Anjali Punjabi
Anjali Punjabi has worked as the Line Producer for films like ‘Voices in the sky’ by Farhan Akhtar, ‘Little Zizou’ by Sooni Taraporevala and as Assistant Director for films like ‘Kamasutra’& ‘Monsoon Wedding’ by Mira Nair.She won the Best Director Award at the 50th National Film Awards 2003, in the non-feature section for the film ‘A few things I know about her’.
‘Miranagari’, her film on storytelling and the role of the artist in society woven around multiple narratives of the poet- Saint Mirabai. Funded by IFA (India Foundation for the Arts), won the Best Documentary, in the Mumbai International Film Festival, 2002 and the Special Jury Award at the Kara Film Festival, Karachi 2003.
Shekhar Iyer
One of his original pitches “Comic Book Hero” was selected at Nascomm Animation& Gaming Pitch.
He was associated with Percept Picture Company as Creative Writer first and then as Creative Director for creating an original Animated Series “New Adventures of Hanuman.”Currently he is a freelance writer/director and working on creating and pitching a new concept for 3d animated series.
Payal Mathur
She has Directed a Documentary on Domestic Violence funded by Satori Productions – L.A, the PGTI Tour – Weekly golf show on CNBC TV18, the National Bowling Championship on Ten Sports, promos and contest campaigns for Mc Donald’s, Tata Sky, Idea, Discovery, Moserbaer and various Corporate Films. She was the Producer of the Sunburn Festival in Goa and the launch event of ‘myspace.com’. She is the writer of the short films – ‘The perfect Date’, ‘Happiness is a bubble’ and ‘Kashmakash’. She has worked with the Events Team on the live broadcast of shows like the Filmfare Awards, Femina Miss India, Lata – Live in Concert, Michael Jackson Concert etc.
She is the alumnus of Loyola School, Jamshedpur, Sydenham College, Mumbai and the Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai.
Mr. Suhail Abbasi
Mr. Suhail Abbasi is a creative professional with extensive experience in Print, Television and Films. He has worked with Sony Entertainment Television as the Asst. Vice President - Programming and Head of the Creative Development Department for many years. He has been responsible for creating and developing many fiction and non-fiction shows like ‘Jhalak Dikhla Jaa’, ‘Big Boss’, ‘Baabul Ka Aangann Chhootey Na’ as well as film and cricket based shows like - ‘Current Bollywood’, ‘Kahani Poori Filmi Hai’, ‘Cricket Masala’, ‘Jung World Cup Ki’, ‘Kapil Dil Se’ and many more.
He has done far-reaching work on the Marketing strategies and the look of channels like SET PICTURES & MAX. He designed the promotion and marketing campaign for the international release of the Oscar nominated film ‘LAGAAN’ and the film ‘MISSION KASHMIR’ as well as managing their participation in Toronto, Locarno & Cannes International Film Festival. He has been the Chief Assistant Director in films like ‘Hiro Hiralal’ by Ketan Mehta, ‘Agneepath’ by Mukul Anand as well as in many Television programs.
He is an alumnus of the J.J Institute of Applied Arts, the Industrial Design Centre (IDC) of the IIT and the Film & Television Institute (FTII, Pune).
Mr. Pinaki Chatterjee
Pinaki Chatterjee academically graduated with a degree in business but also holds a Masters in Comparative Literature followed by a 3-year postgraduate diploma in Film & TV editing and postproduction from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).
After graduating from FTII,he undertook a specialized program in International Film Coproducing and production management from the International Film School in Cologne. He was part of the 2006 Berlin Film Festival Talent Campus and talent project pitch sessions at the European Film Market. The same year, he also participated in the Producers Network of Marche du Film in Cannes and went again in 2007.
He was one of the founding partners of PALADOR PICTURES Mumbai - where he helped set up the first major film acquisitions company purchasing foreign, independent and adventurous cinema titles for India.
He has worked in various production positions on projects such as Mira Nair's 'THE NAMESAKE' and as an Executive Producer on films like Anubhav Sinha's 'CASH', Macbool Khan's 'KABOOTAR', Jahnu Barua's 'BUTTERFLY CHASE', Pankaj Advani's 'SANKAT CITY'. and associated produced Rajesh Shera’s 'OCEAN OF AN OLD MAN'.
Pinaki also executive produced 'A PRAYER FOR RAIN' starring Martin Sheen, Mischa Barton, Kal Penn,Rajpal Yadav,Tannishtha Chatterjee and others.On Ashim Ahluwalia’s 'MISS LOVELY' he is engaged as a Supervising Producer.Currently he is working as the film business head of Bornfree Cineparadise Pvt.Ltd for their forthcoming feature film 'SURMAYEE SHAAM' directed by Brahmanand Singh starring Nassiruddin Shah,Anurag Kashyap and Mahie GIll.
