LEADERSHIP
- 2019: My efforts as the Lead Member of Ideation Team of Director Ms. Sheetal Sharma for children’s films at ‘Space Monkey’ (A production house) led to the greenlighting of several high-potential films.
- 2020-2021: Conceived, designed, and launched an online film festival where amateur filmmakers from all over the world can upload their works. Proceeds were shared with WLF-SA
- 2023: Associate Producer for Emchan’s now highest viewed show ‘Culture Shock (S6)’, ‘Apocalypse Forever (S2)’, NBS Emerson’s ‘Next Floor, Please (E2)’, B.F.A. ‘Brad’ (short film in post-production, raised over $8,000), ‘Gradient Descent’ (short film in post-production) Untitled Santosh Ram feature film (in development)
- 2024: Producer for ‘The Man That Had Mastered Time’ (short film in post-production) and ‘Hung Juror’ (short film in-development) Associate Producer for NBS Emerson’s ‘Next Floor, Please (E3)’ (in post-production) ‘Ex-Funeral’ (short film in post-production) BA ‘Mirror Mirror’ (short film in post-production) EIV TV’s ‘In Your Head’ (short film in post-production) and Flawless Picture’s ‘Grace’ (short film in post-production) Executive Producer for BFA ‘Chaka’s Circuit’ (short film in production, $15,000 budget) Co-Producer ‘Black Friday’ (short film in-development)
CREATIVE EXPERIENCE
- 2020: Work spearheaded by me, was amongst few selected at ‘FOBISIA’-Asia online film competition
- 2020: Writer & Director of short film ‘Dermestids’ and ‘Safety Lock’
- 2020-2021: Successfully completed online program by ‘Backstage,’ teaching art of acting and filmmaking through webinars with experts including: Nicole Kidman, Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan
- 2021: Completed on-campus summer acting course for film and television at American Academy of Dramatic Arts NYC during the pandemic and signed year-long contract with ‘SW Artists’
- 2022: Writer & Director of short film ‘Perfect Strangers’ and Writer & Director of short film ‘9-5’
- 2022: Editor for short film ‘Blasphemous Self-Collusion’
- 2023: PA for senior thesis film ‘One Of Us’, B.F.A. ‘Asanka’ and Assistant Director for sophomore thesis film ‘Human’, ‘An Evening Mercedes City’ and Emchan’s ‘Culture Shock’
- 2023: Lead actor in short film ‘Validation Center’
- 2023: Writer, Director & Editor ‘Emotional Memory’ (short film)
- 2023: Director Shadow NBS’s ‘Shark Waffles’
- 2023: Lead videographer for BMW sponsored ‘German Polo Tour’
- 2024: Writer, Director, Producer ‘Concerto’ (short film in post-production, $5,000 budget)
INTERNSHIP
- 2019 - 2022: Trainee-AD to international award-winning Director Mr. Rajesh S. Jala for his feature film ‘CHINGARI’ (The Spark) which gained widespread critical praise worldwide ($353,000 budget)
- 2023: Assisted content creation for major companies, Bollywood stars and documentary of Ms. Kiran Bedi for streaming as the Production Intern at ‘Dream Slate Pictures’
- 2023: Media Intern/worked with Mr. Anand Kumar and other filmmakers at ‘Anand Kumar Pictures’ interacting with some of the top names in Bollywood
COMMUNITY SERVICE
- 2017 - 2023: Active volunteer and member of The World Lung Foundation SA (WLF-SA), promoting lung and public health. Hosting street plays spreading public health awareness
- 2019: Taught English and artistic skills to underprivileged students at Maitrigram School, New Delhi
- 2019-2020: Volunteer member of Delhi Police Tobacco Free Initiative of WLF-SA, sensitizing 165 police stations in Delhi on their social responsibility towards Tobacco Products Act. Lead role in a team of WLF-SA that conducted street plays to promote public health messages in a collaborative project with ‘Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL)’ – USA
AWARD
2023: Syracuse University VPA: Dean’s list for the fall 2022 semester and spring 2023 semester
2024: Emerson Select: ‘Culture Shock (S6)’
2024: Emerson College VMA: Dean’s list for the spring 2024 semester
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Microsoft Office, Google Docs, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and Final Draft, RED Dragon-X 6K S35 camera, ALEXA Mini Camera, Journalism, Critical Writing, Excel,
- Fluent in spoken and written English and Hindi
FILM:
2020 Lead actor (Played- Zaf) in short film “Safety Lock”
2021 Lead Actor (Played- Azad) in short film “The Less
They Saw Me, The More They Knew Me”.
2022 Lead Actor (Played- Arijit) in thesis film at Syracuse University
2023 Lead Actor (Played- Varun) in student film “Validation Center”
2023 Supporting Actor (Played- Rico) in short film “An Evening in Mercedes City”
2024 Day Player (Played- Flea Market Vendor) in student film “Concerto”
2024 Supporting Actor (Played-Morpheus) in student film ‘Checkmate’
THEATER:
2019 “Hyacinth” | Lead Actor – played Adam Lovefield
2019 Re-work of “The Prodigal Son” | Lead Actor - played Jim Quinn
TRAINING:
2018-2020 Completion of IGCSE drama
2021 On-camera Acting summer program The American Academy of Dramatic Arts
2022 Syracuse University (Major: Film, Minor: Acting) 2023 TRANSFERRED: Emerson College
