I'm a freelance writer, and creative producer with over 12 years of experience spanning viral digital shorts, screenplays for films and TV shows and stories for games.
My story began at MTV back in 2009, where an aspiring engineer experienced the world of TV production and the early days of digital content, back when 256 Kbps was supposed to be fast internet, and that is when I knew, this is where I HAD to be! After trading engineering for Mass Media, I landed at Eros Now, where I created short sketches, shoulder content for films like NH10 and edited the trailer for the feature film Aligarh. From there, I then got into comedy writing with AIB where I wrote sketches that broke the internet and made headlines (in a good way). A year later, I worked with Abish Mathew on two seasons Son of Abish, one season of which aired on Hotstar.
I made my foray into long-format fiction with Dice Media, where I created and wrote India’s first Esports drama, Clutch, and Phir Se Udd Chala, a web series on the volatile world of investing. I also wrote and developed the third and fourth seasons of their popular web series, What The Folks, and was the creative director on Cheeku, a coming-of-age story rooted in the Tamil community in Matunga, starring Prakash Raj and Gautami and directed by Rajesh Mapuskar.
More recently, I have worked on a biographical series with Emmay Entertainment, a gangster film with Balaji Motion Pictures and a dating simulator game with LILA Games.
I am also a self-taught editor and designer and can double up as one, when the situation calls for it. I am a jack of all trades, and a master of some. My work has generated over 160 million views across multiple videos and episodes, and this is just the beginning!
I could tell you about all the work I've done so far, but links speak louder than words.
The team at Zero1 by Zerodha wanted to work with Dice Media to make a fiction series that talking about personal finance without getting too technical. What we came up with was Phir Se Udd Chala, the story of middle-class frustrations, aspirations, and the volatility of investing vs the zen it takes to actually reach your destination.
Clutch is India's first Esports web series that I conceptualized and wrote the story for. It is an underdog sports drama where, a ragtag group of gamers from differen backgrounds and different parts of the country put aside their differences to compete in one of India's biggest professional gaming tournaments.
What The Folks is one of Dice Media's most popular web series. I wrote the third season of the show and was the creative director on the fourth season.
Firsts was a first of its kind, Instagram-first microdrama by Dice Media, written and developed by me.
I wrote sketches for AIB, a popular comedy channel on YouTube, each of which has views in tens of millions.
Wrote two seasons of Son of Abish, a late-night talk show.
Conceptualized and produced Blazing Bajirao, an animated series.
Wrote a film for the launch of Netflix and 4700BC's new popcorn flavors.
Edited the trailer of Aligarh, a feature film.
If you still want to know everything I've done, here it is, told in serious words for serious people. Synergy.
Developed and wrote long format fiction shows for Dice Media shows, such as Clutch, India’s first Esports drama, which has received over 25 million views and commands a loyal fanbase within the Indian gaming community
Creative Producer on Cheeku, directed by Rajesh Mapuskar and starring Prakash Raj and Gautami Tadimalla, for Viacom18 Studios
Wrote a first of its kind Instagram web series called Firsts and wrote the third season and developed the story of the fourth season of What The Folks
Wrote jokes, sketches and segments for two seasons of comedian Abish Mathew’s Late Night Talk Show, Son of Abish, one of which was on Hotstar. An animated segment, Out of Syllabus, was well received in mainstream media and also an official selection at Anifest India 2018
Ideated and wrote scripts for AIB, a popular sketch comedy channel on YouTube, each of which went viral and heavily influenced internet pop culture in India, including Honest Restaurants and Every Bollywood Marketing Meeting Ever
Produced short format content for Eros Now, an OTT platform and content studio
Conceptualized and produced an animated comic series, Blazing Bajirao and edited the trailer of a feature film Aligarh
Ideated social media campaign ideas, wrote copy and designed creatives for brands like UTV Movies, Universal Music, Movies Now, Viacom 18 and Excel Entertainment
Developing and writing a historical fiction series as part of a writers room
Writing the story and screenplay of a feature film, as part of a writers room
Wrote the screenplay and dialogues for a narrative led game
Conceptualized and created infographic led videos for a voter awareness campaign by DDB Mudra
Bachelor of Mass Media (Advertising)