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Sohan Roy S K
Founder Director Indywood Film Carnival

Sohan Roy is an accomplished, performance driven professional Film Director, Producer, Exhibitor, Writer, Project Designer and a proven leader credited with pioneering innovations in Maritime, Medical, Movie and Media industries. A Naval Architect and Marine Engineer by profession, Sohan Roy set up Aries Group in 1998 and it has become a reputed multinational conglomerate with 43 companies operating in 15 countries. He is the promoter of two global TV channels (Marine BizTV and Medi BizTV), India's best double 4K Exhibition Screen Aries Plex, State-of-the-art post production Studio Aries Vismayas Max and Epica Studios-the largest 3D motion picture & Animation studio in India. www.sohanroy.com

Balachandra Menon
Festival Director All Lights India International Film Festival

Shri. Balachandran Menon, is a celebrated actor, a renowned director and script writer. He has made a number of films in the 1980s and 1990s, directed 40 movies and acted in over 100 movies. Menon is one among the most admired directors who changed the face of Malayalam cinema by putting the focus on the story, created their own signature style and encouraged other directors to forge their own cinematic styles, which soon led to a cinematic revolution. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor in the 1998 film Samaantharangal, Kerala State Award for Best Story Writer for Uthrada Rathri (1978) and a Special Jury Award in 1997. In 2007, he was honored with prestigious Padma Shri for his valuable contributions to Indian cinema.

Prabhiraj
Executive Director

Shyam Kurup
Film Market Director

Satish Chandran
Marketing Director

Lakshmi Atul
Vice President - Project Indywood

Arun M Sugathan
COO - Film Carnival

Nisha Joseph
Artistic Director and Chief Organizer

Hari Kumar
Head-Syndications & Communications

Sohan Roy S K
Founder Director Indywood Film Carnival

Shyam Benegal
Festival Director All Lights India International Film Festival

‘Father of Alternative Cinema’, Shri Shyam Benegal is a 7 time winner of National Film Award for Best feature Film in Hindi. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1976 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991 and bestowed with the highest award in Indian Cinema for lifetime Achievement, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2005. Also, reckoned as a well respected documentary filmmaker, Shri Benegal is a legendary and one of the most influential filmmakers in India.