[1][2] She studied at the American Film Institute, and served as Creative Head for Indusgeeks.
[5] Talati's short film, Mae & Ash (2012), was inspired from her personal experience in Bombay, where her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend stayed with him for a week, leading to feelings of insecurity.
[3] Talati produced the short Execution (2020), which won a special jury mention at the New Orleans Film Festival,[6] and Honolulu (2023) by Maya Tanaka,[7] and was the story producer for the documentary Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023).
[8][better source needed] Apart from her narrative work, Talati has contributed to Netflix's We Are: The Brooklyn Saints (2021) and HBO's Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas (2018), where her episode earned a GLAAD award nomination for its exploration of racist policing.
[10] Girls will be Girls won an Audience Award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival,[11][12][13][14] and its lead actor Preeti Panigrahi won a Special Jury Award for Acting for her performance.