Creative Leader

Building... Stories that move people. Systems that scale creativity.

For over a decade, I've built stories, teams, and creative systems across platforms with ideas, emotions and human behaviours that connect.

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Industry-first AI Video Pod Award Winning Films
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Chapter One · About

Storyteller.
Observer.
Creator.

Long before there were lights, cameras and action, there was a pencil, a blank page, and an endless curiosity about humans. Why they laugh. Why they leave. What they remember. That curiosity became a career spanning writing, directing, producing, and creative leadership. But the instinct never changed, I still find stories where most people see ordinary moments.

Over the years I've built fictional worlds that kept millions listening, directed films across cultures, developed award-winning campaigns, and helped establish one of the industry's first dedicated AI Video Pods. Every role has taught me a different way of solving creative problems.

The creative industry rarely rewards staying in one lane. I've spent my career writing, producing, directing, mentoring, teaching, experimenting, and solving problems. Every new skill has made the others stronger.

When I'm not working, I'm probably backpacking alone, Latin dancing, people watching in cafés, or scribbling story ideas I'll never throw away. I've always believed that the best stories don't begin in writers' rooms. They begin with curious observations.

Education

UCA
MA Filmmaking
University for the Creative Arts (UCA), UK  ·  2022–2023
AAFT University
MA Mass Communication & Journalism
AAFT, Noida  ·  2016–2018
University of Delhi
BA English Honours
University of Delhi  ·  2013–2016

Based In

Mumbai, Maharashtra

The pencil always knew before I did.

Chapter Two · The Work

Selected Work

Every frame is a sentence. Every cut, a comma.

Chapter Three · Also In My World

Creative Partnerships

Teams, creators and projects I continue to creatively invest in.

Creative Partner

Kanisha Malhotra

Assistant & Co-Writer, since 2016

Rajesh Chawla

The best collaborators finish your sentences, then improve them.

Chapter Four · Craft

What I Bring to a Room

01

Story & Concept

Writing, treatments and pitch decks that turn a raw idea into something a room says yes to.

02

Direction & Production

On-set and on-ground leadership, from casting the right shot to keeping budgets honest.

03

AI & Gen-AI Video

Building first-to-market AI video pipelines and pushing generative tools past the demo stage.

04

Post-Production

Cutting picture and sound until the story actually lands the way it was written.

05

Team & People

Mentoring writers, editors and sound engineers, and holding a pod together through deadline weeks.

06

Tools

Fluent across the Adobe and Google suites, the unglamorous backbone of getting things shipped.

Somewhere between the pencil and the frame, a story finds its shape.

Chapter Five · Recognition

Awards & Accolades

Recognition is lovely. Making the work was the real reward.

Chapter Six · Clientele

Brands I've Worked With

Converse
Radio Mirchi
FCB Kinnect
August Communications
Red Bull
Dalmia Bharat
Select clients include: Converse, Radio Mirchi, FCB Kinnect, August Communications, Red Bull, Dalmia Bharat, TikTok, Tata Play, Edelweiss, Flipkart, IIFL Finance, Bank of Baroda, Ariel, Bajaj, TVS Eurogrip, YES Bank, Pocket FM, Parachute, Nuvoco, Polycab, Pro Kabaddi League, Red Label, StarGold, HOUSR, Amaha, TVF, LG, Panasonic, Mothercare, HDFC Bank, fbb, ZEE5, Easyday, JioStar, Netflix, Paperstars Entertainment.

I write the parts nobody else thought to write down.

Chapter Seven · At Present

Building

A personal premium fashion accessories label that blends utility with timeless design, while quietly sketching ideas for the next film.

Experimenting

Finding the line where technology disappears and storytelling takes over.

Reading

Books that have very little to do with my work and somehow end up influencing all of it.

Learning

Entrepreneurship, luxury branding, product development, and everything no one teaches creative people.

Watching

Independent films, brilliant commercials, beautifully designed products, and people. Mostly people.

Collecting

Stories from solo travels, overheard conversations, old notebooks, and ordinary moments that refuse to leave my head.

Writing

Fragments of conversations, strange human behaviour, forgotten memories, and the occasional idea that refuses to leave me alone.

Open to

The kind of projects that scare me a little. Creative leadership, bold collaborations, and teams that believe good work is worth the extra draft.

Every ordinary moment is a story waiting to be noticed.

Colored pencil-style portrait of Priyanka smiling outdoors on a photo shoot

Epilogue · Get in Touch

Open to Projects Worldwide

Every Good Story Needs a Next Chapter

Let's Create Together

Every good story needs a next chapter. This could be ours.