Nikhil Gahlawat
The Indecisive...er...Brainy One
Biography
Nikhil Gahlawat moved to Chicago after graduating from Purdue University and plays regularly with his good friends and teammates as part of Jessica. He also wrote and performed in the two previous Jessica Presents shows as well as in the improvised dance comedy Jaime's Dance Studio.
Nik's Desert Island Albums
- OK Computer, Radiohead
- Achtung Baby, U2 - "For me, it's both grand and intimate. Possibly over-dramatic at times, but so is being stranded on a desert island."
- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco
- Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, Pavement
- Either/Or, Elliott Smith
- Low End Theory, A Tribe Called Quest
Nik's Desert Island Books
- The Elegant Universe, Brian Greene
- Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch, Donald J. Sobol - "A staple of my childhood. If I had to pick one from the series, this would be it. And if I'm not mistaken, in this one we get to see Sally Kimball sock someone in the gut."
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers
- Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder
Nik's Desert Island Movies
- Ghostbusters
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Back to the Future
- Brother, Where Art Thou?
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Dumb and Dumber