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Director of Photography

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Waagh (The Leopard) (Short 2025) ⭐ 9.2 | Short, Drama

20m

Waagh - Short Film

Mumbai, the only city in the world with a forest at its heart, is where leopards roam beside highways and high-rises. When one is found dead at a newly redeveloped housing society, 8-year-old Apu's inner world begins to fracture. What starts as unease spirals into paranoia, as small everyday violences - dismissive adults, buried tensions, unseen fears -- begin to close in. Waagh is a tense psychological drama that explores how a child internalizes fear in a city where even the adults have forgotten how to listen.

Official selection: Frightfest UK 2025, Beijing International Short Film Festival Nova Competition 2025, 36th Cinemagic Film Festival Ireland, Kathmandu Horror Film Festival 2025

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A film for Sarovar Group of Hotels

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Zomato Riding Center - Commercial

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Thaaragai Aarathana | Earth Day | Director's Cut

Director & Producer: Gaurav | கவுரவ் @gauravjjoshi Writer: Kayra | காய்ரா @kayaywhyareay DP: Vandita | வந்திதா @van.devi AC: Umang | உமாங் @

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LUX Getting Ready Indonesia - Ex-offenders

Through this campaign, Lux and VML Singapore have designed a program, aimed to help ex-offenders to re-embrace beauty to re-enter society with confidence and dignity.

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Zero Man of India | Director's Cut

Let's witness the story of an unsung teacher- "The Zero Man of India". 'Shunya' encompasses everything in our life and proves the equation…

Teachers’ Day Film for JK Paper

Let’s witness the story of an unsung teacher- “The Zero Man of India”. ‘Shunya’ encompasses everything in our life and proves the equation 0=1. This Teacher’s Day let’s celebrate the indomitable spirit of all such unsung teachers.

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LUX Getting Ready

Through this campaign, Lux and VML Singapore have designed a programme, aimed to help women ex-offenders to re-embrace beauty to re-enter so

LUX Getting Ready India - Ex-offenders

Through this campaign, Lux and VML Singapore have designed a program, aimed to help ex-offenders to re-embrace beauty to re-enter society with confidence and dignity.

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Eggoz Commercial - Interview

A miniature stop motion film with 2D animation

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Eggoz Commercial - Dulaari Ki Shaadi

A stop motion miniature film with 2D animation

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Documentary Series (Amazon Prime)

Rainbow Rishta is a romantic documentary series that follows LGBTQ+ stories about finding and celebrating love across India - whether it is dating as a transwoman, planning a one of its kind rainbow wedding, trying to rent a home as a young lesbian couple or figuring out a long term relationship as a gay couple.

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Comedy Series for Youtube - Bharat Nagar Diaries Ep. 1&2

Pocket Change is a Hindi-language YouTube channel that creates relatable, comedy content for young Indians with democracy at its heart. We have a slate of police comedies, family dramedies, news shows and sketches that will encourage young people to make democracy a dinner table conversation.

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Documentary : Flickering Lights

(Best Cinematography award at IDFA 2023, documentary in competition at 28th Busan International Film Festival, featured in New Asian Currents section at Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival)

Flickering Lights (2023) | IDFA Festival

In the remote village of Tora near the India-Myanmar border, there are no roads, no water supply, no schools or hospitals. Despite over seventy years of independence in India, the village has been marginalized and forgotten because of its long history of rebellions. Then one day, news arrives that electricity will finally reach the village. The villagers are skeptical yet excited about illuminating their Christmas with bright lights. A small shop owner is thrilled at the prospect of purchasing a refrigerator and selling ice cream while the village men toil, digging a hole to erect a utility pole. With a tender and considerate gaze, Flickering Lights observe the villagers’ dreams and reality, hopes and despair until the day the village’s first lightbulb flickers to life. The villagers’ humor-laden optimism and yearning to escape the shadows of history shines brightly, much like the brilliant light that comes on after a few flickers.

Directors: Anupama Srinivasan, Anirban Dutta Cinematographers: Anupama Srinivasan, Vandita Jain, Mrinmoy Mondal

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Documentary series for Disney Star Network - WORDS OF PRIDE (trailer)

The 'Words Of Pride' project is curated with a collaborative effort between the LGBTQIA+ community, a consortium of linguists, and language specialists; this initiative stands poised to empower individuals to express their identities confidently. It is a guiding tool for allies to communicate with sensitivity and understanding.

"The Lover’s Tale" - Pooja & Archana

For Pooja & Archana, love is the one language that transcends all. Watch the powerhouse couple tell us about their journey towards this life changing union.

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Going Solo

A documentary film about the inner & outer journeys of two female Indian long-distance cyclists.

Documentary: Going Solo (In production)

A crowd funded feature documentary around the lives of two Indian female endurance cyclists.

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Diwali Ad for Adani Realty

A celebration of the Diwali spirit, of how a thought can go a long way and small gestures can light up someone’s Diwali. Because the only thing that you need to illuminate people’s lives is the intent to do good.

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Abbottt MitraClip

Director : Mukti Krishan Production House : Baqsa Productions Agency : Toaster

Brand Film for Abbott

Abbott’s revolutionary clip-based technology made it possible for him to continue living the life he had envisioned, by repairing his leaking heart valve without an open-heart surgery. Watch Mr. Akhil Bhargava’s story to know how innovation empowered him.

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Short Film: 44 (Trailer)

Not so young Ashwin navigates the challenges of middle-ageing in the thick of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Selected in the Competition section, for the 14th International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala (IDSFFK) 2022.