Filmmakers: Ben Rekhi, Swetlana
Country: United States, India
Language: English
Year: 2026
Run Time: 80 mins
Breaking the Glass Ceiling for Indians in the United States
Breaking the Code tells the story of Kanwal Rekhi — the first Indian to fight his way to the top of big tech and make a company public in Silicon Valley. Facing extraordinary prejudice on his rise through the ranks, he also confronted immense challenges within his home and family. His journey defied odds to change perceptions of Indians in the US, helping spark an entrepreneurial revolution.
Director(s):
Ben Rekhi is an award-winning filmmaker of Punjabi and American descent. He produced Bomb the System, directed the SXSW Audience Award winner Waterborne and wrote the English Dialogues for Ben Kingsley and Amitabh Bachchan in the Indian film Teen Patti. Rekhi has also directed The Ashram, a spiritual thriller and Watch List, a crime thriller that has won two Filipino Oscars. His next film The Reunited States, released on Amazon before its nationwide PBS premiere. His documentary short The Breakthrough Group qualified for the 2026 Oscars.
Swetlana is a screenwriter, director, and award-winning journalist dedicated to exploring gender, migration and coming-of-age narratives. She has made films for Oxfam and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and written web-series for Discovery Plus and Amazon Prime. Money Mafia (Season 3) – a docuseries she co-wrote, earned a nomination at the Content South Asian Awards 2023. Her reportage has appeared in VICE, Feminism in India, and South Asian Today. She is also the founder of Grit News, a collective dedicated to independent journalism.
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