Film Making Courses Designed To Provide Comprehensive Knowledge

Jasraj Padhye

Visiting Faculty

Santosh Raut

Faculty

Mr. Santosh Raut who passed out from “Model Art Institute” Mumbai in 1992, soon started working in the field of Production Design first with Nitin Chandrakant Desai and then with Sanjay Dhabade. He has been involved in film projects and TV serials that includes “Chanakya”(1990), “Mriganayani” (1993), “1942: A Love Story” (1994), “Akele Hum Akele Tum” (1995), “Baazi” (1995), “Katha Doan Ganapatravanchi” (1996), “Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001), “The Hero: Love Story of a Spy” (2003), “Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo” (2004), “Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets” (2005), “Vivah” (2006), “Ek Vivaah… Aisa Bhi” (2008), “Khulay Asmaan Kay Neechay” (2008), “Veer” (2010), and an international project named “The Other Side of the Door” (2016). Simultaneously he was also involved in shows like “Manikchand Filmfare Awards”, “Sansui Film Awards”, “Zee Film Awards”, “Hum Ek Hain”, “Zee Music Awards”, “Lata Mangeshkar Sangeet Rajani”, “Aasha Bhosle Show”, “A. R. Rahman Show” at Dubai besides promotion shows for companies like “BPL, Samsung, LG, and Britannia”. He is currently working as the “Set Construction” faculty in the Production Design department, WWI.

Deepanjjan Roy

Faculty

Deepanjjan Roy transitioned from being a banker to a storyteller, embarking on a fulfilling journey after a successful seven-year tenure in the financial industry across three continents. Making a bold career shift at the age of 30, he pursued his dream of becoming a screenwriter. Despite his academic background in Mathematics (Honors) from Delhi University, he considers his true graduation to have occurred at Whistling Woods International, where he received mentorship from veteran screenwriter Mr. Anjum Rajabali. Following his graduation, Deepanjjan immersed himself in the television industry, playing a pivotal role in the writer’s room under the guidance of showrunner Mr. Zama Habib. His contributions to hit shows like “Nimki Mukhiya,” “Nimki Vidhayak,” and “Ishaaron Ishaaron Mein,” where “Nimki Mukhiya” consistently garnered 17 million viewers per original airing, showcase his storytelling prowess. Recently, he led a writer’s room for a crime series, guided by the creative expertise of Mr. Sanjay Chouhan. Deepanjjan has collaborated with industry legends such as Mr. Subhash Ghai, Mr. Ram Gopal Verma, Dr. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, and Mr. Goldie Behl, further enriching his storytelling journey.

Dinkar Sharma

Faculty

An alumnus of Screenwriting department, FTII, Dinkar Sharma is an experienced screenwriting educator and script mentor. He went on to serve as a full-time faculty for screenwriting at FTII, at the position of Associate Professor. While he’s creatively inclined towards exploring the spectrum of popular cinema for dramatic storytelling possibilities, his teaching styles focuses on mastering the craft of telling stories for screen through intensive hands-on experience. His feature film as a screenwriter was released in 2012, namely Second Marriage Dot Com. He has worked as a screenwriter, developing and writing for TV and OTT shows, for production companies including Contagious Online Media Private Limited (TVF), Prakash Jha Productions and Drishyam Films. Simultaneously, he has worked as a story writer for radio and Ad films while making his own short films. In past, he has also been a film reviewer and at administrative positions for the Screenwriters Association, the biggest trade union for screenwriters and lyricists in India.

Shashank Sahu

Adjunct Faculty

Karan Taley

VFX Supervisor

He is the VFX Supervisor at the Emerging Media Lab. He also overseas and creates workflows for virtual production and VR to train the upcoming generation of filmmakers with all emerging mediums. A VFX artist responsible for creating, managing, and optimising visual effects and animations for VR and Virtual productions, Karan completed his graduate degree in filmmaking with a focus on visual effects. Due to his extensive knowledge and expertise in this area, he joined the Whistling Woods International research team to look for new opportunities and processes to speed up and simplify the filmmaking process. He began his career in visual effects with AD films, short films, and a few feature films. Several of his films have been shown at prestigious film festivals around the world, including the Cannes Film Festival, the Chicago Film Festival, Jio MAMI, and the IFFSA Toronto.