After spending 25 years in Investment banking and Private Equity in the year 2005, Girish Kasaravalli initiated setting up of a production house “REELISM FILMS” ( www.reelismfilms.in) with the help of family and friends. Reelism Films made its first low-budget fiction film -MISSED CALL, in 2005. He was involved in the conceptualization and production of MISSED CALL, which has been screened at 11 International Film Festivals, besides representing India in Cannes 2007 and being declared as the Best International Feature Film at Red Sea International Film Festival, Israel 2008. MISSED CALL was also selected for Indian Panorama 2006 and was the opening film at IFFI, Goa 2006.In 2012, He directed and produced a short documentary for an NGO titled –“a few days MORE”, which has been shown at various Film Festivals in India and abroad including Ladakh Film Festival and MAMI 2013.