Mr. Subhash Ghai is a globally renowned filmmaker having directed 18 films over a four decade career, with 14 of them being blockbusters. Recipient of many national and international awards, he has also been honoured by the United States Senate. He has been appointed as the Chairman of Media and Entertainment Skills Council (MESC). He was also the former Chairman of the Entertainment Committee of the trade body, CII and a member of FICCI, NASSCOM and TIE Global and its alliances. He has been invited to address various forums and seminars on corporate governance and the growth of the Media & Entertainment industry, globally and in India. He is presently serving as the Chairman of Media & Entertainment Skills Council (MESC).CloseRavi Gupta
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Mr. Ashwini Kaul is a graduate from Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. He began his career by working on various advertising TVC and corporate films before he began his journey in films. He has worked on various award-winning fiction, non-fiction feature films, short films and also shot films in 3D. He went on to conduct workshops at FTII and Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) and has authored article on photography for photography magazines. His association with Whistling Woods International has been more than a decade old where he heads the department of cinematography.CloseChandrashekar Iyer
Mr. Krishhnamurthy has spent over 39 years in the Indian film industry and has had a remarkable career throughout. He holds a Diploma in Cinematography from Pune Film Institute. He kick-started his career as a director of photography and worked with industry-stalwarts like Pramod Chakravorty, Hema Malini, Jeetendra (in the movie Dream Girl) at the beginning of his career. He has worked with numerous incredible Indian films as First Assistant and an Operative Cameraman and worked with some of the best actors of Indian film industry like Dharmendra, Dev Anand, Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Rekha, Sharmila Tagore and many more. His area of expertise extends to the Televisions series and Corporate films as well. Mr. Krishhnamurthy has worked on about 200 ad movies too.CloseManoj Peter
Mr. Venkatesh Pilla is a Whistling Woods International alumnus, and has worked on various short films, music videos, fashion online promos and AD films. He also possesses knowledge about film lights, key grips for motion picture camera and operating motion picture cameras.CloseRaman Iyer
Raman S Iyer, alumni of FTII (Film & Television Institute of India, Pune) from the batch of 1994, has been working as a Director of Photography for audio-visual productions in Television and Film Industry since 1999. During the interim period he gained experience, as an assistant to ace cinematographers of the Indian film industry namely Mazhar Kamran, Vijay Khambatti, Attar Sing Saini, Anoop Jotwani, Anil Mehta, Santhosh Sivan, Ramachandra Babu and S. Kumar.
He took upon the role of a lecturer at Mindscreen Film Institute situated in Chennai, upon invitation by the ace cinematographer Rajeev Menon for a brief period in 2011. He also served as a visiting faculty and as external expert in cinematography, at K. R. NARAYANAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VISUAL SCIENCE AND ARTS, Kottayam (Kerala) since its inception in 2014. He worked as a senior faculty and as the H.O.D of Cinematography (September 2018 to March 2021 & April 2021 to June 2023) at Annapurna College of Film and Media, Hyderabad.
Mr. Abhijit Mazumdar is a direction alumnus of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. His portfolio includes some the award winning regional short films and tele films. One of his directorial venture won a National Award for Sound Design. Couple of his films were showcased at some of the renowned film festivals across the world like Glasgow Short Film Festival, Karlovy Vary Short Film Festival, Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, Torino Film Festival He has also been a jury member for Short and Non-Fiction films at the Indian panorama Film Festival in 2016. His association with Whistling Woods International started more than a decade ago as a faculty and now he heads the Department of Direction.CloseParesh Kamdar
Ms. Vedanti Chandrakant Dani holds a diploma in Film Directionfrom Whistling Woods International. She started her career as a writer, director, and editor working on Marathi feature films and continued to assist with various short films, web shows, and ads. She has written and directed 32 short films and two movies; at various film festivals, many of which have been awarded forbest screenplay, best director and best film. Vedanti Dani has been a panelist at the Jaipur International Film Festival and a member of the jury. She also takes workshops throughout in theater and screenwriting on an ongoing basis.CloseSahil Gada
Mr. Prashant Naik, a reputed National Award-winning Film Editor, is a working professional as well as Head of Department, Editing, School of Filmmaking at Whistling Woods International. Prashant, specialised in Editing at the FTII, Pune, after completing a Graduate degree in Law and a Post-graduate degree in Commerce. His FTII Diploma film Punaravritti received the National Award in the Best Short Fiction category.
Prashant won the National Award for Best Editing for the film Harvest of Hunger in the Non-Feature Film category from President Dr. Abdul Kalam. He has done live editing for Cricket World Cup match between India and Australia in Wankhede Stadium in the year 1996.
