Late Bloomer, created by and starring Raina, follows Jasmeet Dutta, a turban-wearing Punjabi Canadian millennial balancing family, community and culture against his ambitions as an online creator. “When I first started writing Late Bloomer, I wanted to tell a story that felt honest to my experience and reflected the people and community I grew up with. To see those stories resonate with audiences across Canada has been incredibly rewarding,” said Jasmeet Raina, creator, star and executive producer of Late Bloomer. Stories made by our community, on our terms, that the whole country wants to watch,” said Mannu Sandhu, Producer and Festival Director, iSAFF. “Sixteen years ago we were fighting to get South Asian films onto a Vancouver screen.