Runnin Down A Dream With Tarun Shetty
Having started his career as a doorman at New York's legendary "Boston Comedy Club," Tarun moved to L.A., quickly advancing to performing at colleges, corporate gigs, weddings, touring the Middle East for our troops, and club venues across the country. He was one of the first original YouTube Partners where he wrote/acted/produced in the hit viral web series "Desi OC," garnering over 3 million views, and the independent movie "Bobby Khan's Ticket to Hollywood." He wrote/produced a comedy segment “Generation Desi” on the global program, “Showbiz India,” and also wrote/produced on staff for G4TV. He was a series lead in the Disney's pilot "Code 9," guest-starred on NBC's "Grimm" and the thriller "DOE." He co-starred in the sitcom pilot "No Money Down" that he also co-produced and was a cast member on season 1 of Fox’s reality show “Flirty Dancing.” Tarun also started working as a commercial print model while in college and has booked over 200 national campaigns and catalogues. As a writer/producer/director, Tarun is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts film school. He created the web series, "Rinku and Dinesh" "Critical Mass," "Colorblind," "P.I.p.i.", his Facebook travel show “Tarun’s Travels,” the Instagram series “Brothers” and various spec commercials. He’s most proud of his first novella “LAUGHING IN HELL” - a fiction book based upon true real life events. It’s a gritty story about the world of stand-up comedy.
