Working across documentary, installation and projection, Naina explores gender and cultural identity and equity, privileging First Nations and South East Asian narratives. Naina’s debut documentary feature The Song Keepers premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2017, and in 2020 Naina directed and produced the 8-part series Jimmy Shu’s Taste Of The Territory for SBS. Throughout this period Naina has collaborated extensively on projects with Aboriginal communities across Australia.

Naina is currently on the National Artistic Directorate of Next Wave and is also developing large-scale, multi-screen immersive video installation সুন্দরী (Shundori) between Australia and India, that deconstructs the Indian Feminine, exploring the intersections of ritual, mythology, sexuality and gender.