We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful GIRIDHARAN SRINIVASAN. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with GIRIDHARAN below.
Hi GIRIDHARAN, appreciate you sitting with us today to share your wisdom with our readers. So, let’s start with resilience – where do you get your resilience from?
I think my resilience comes from being out here in Los Angeles alone, chasing a dream that most people back home couldn’t even imagine. When you leave everything familiar — your family, culture, comfort — and land in a city built on ambition, you either find your strength or you fall apart. For me, I found mine through silence, struggle, and self-belief.
When I first came here from Chennai, I didn’t have a safety net. Every day was a test — learning how to survive, connect, and build something from scratch in an industry where no one knows your name. There were days I didn’t know what would happen next, but I always reminded myself: you came this far, so keep going.
Over time, I learned that resilience isn’t about being unbreakable — it’s about bending without losing your shape. It’s about showing up again and again, even when no one’s watching. Every rejection, every quiet night alone, every uncertain step — it all built a fire in me that nothing else could.
My resilience comes from saying yes when fear told me to say no, from being adaptable when life kept changing the plan, and from trusting that everything — even the pain — is part of a bigger story being written for me.
I think that’s what resilience really is: not just surviving, but turning your survival into strength. And for me, that strength comes from believing that I was meant to be here — to create, to connect, and to keep going no matter what.
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
My name is Giri Srinivasan, also known as GIRIZY — I’m an actor, musician, and storyteller based in Los Angeles. I was raised in Chennai, India, and came to LA to chase my dream of blending Hollywood and Bollywood — creating stories that feel global, emotional, and deeply personal.
My work as an actor and filmmaker focuses on bridging cultures and showing the human side of ambition, identity, and connection. My upcoming bilingual feature, “InBetween,” follows a Tamil boy in LA rediscovering who he is — it’s a story close to my heart because it mirrors the balance I live every day.
Music is another language for me. I started out as a beatboxer, and now I’m working on fusing beatboxing and cinematic production — creating soundtracks that feel raw, human, and alive. It’s all about rhythm, emotion, and storytelling through sound.
And on the visual side, I also run a photo booth brand that I treat like cinema. Every setup, light, and movement is designed to make people feel like they’re in their own film — whether it’s a red carpet, wedding, or festival. It’s storytelling in real time — capturing real emotion with style. I see it as the future of events — where technology, art, and human moments come together.
At the end of the day, everything I do — acting, music, or the photo booth world — comes from the same place: the love of creating experiences that people remember. I want every project to leave a mark, whether it’s on-screen or in someone’s memory.
There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
Looking back, I’d say the three biggest qualities that shaped my journey are independence, openness, and adaptability.
Coming to LA by myself taught me how to be truly independent — to figure things out on my own and trust the process. When you’re away from home, every decision becomes part of your growth, and that independence pushes you to discover who you really are.
The second is openness — just saying yes to experiences, even the ones that scare you or seem uncertain. I’ve learned that being open doesn’t mean saying yes to everything, but knowing which opportunities feel right and trusting that they’re meant for you.
And the third is adaptability. You have to be able to move, evolve, and exist in different spaces. Travel, explore, meet people from different backgrounds — don’t get too comfortable in one place or one version of yourself.
My advice for anyone early in their journey is this: don’t chase comfort. It’s temporary anyway. Growth happens when you step into the unknown. Be patient, be curious, and don’t expect results right away. Just do it — because every experience, even the smallest one, is shaping the person you’re becoming.
What was the most impactful thing your parents did for you?
The most impactful thing my parents ever did for me was that they let me be myself. Throughout my life, they never tried to shape me into something I wasn’t. Of course, they said no to the right things as parents should, but they were never restrictive when it came to who I wanted to be or what I wanted to pursue.
My parents are typical Indian in many ways, but not when it comes to that. They’re incredibly kind, humble, and genuine people — very much in their own world, just being themselves. And I think that’s where I got a lot of my freedom from.
Over the years, as they’ve seen my journey unfold, they’ve come to understand it more deeply. Now they’re truly happy for me and support me fully. That kind of love — the kind that gives you space to grow — is something I’ll always be grateful for.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://gdreamstudios.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/girizy
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@gdreamstudios
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/girisrinivasan
Image Credits
Photographer – Kushagra Jain
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