[2] His next film is Billion Dollar Raja inspired by the true story of the largest insider trading case in US history.

From there, Nayan studied drama at Queensborough Community College and transferred to focus on screenwriting and acting in New York City at the School of Visual Arts,[5] and continued his training at Gotham Writers' Workshop.

In 2014, he was honored by the Writers Guild of America, West Feature Access Project for his screenplay of Billion Dollar Raja based on a story by Sheetal Vyas and Nayan Padrai.

[7] In 2009, his script for When Harry Tries to Marry with writing partner Ralph Stein was a top ten finalist at Creative Screenwriting Magazine (Expo Contest).

[17] Nayan is a member of the Writers Guild of America, West, where he is a Co-Chair of the Asian American Writers Committee, and Broadcast Music, Inc. As described in his guest blog for IndieWire’s Hope for Film series,[18] Nayan launched 108 Production to make films and 108 Pics to "direct distribute" them.

108 Production has announced a film entitled Billion Dollar Raja inspired by the true story of the largest insider trading case in US history, this David vs. Goliath tale follows the journey of a tenacious SEC attorney, who is forced to fight the system to investigate a mafia style operation in the shady underbelly of Wall Street offices – filled with high profile tipsters, sexual favors, naked decadence, wild Super Bowl bashes, unapologetic greed, major corporations, secret wiretaps, the feds, and the billionaire “king of kings”… Raj Rajaratnam."