Background
Tripathy, was born in Brampton, Canada to an Indian-American father and mother.
Tripathy, was born in Brampton, Canada to an Indian-American father and mother.
After high school, Tripathy attended University of California, Los Angeles for engineering and applied for the undergraduate film program but was rejected twice.
The short was also honored at Warner Brothers in June 2011. He went on to model for several brands including Mountain Dew, Adidas Collegiate, University of California, Los Angeles, HFDC Bank, Dreams Collection and BearWear. In fall 2012, Sunny produced a reality television pilot called The Grind featuring Sahil Punamia (Keeping Up With the Guptas), Michael Vayder, Shafic Tayara, popular-artist Vinita and Ron Artest (MettaWorld Peace) from the Los Angeles Lakers.
The show was never released to the public.
In December 2012, Tripathy was named among the Top 50 Coolest Desis In The World, sharing the list with Mindy Kaling, Priyanka Chopra, and Malala Yousafzai. In July 2014 and at the age of 24, Tripathy sold his first pilot script and reached a development deal with 20th Century Fox Television, to create a show based on him and his family.
Tripathy is an ambassador to The Hunger Project and is an active donor to the University of California, Los Angeles Ronald Reagan Children"s Hospital. In November 2013, he hosted a birthday event to raise money and toys for the hospitals pediatric patients.
Many of Tripathy"s film projects often resonate themes of social justice issues.
His project, Naked Innocence, was in response to several teen bullying and suicide cases in 2010. The Locket, was in tribute to the victims of the 2011 terrorist attack in Oslo, Norway. Sunny is involved with other non-profit organizations including Every 15 Minutes, Oriya Society of Americas, SEEDS, and the Sheila Kar Heart Foundation.
Tripathy won the 1st season of Last Teen Comic Standing at the age of 17 and performed stand-up specials in Toronto, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. In 2011, Tripathy’s short film, Naked Innocence, won several awards. In 2012, he won the titles of Mr. Photogenic and Mr. India West Coast of the Mission India America Pageant.
