Founder & CEO of Amour Films

Ishq Pradhan was drawn to the medium of film following a rigorous study of Kathak, a North-Indian classical dance form, in which the dancer utilizes movement and facial expression as a means of storytelling. Her desire to tell stories in a manner that could be understood universally, across cultures, led her to study at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, where she discovered a passion for exploring how romantic and familial relationships shape the creation of cultural, sexual, and artistic identity. Her work explores themes of complex relationships, coming-of-age, and dysfunctional family dynamics, often while blending in dance as a means of contributing to the narrative.

She has worked under and been mentored by acclaimed writer-directors Lara Shapiro and Vikramaditya Motwane, a pioneer in the modern Indian Independent film movement. Her short films have been screened and awarded globally. She wrote, directed, and starred in her most recent film, "Tadap," showcasing the heartbreaking reality of child marriage in India. It recently premiered at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival, and International South Asian Film Festival, and was a Semi-Finalist at the Academy-Award and BAFTA Qualifying Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival. As a writer, her work has been recognized by the LA Femme International Film Festival, Screencraft, and The BlackList.

Bianca is an actor, dancer, writer, producer, and a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts and London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts studying Drama and Classical Acting respectively. Bianca is deeply passionate about the human condition and leads with the understanding that artists and therapists work tangential, both studying the relationship between behavior and psychology. She has been described as an intellectual and instinctual artist, pairing her deep sensitivity and empathy with a love for curious analysis and extensive preparation. 

Upon graduating, Bianca made her professional debut with the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival and has recently completed two California-wide tours with the company as Rosalind in ‘As You Like It’ and Helena in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. In addition, Bianca has had the immense privilege of bringing several new works to life in the independent film and regional theater scenes and is exploring how she can continue honing her craft as a performer and apply it to her work as a writer and producer.

Bianca is drawn to the fact that the exchanging of stories plays a critical and beautiful role in how we understand ourselves and connect with others. Driven by that, she works to tell intimate, relationship-driven stories that exhibit authenticity and vulnerability to help others know that they are not alone and embrace their most courageous, complex, and human selves.