Los Angeles - 2025
MEET THE CREW
Come get to know our fast growing team!
KABIR CHOPRA
Writer, Director & Actor
Kabir Chopra is an Indian-American filmmaker and actor who loves creating romantic comedies - often inspired by his dating failures. He created the award-winning comedy web series Swiped to Death, which explores the messy realities of online dating in New York, and premiered at 14 film festivals and won 3 awards.
Kabir began his career at Mirabai Films, where he was an assistant to Oscar-nominated director Mira Nair for 2 years, as well as interning at Cine Mosaic and the Indo-American Arts Council. Upon graduating from NYU Tisch’s dramatic writing program, he began working as a visual storyteller for numerous organizations. He then joined R360 where he directed and produced numerous documentaries on the legacy of high net-worth entrepreneurs.
Kabir currently works as a video editor and has created videos for brands such as Jubilee, People Magazine, ESPN, and Omaha Productions. He has also edited numerous short films, including Running, produced by and starring Danny Pudi.
As a writer, Kabir’s feature script Astrological was featured in the prestigious Stowe Story Lab, and his comedy pilot Karma received an 8 on the Blacklist. As an actor, Kabir has appeared in Madam Secretary (CBS), Americanish (Sony Pictures), and Definition Please (Netflix). When he's not working, Kabir can be found telling awful dad jokes on TikTok. He currently resides in New York where he is still searching for the perfect pizza.
AANCH KHANEJA
Producer
Aanch Khaneja is a film & television producer based in Los Angeles who has spent over a decade building filmmaker-driven production companies. She got her start at United Talent Agency, then joined Noah Hawley’s 26 Keys (Fargo), where she worked on his feature debut “Lucy in the Sky” starring Natalie Portman and Jon Hamm at Fox Searchlight. She then went on to run development for Alma Har’el (“Honey Boy”) and worked on Lady in the Lake at Apple, before joining Amy Aniobi's SuperSpecial, where they had an exclusive deal with HBO and set up multiple scripted projects still in development. They also co-ran a fellowship for screenwriter's, TRIBE, which just wrapped its third year.
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She currently produces independently building a slate of projects while also consulting creatives, executives, and media companies on development, packaging, and slate strategy. She also mentors incoming executives and runs a creative alignment and career-clarity workshop for women in entertainment. She was born in India, grew up in Singapore, and attended Boston University as a Film/TV Major and a theatre minor.
LISA DONMALL-REEVE
Producer
Lisa migrated from a successful and extensive career in theatre, which armed her with all the essential cross transferable skills for producing. She is a true collaborator with a passion for storytelling and has over two decades of production experience.
Lisa is a proud member of The Producers Guild of America (PGA), The Documentary Producers Alliance (DPA) and the Women’s Independent Producers group.Her company, LDR Creative, plays to its strengths to make an impact. It has enjoyed its role in creating excellence in film entertainment building creative teams that inspire and to deliver a product that makes a difference. Lisa has been awarded over 15 major film festival awards in its first nine years of production.
Her most recent work includes two feature length documentaries; Uprooted (Original release on HBO Max, now available on Amazon Prime in the US, Uk, Australia and New Zealand) and Forked (Now available on Apple TV and Amazon Prime in the US and the UK).She has several feature length projects in development and looks forward to creating, collaborating, and producing the current and future generation's vision in film.
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JENNIFER PERALTA-AJEMIAN
Casting Director
Jennifer Peralta-Ajemian is a Casting Director, Filmmaker, and Founder of JPA — a multidisciplinary storytelling company shaping culture through inclusive casting, narrative development, and creative innovation. A casting professional since 2005, Jennifer trained under leading casting directors, including Avy Kaufman, Bernard Telsey, Cindy Tolan, and Liz Lewis, before launching JPA Casting in 2014 to champion historically underestimated voices for screens of all sizes. Before casting, she worked at Henderson/Hogan and CESD talent agencies.
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Her casting credits span award-winning and internationally distributed projects such as Feeling Through (Oscar Nominee, Dir. Doug Roland), Dark My Light (Dir. Neal Dhand, Amazon Prime), and The Catch (Dir. Matthew Balzer, Apple TV/Tubi). Her casting work has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, SXSW, Tribeca, Cinequest, Dances With Films, Austin Film Festival, New York Latino Film Festival, and featured in The New York Times, Ellen, and Today.
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Her projects in development include the feature films House on Fire (Dir. Kareem Mortimer), The Rhodora (Dir. Maria Matteoli), and Lineage (Dir. Robin Rose Singer).
Beyond film, Jennifer has cast for major organizations and large brands, including A21, A&E, Comcast, Heineken, Dollar General, Swiffer, and Western Union. She has served on festival juries and as a panelist for Glass Elevator, Film Fatales, and the Globescreen Conference, where she advocates for authenticity, representation, and a values-first approach to storytelling.
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CAROLINE MARIKO-STUCKY
Director of Photography
Caroline Mariko Stucky is an award-winning Swiss-Japanese cinematographer with a fierce passion for American culture. With an unusually technical background, her work includes fiction, documentary, commercial, and music videos. Stucky has been a member of the International Collective of Female+ Cinematographers since 2018.
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Stucky completed her fourth feature film, Regarding Us, the Summer of 2023. The film follows Veronica, a teacher who gets fired from a catholic school for being transgender. It will premiere in June 2024 at the Dances With Films in Los Angeles. Her third feature film Stag, a female-centered horror-comedy, won multiple awards including Best “Chills & Thrills" at the Female Eye Film Festival 2022.
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Most recently, Caroline shot the viral music video Lift Me Up for blind singer/songwriter Lachi. The song is a tribute to Disability Rights Icon Judy Heumann and showcases ASL Performers. The music video was in consideration for a Grammy nomination in the Best Music Video category.
CHELSEA TAYLOR
Editor
Chelsea Taylor is a New York based editor whose work spans documentaries, scripted film, and television. Her scripted feature editing credits include Snakehead (TIFF), Milkwater (Nashville), and The Floaters (Bentonville). She served as an associate editor on Bubble & Squeak (Sundance) and most recently edited Divine Blood, starring Lena Headey and Robin Tunney.
Chelsea has also edited numerous short films, including Let Liv (Tribeca) and Tangles & Knots (SXSW and Berlinale). Additional credits include work on The White Tiger (Netflix) and Palm Royale (Apple TV+).
RHEA D'SOUZA
Production Designer
Rhea D'Souza is a production designer originally from Mumbai, India with an innate desire to birth worlds by balancing the honesty of humanity with the magic of film making. Currently based in New York, she completed her MFA in Production Design from NYU Tisch School of the Arts (2021). She has worked on Indian feature films like Gully Boy, A Death in the Gunj, etc. and on commercials and photoshoots for Novartis, Kiehl’s, Meta, Target, UPS etc.
Her films have screened at film festivals like Tribeca Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and Asian American International Film Festival to name a few as well as streaming on Apple TV and Hulu (Ramona at Midlife, A New York Story and Beast).
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