I began as an engineer and ended up a filmmaker. That journey — from instrumentation to cinematography — is probably the most honest thing about how I approach visual storytelling.

After graduating in Instrumentation Engineering from Pune University, I realised the camera was the instrument I actually wanted to master. I pursued a formal Diploma in Camera and Lighting Techniques and began my professional journey under the late Shri Dharam Chopra at B. R. Films, Mumbai — one of Indian cinema’s most respected production houses. Those years gave me the grammar of cinema: how light builds character, how a frame carries weight, how a single shot can say what dialogue cannot.

I went on to shoot a feature film and several award-winning short films. My work spans narrative cinema, branded content, and corporate films — always built on the same foundation of strong visual intention and disciplined pre-production.

In recent years, I have moved into Generative AI Filmmaking — not as a departure from craft, but as an extension of it. I work with tools like Sora, Veo, Kling, Seedance, and Higgsfield the same way I work with a camera: with a shot list, a visual bible, motivated lighting, and a story that earns every frame. The technology changes. The discipline does not.

In 2026 I served as Course Director for FTII’s Centre for Open Learning flagship programme — Basic Course in AI in Film and Video Generation — conducted at Mumbai. The workshop brought together filmmakers, photographers, and content creators for five days of hands-on AI production training, culminating in each team completing and screening a finished AI short film.

How I Got Here