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Mr.Sankalp Meshram

Mr. Sankalp Meshram, after doing his Post Graduate Diploma in Editing from the FTII Pune, has been working as a Editor and Film Maker. He edited the Feature Film “Katha Don Ganpat Roanchi” in 1997 (Marathi) which won the state award for the best Film apart from being shown at various International Film Festivals and the National Award for Best Editing in the year 2001 for the Film Lokapriya. He also wrote and directed “Chhutkan Ki Mahabharat” which got him the National Award in the year 2005.

 

Mr.Sidharth Sinha

Sidharth Sinha graduated from the FTII as a Direction student.  His final Diploma Film “Udedhbun” won the Silver Bear award in the Short Film Category at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlin in 2008, a prestige that has in the past been conferred on Indian Luminaries like V.Shantaram, Satayajit Ray, Mrinal Sen . The Film just won the Award for the best short film in the National Awards 2009.It  gained a lot more recognition in festivals in both Indian and abroad.He was invited as a jury member to various international film festivals.  
He is also appointed as a member in selection committee for Mumbai Film Festival(MAMI) 2009.Currently he is planning to direct his first feature film.

 

Mr.Rafey Mahmood

After completing his BA in Economics, Modern History & Political Sciences MA in Mass Communication,Mr. Rafey Mahmood went on to do a Post Graduate Diploma in Cinematography from the Film & Television Institute of India, Pune.

Having worked in the media industry for many years he has been the Director of Photography (DOP) for feature films like ‘Mithya’, ‘Mixed Doubles’, ‘Raghu Romeo’, ‘Katha Don Ganpatraoanchi’, ‘Journey to Mecca’ (an upcoming IMAX film produced byCosmic Pictures) and many more. He has also done the cinematography for acclaimed short films like ‘Tarana’, a 35mm Non Fiction Film on Indian Classical Music, which won the Golden Lotus Award for the Best Non- Fiction Film at the National Film Awards, and many more. He has shot around 400 Commercials for Advertising Agencies, like JW Thompson, Grey Worldwide, Mc Caan Erikson, O&M, Leo Burnett, Mudra.

He has won the Radio & Press Advertising award (RAPA) in the year 2007 for ‘Best Cinematography’ in an Ad Film for Bose Audio Systems.

 

Mr.Satish Bhatia

Mr Satish Bhatia graduated from FTII Pune in the year 1967 and started working as a head of the Film and Video Camera department of Doordarshan Mumbai and Delhi. 

Mr Bhatia has worked as a cinematographer with reputed directors such as Hrishekesh Mukherjee, Raman Kumar, Simi Garewal, Kundan Shah etc and also has worked on News Sports and Current affairs programmes for various international television networks like Transtel(Germany), Rosselini and Associati (Rome), Sports Satellite Broadcasting( U.K.)

He has also directed and photographed more than 100 documentaries and corporate films like Raj Kapoor, India's Rajiv, World Heritage Series "Taj Mahal". 

 

Mr. Dev Agarwal

Dev’s passion to capture the fleeting moments and its beauty was seeded early when he was in school. He went on to complete his photography course from Society of Photographers, Kolkata in 2001. Then he did his B.A in Mass Communication and Film Studies from St Xavier’s College, Kolkata and then Post Graduate Diploma in Cinematography from the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. Now Mumbai is the city where he lives and work as a freelance Cinematographer / Director… He had worked in the media industry form a very young age in Kolkata as a Chief Assistant Director in Ad films. He had also worked with eminent Indian as well as International Artists and Theatre Directors. He had worked as an associate Cinematographer in AD, Feature, Corporate and Documentary Films. He has independently shot documentaries, short fiction films and corporate films. He is the Creative Head at Purple Haze Films and he is currently directing a Non - Fiction Film titled Unheard Voices in collaboration with Film Division, Public Broadcasting Service Trust & Purple Haze films.

 

Mr.Vipin Bhati

Vipin Bhati graduated as a Sound Engineer from the FTII in Pune in 1997. Since then he has been the Location Sound Mixer for films like the upcoming Film Zokkomon (Produced by Disney), Jodha Akbar , Garam Masala,  8x10 Tasvir , Aashayein, Bombay to Bangkok, and many more.  He also did the location sound for a 30 minute documentary “VULTURES” for discovery channel produced by Film Republic (2003). He was also   the   Sound designer and technical advisor, “WAR AND PEACE” - documentary directed by Anand Patwardhan. (Winner of Best Film at Mumbai International Film Festival, 2002 and National Award for Best Documentary, 2004).