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Place of Birth: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: c. 1999/2000
Ethnicity: Indian [Tamil, Malayali, Sindhi]
Ishana Night Shyamalan is an American filmmaker. She wrote and directed the film The Watchers (2024). She has also written for, and directed episodes of, the show Servant .
She is the daughter of Bhavna Vaswani, a doctor, and director, screenwriter, producer, and actor M. Night Shyamalan . Her paternal grandparents moved to the U.S. in the late 1960s, but her grandmother went back to India to give birth to her father there. Her sister is R&B singer and songwriter Saleka Shyamalan.
Ishana’s paternal grandfather is named Nelliate C. Shyamalan. Nelliate is of Malayali origin, from Mahé.
Ishana’s paternal grandmother is named Jayalakshmi. Jayalakshmi is of Tamil origin.
Source: Genealogy of Ishana Night Shyamalan (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com