To have great audiences you need great cinema, and to have great cinema you need great audiences
After an impactful start in the drama series space, we have announced our foray into the exciting world of movies with an impactful slate featuring films like ‘Iftikaar’, ‘The Rapist’, and ‘Aruvi’. We have also begun our journey in production with the launch of ‘Applause Productions’ whose debut project is the Indian adaptation of the globally acclaimed series ‘Fauda’.
After disrupting the storytelling ecosystem with premium original series, popular book and international format adaptations, Applause Entertainment foray’s into animation taking the rich and varied content archive from Amar Chitra Katha to the global audiences, in a brand new avatar. Applause entertainment entered into an exclusive partnership with Amar Chitra Katha to adapt 400+ iconic comics into animation content.
This is just the beginning. We are expanding our influence beyond India and in our journey ahead we look forward to diving into the world of documentaries, infotainment and gaming.
Team
Sameer Nair
Sameer is a media & entertainment industry pioneer, and has an illustrious career that spans across three decades. He has led from the front as CEO across companies like Balaji Telefilms, NDTV Imagine and Star India, besides strategic entrepreneurial ventures.
Deepak Segal
Deepak is an alumnus of FTII Pune, and has over three decades of experience in the film and television industry. He has driven content strategy across Fox Television Studio India, Sahara Motion Pictures and Star India among others.
Prasoon Garg
Prasoon is a management professional who was previously a core team member at Balaji Telefilms. He also helped create the blueprint of the OTT business at ALT Balaji.
Sunil Chainani
Sunil is a media and entertainment specialist with over two decades in the business. He has been an independent film producer and has also held key leadership roles at Star India and Ogilvy.
Siddharth Khaitan
Siddharth has two decades of experience in production and filmmaking. He has worked on diverse projects ranging from documentaries to television commercials.
Devnidhi Bajoria
Devnidhi is a Media & Advertising professional with over a decade of experience in the business. She has worked with brands like Femina along with other diverse brands in her advertising days.
Priya Jhavar
Priya is an alumnus of St. Xavier's & FTII Pune. She has an extensive experience as a producer, editor and director. She was previously associated with Virtual Reality content and 360 degree advertisements.
Rahul Ved Prakash
Rahul Ved Prakash has close to 20 years of experience in film making, direction and production. He has previously worked with BBC, Channel V, and The Walt Disney Company. In the last 10 years he has directed several commercials, music videos and travel shows as an independent director.
Rahul Prakash
Rahul is a B.E. graduate and holds a Diploma in Film Direction. Besides being a producer at advertising agencies, he has worked on a plethora of Feature Films as a first AD and has edited TV commercials. He has been a content researcher and VO artist for the TV show ‘Satyamev Jayate’.
Swati Patnaik
Swati is a content powerhouse with proficiency in all formats. Besides her nearly 2 decades of experience mastering the nuances and art of storytelling, she is also an ardent sports fan.
Devendra Bhandari
Devendra Bhandari is a Chartered Accountant and a Company Secretary, with 18 years of experience in areas of Finance, including budgeting, treasury, risk management, taxation, and more. He has worked across Corporate Finance and Entertainment sector.
Gwenda Goes
Kamlesh Ghag
Aamir Fharooque Shaikh
Abhinav Pratap Singh
Ajay Rathi
Ajeet Yadav
Aniket Gupta
Anindo Chatterjee
Anjana Gupta
Anurag Pandey
Apurva Patade
Arjun Mogre
Arjun is an alumnus and ex-faculty of Whistling Woods International. He has a decade long experience across various formats as a writer, director and editor.
Arpan Upadhyay
Avinash Naidu
Devki Pande
Disha Shah
Farzin Baluch
Juhi Raghuwanshi
K P Vighnesh Menon
Ketki Bhavsar
Kiran Jain
Leena Baidya
Maithili Chaudhari
Neeraj Sharma
Nilesh Toraskar
Niraj Purohit
Nitin Dange
Pawan Bansal
Payal Sachdev
Piyushi Malhotra
Poulami Das
Pulkit Gupta
Rahul Kumar
Richa Kapoor
Rohit Roy
Sachin Bamne
Sakshi Soni
Sanjay Reddy
Sanjeev Sahoo
A fine arts graduate from Utkal University, Sanjeev has almost three decades of experience in the animation industry. He has donned multiple hats in the field of animation (2D & 3D) with all the major studios in India.