Aalok Mehta

Aalok Sharad Mehta was born and raised in NJ. He also spent time in India during his childhood and fell in love with Indian music and culture. He is fluent in conversational Gujarati. In high school he was a first team all-state tennis player. He went on to play tennis at TCNJ and then began a career as a musician. He studied Indian Classical Music on Sitar under the tutelage of his esteemed guru Pandit Nayan Ghosh at the renowned Sangit Mahabharati in Mumbai, India. He has had the honor of working on TV, Film, Theatre, and Commercials. His debut film, which he scored and starred in as the lead, American Chai, was the recipient of the Slamdance and GenArt Film Festival Audience Awards. He created the role of Salim in on Broadway in the original cast of Lord Andrew Lloyd Weber and AR Rahman's Bombay Dreams. He met his wife Anisha Nagarajan while working on Bombay Dreams. They have two children. Other credits include The Jay Leno Show (NBC), Joey (NBC), 30 Rock (NBC), The New Adventures