Mr. Ashif Ahmed has worked as a Supervising Editor for StarGold, Utsav Movies, Movies OK and StarGold Select. He has also done Projects for Barclays Premier League, Serie A, LA Liga, Ashes, Formula 1, Wimbledon etc. His past associations include Star Sports, Star TV Network and Doordarshan.CloseRajesh Parmar
Rahul is now involved in all aspects of the company including financing, distribution, production, exhibition and marketing. He was keenly involved in the set-up of Whistling Woods International and now is setting up and building out a chain of Cinemas under the brand name of Mukta A2 Cinemas.CloseSagar Malkar
Sagar has produced 15+ Short Films which have won awards at film festivals like Critics Choice Award, International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Bangalore Indie Film Award, Sydney Film Week, IFH National Film Awards, Missouri Independent Film Award.CloseSumant Abhyankar
A birth-child from his many travels, Vishnu Tenkayala intends to encapsulate the many stories he encounters through his lens. Not shying away from shooting with different mediums, Vishnu is always keen to experiment. Highlighted by his films often shot on Drones or even an iPhone apart from conventional cinema-grade cameras.
A double scholarship awarded, Vishnu graduated from Whistling Woods International, Mumbai in the year 2020 at the top of his class and is currently working as a freelance Cinematographer based out of Bangalore, India.CloseVineeja Suresh
Vineeja Suresh is a wide-ranged media professional with experience in entertainment journalism, casting for ads and movies, script writing for fiction and non-fiction, ads, television and films, and creative producing for short format digital content. She specializes in all forms of creative writing, particularly in fiction. She, currently, works as a freelance writer, experimenting with the different ways storytelling can be effectively used in different fields of work. She runs 2 youtube channels; a food channel and a channel for storytelling.CloseMrinalini Tiwari
With a certification in Producing from Whistling Woods International and associations with notable names like Raj Kanwar, Ashutosh Gowarikar and Youtube, under her belt, she has donned different hats each time, including direction, acting and PR, and producing number music videos and ads, the experience of which cumulatively make her the immensely effective Producer she is.CloseShraddha Thorat
Shraddha Thorat began her career in 2017 with Dharma productions. She worked on various films such as Dhadak, Made in China, Hum Do Humare Do, and Bheidya. Currently, she works as a line producer with Maddock Films.CloseRashmi Alag
Presently working for Yash Raj Films in Production. Just completed her work in the film Bunty Aur Babli 2. Former Internship at Balaji Motion PicturesPast: Perfect Relations Pvt Ltd and Wonder Welders. Studied at Whistling Woods International Film School Mumbai.CloseMedha Khanna
Self-taught, she is also an exhibited contemporary artist. Her single-line drawings were displayed at Tiraf, Delhi, followed by White Space, Chennai. Her recent work, Lockdown Learnings, a collection of polaroid photographs, was a part of Q417, Bhilai.CloseAbha Talesara
Yug presently heads ad-film production house Boathouse Media as the Producer of 400+ TV / Digital Commercials working with 100+ brands, associating with various celebrities. Having a desire to share his filmmaking knowledge with upcoming filmmakers, he is a Visiting Faculty member in WWI, where he has conducted 30+ short workshops on Budgeting, Scheduling, Film Finance, etc. He spearheaded a team that created online filmmaking courses for Virtual Academy.
Mr. Rohit Kumar a graduate from the Asian Academy of Film and Television, Noida with 17 years of extensive experience in the industry in almost all aspects of the business. His knows 360 approach to Media & Communications and has experience in taking a project right from conceptualisation down to its final execution. His portfolio ranges from TV channels, production houses, to filmmaking and all working with the stalwarts of the industry. He works in multiple format of filmmaking both technically and creatively.CloseSantosh Raut
Mr. Rakesh Ranjan has over 43 years of working experience in Hindi Cinema and has worked with leading Producers & Directors in over 170 Features. Some of the stalwarts that he has worked with include names like Sunil Dutt, Subash Ghai, Ramesh Sippy, Saawan Kumar, Mahesh Bhatt, Prakash Jha, Raj Santoshi, Sunny Deol, David Dhawan, Dharmendra, Abbas Mustan, Ajay Devgan, Vikram Bhatt, Mani Ratnam, Aziz Mirza, N Chandra, Anees Bazmee, Simmi Garewal, Rohit Shetty, Prabhudeva and many more. He has worked in projects like Souten, Naam, Sadak, Ghaayal, Andaaz Apna Apna, Ghatak, Mrityudand, Damini, Barsat, Paredes, Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, Taal, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, Yaadein, Ashoka, The Legend Of Bhagat Singh, Aitraaz, Main Hoorn Na, Guru, Race, A Wednesday, Dillagi, Aks, Black & White, Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahani, Paan Singh Tomar, Raavan, Golmaal, Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster, Singham, Chennai Express, Satyagrah, Phata Poster Nikla Hero, Singham Returns, Action Jackson, Jai Gangajal, Golmaal Again, Simmba, etc. He has received a number of accolades and recognition for his work which include 4 Filmfare, 2 Screen, 1 Zee, and 1 IIFA. AUDEUS, a recording division of Mukta Arts was designed by him, bringing digital audio post-production into the Hindi Motion Picture Industry. He also designed DHWANI, a recording division of Prakash Jha Production.CloseSudipta Basu
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