FOUNDER & CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER

A Musician-Storyteller-Author-Filmmaker, Raman has travelled across the world as a live performer. His music, films & books have won 6 awards so far, globally. He is the co-composer in the movies Baadshaho & Hindi Medium (2017) & the Webseries Scam 1992 (2020).

Raman also comes with over a decade of experience as a creative director in advertising, having worked on some of the leading brands across categories, both nationally and globally.

More about Raman : https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3046642/

CHIEF MENTOR

With over three decades of corporate experience across multiple countries and several cities in India, Ajith has held senior leadership positions, including that of MD and CFO and Head of Global Finance Delivery for large global banks such as J P Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, NatWest Group and Wells Fargo bank.

Apart from being our guiding force, Ajith is a fantastic singer, avid rider, golfer and a staunch supporter of various performing arts. He spearheads our in-house project Fusion Kaapi, infusing us with fresh shots of music, dance, videos and opportunities to collaborate with diverse art forms.

More about Ajith : https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajithsundaresh/?originalSubdomain=in

DIRECTOR - ART & DESIGN

With over 25 years of experience in print and digital design, Kiran’s forte is in creating strong brand identities and design collaterals. From movie posters to premium handcrafted merchandise, from business cards and stationery to websites and app design, Kiran dives deep, with a devil’s eye for detail.

DIRECTOR - ORIGINAL LYRICS & VOICE OVERS

A composer, singer, lyricist, stage performer, voice over artist and a film maker, Loy is a Maharashtra State Award winning composer and the soul behind some of the leading brands in the country.

At The Neighhourhood Bards, he writes original hindi lyrics, directs and supervises multi-lingual projects and voice overs.

DIRECTOR - AUDIO PRODUCTION

A prodigy, Saloni has been singing professionally since the age of 5. Beginning with Kalyanji Anandji’s Wonderkids, she learnt under Shri Suresh Wadkar and went onto sing for several advertisements and albums, including one with Sonu Nigam.

She is also trained in western Vocals, and plays the guitar, keyboards and bass guitar.

Not content with the above, she went on to graduate in Music Production from Whistling woods International.

She oversees the entire audio production wing at The Neighbourhood Bards.

DIRECTOR - PHOTOGRAPHY & POST PRODUCION

Equipped with a certificate course from FTII, Chirag has extensively worked as a BTS photographer for several films and webseries, along side handling cinematography and editing duties for brand films, music videos and documentaries.

A powerhouse of energy, Chirag’s commitment levels are unparallelled and his ability to look at the project from a wider perspective and not just through the lens makes him the perfect head of department for films, videos and documentaries.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - FILMS & MUSIC VIDEOS

A cinephile through and through, Omkar’s love for films translates into his meticulous detailing in pre production and focused energies during production. His sense of calm while working with different departments to get things done on time makes him quite precious in every project!