Today we’d like to introduce you to Falguni Lakhani Adams. Them and their team share their story with us below:
Can you give us some background on Falguni’s story?
Falguni Lakhani Adams is an Emmy Award-winning producer and Executive with Vice.
TV, A multi-hyphenate -Mom, Director, Writer, mindfulness coach and entrepreneur she resides in Los Angeles, Ca.
Born in Bombay, India and proudly representing Jackson Heights, Queens, Falguni has a law degree from St. John’s University and more than 20 years of experience producing creative nonfiction stories for broadcast TV, digital media and long-form audio documentaries. A recent Environmental Media Association winner for Vice TV’s series “Unknown Amazon with Pedro Andrade” she has a knack for taking unassuming shows and making them hits. Along with seeking stories around underrepresented groups. Other recent projects include “The Search for Q”, “Too Soon: Comedy after 9/11” and “Black Market with Michael K Williams.” Prior to Vice TV she worked on shows such as “United Shades of America” with W. Kamau Bell, the NatGeo series “Valley of the Boom,” and a limited series for Amazon Studios about the DC sniper shootings. She also has a long list of credits for NBC News and MSNBC, including 10 years at Dateline NBC.
Along with her penchant for writing and directing, Falguni recently co-founded Getting Hotter, a community-based enterprise within the wellness space to create a safe space for women, with a focus on South Asian women, navigate all phases of menopause, and women’s health from a girlfriend’s perspective. Her focus on production and community has earned her a space in Veronica Beard’s Make it Happen campaign which highlights women who are movers and shakers in work and life.
Falguni is an active member with Chief, a membership network focused on connecting and supporting female executive leaders. In her spare time, Falguni is a board member with the Boys and Girls Club of Venice and a mentor in the Hollywood Radio & Television Society mentorship program as well as mentoring with Democroshe.
She has recently added a speaker to her resume as she often travels to speak to youth around the country about the power of pivot and the myth of balance. As well as the power one has to constantly change their narrative as she has changed hers many times. Falguni has two musically-inclined children that conspire against her in Mandarin, which she does not speak. To help herself and her kids stay sane, she frequently teaches mindfulness and meditation to students at her children’s school and challenges anyone to scrabble game.
Falguni , we all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
I once thought I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life and I chose everything I could to make that dream a reality. Until one day it occurred to me that it wasn’t my dream at all. Yes a familiar story for many but I would say my greatest obstacle has always been myself. My inability to budge when it came to the ideas I had in my head around how I should be living my life. Once that was removed, my life changed …drastically. For the better.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I am currently an executive producer with ViceTV and cover a range of docuseries to documentaries. I am overseeing shows ranging from crime to Most Expensivist with 2Chainz. I have been a writer/producer for almost 20 years now and truly haven’t looked back.
I have won multiple Emmys for my shows and would say one of the greatest shows I ever produced (in my opinion) is United Shades of America with Kamau Bell, an episode about Sikhs in America. It is the truest example of how I was able to use my platform to elevate and educate around my own community.
Is there something surprising that you feel even people who know you might not know about?
I have always chosen professions or roles where I need to publicly speak and I am terrified every single time I do it. There’s something about the sound of my own voice that still makes my knees tremble.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/falguniadams/
- Instagram: @producermama. @gettinghotterofficial
Image Credits
Katie Flynn
