Clients
FLAME University (India)
Foundation of Liberal and Management Education, Pune (India) was set-up with an innovative concept of Liberal Education in India. Anu Radha was challenged in setting up and creating a brand campaign of this new concept through schools and colleges across India. This was inclusive of creating various communication strategies that were inclusive of:
- Marketing representatives set-up across India for creating awareness and benefits of Liberal Education
- Training of Trainers through Communication workshop for project execution and deliverables
- Design & development of IEC material (Information Education Communication)
- Creating an Interactive Web campaign for ease of Student communication, thus enabling admissions
- Targets and achievements through strategically designing modules of marketing
- Participation in Education Fairs and other mediums of marketing initiatives for bringing a new concept
- Assisting students who are undergoing transitions in their education process, providing information on college admission procedures
- Organizing workshops and presentations of FLAME with important stakeholders across India, including FLAME faculty
- Separate communication modules were designed for courses that saw a dip in admissions
- Financial management and evaluation of the project versus deliverables
Team and Financial Management
FACILITATING INTERVIEWS WITH IMPORTANT PERSONALITIES
We also help identify important Government, corporate heads, spokespersons and other “unattainable” people that are required according to the script, and facilitate meetings and interviews with them. See photographs of some of the luminaries that we have worked with.
All of the above are organized and coordinated in a way that helps complete the project in the best time and team schedule possible, thus reducing financial encumbrance of the project.
CREW
As film-makers we understand the importance of having technically sound, professional film crew members – be it a movie, a commercial, or a documentary. Crew members may remain behind the scenes but they are key to the success of any production. We can help you find, shortlist and select the most suitable professionals – people who have worked on prestigious projects before. Hiring local crew has multiple benefits – they charge less than their foreign counterparts and are also easily accessible, you don’t have to spend on airfare to bring your own crew from your home country. Additionally, most of the crew members provided by us are well versed with English, French, Italian, and Spanish.
EQUIPMENT
Carrying film equipment overseas is inconvenient and cumbersome, and also entails high costs to the filmmaker in the form of transportation as well as custom duties. We can arrange for the perfect film equipment solution for you, whether you require Cameras and camera lenses, Lights, Grips, Audio Equipment, Stands, Communication Devices or any other high-end equipment. With us, you can enjoy shooting without the worry of transporting equipment from your country custom clearances.
CUSTOM CLEARANCE
We have been working in the field of film production in India for quite some time now and have expertise in handling all kinds of equipments both at the seaports and at the airports. It is not only the import of equipments that we help you with, but also the return of the equipment back to your country once the shoot is completed. We arrange for quick customs clearance, take care of the preparation of documents and their submission, calculation of taxes, duties, and excises on your behalf, and the facilitation of communication between you and the government authorities. The result is swift, easy, fool-proof and hassle-free custom clearance.
PROPS
A big collection of props and costumes ensures that the filmmaker does not have to compromise with the look and essence of the movie. However, during outdoor shoots it is not always possible for any filmmaker to carry the required props and costumes. With the help of our partners, we can make available a large collection of props and costumes for your shooting needs matching every situation and script.
LOCATION & TALENT SCOUTING
We also provide services like location scouting in major cities of India to find the perfect location for your filming project. With us you can rest assured of professional and highly affordable services for filming in India. For any kind of film project, all we need from you is the detailed requirements and storyboards, and we will help you with finding the perfect Location and Cast.
Video Volunteers
Video Volunteers is a media and human rights organization that is growing and changing together with the media and social change space in India. It has been creating programs and projects that empower poor and marginalized communities with a voice to address poverty, inequality and injustice.
Video Volunteers Community Video Units create platforms for communities to dialog and find solutions, and empower people to take action on local issues. These community video producers make films on issues decided by community editorial boards that they then screen back on widescreen projectors to thousands of people in the community. Thousands of people have taken action on their issues after seeing these films.
IndiaUnheard telecast partnership with DOORDARSHAN KENDRAS
IndiaUnheard is the first ever community news service launched by Video Volunteers. This new initiative is constituted of a network of community correspondents who are trained to tell unique stories; stories about their own communities; stories which are otherwise left untold.
IndiaUnheard which was and is being distributed online and through social media – thus limiting its reach to a wider audience for creating a better impact in bringing a change into the lives of the Unheard.
DOORDARSHAN being India’s National broadcaster that reaches across India through its State Doordarshan Kendras (DDK) could enable this change more effectively through partnership with Video Volunteers.
This partnership and agreement was initiated and enabled between Video Volunteers and Doordarshan India for telecast at DDK’s in India throughAnu Radha.
Polish Institute
Polish Institute is an extension of the Polish diplomatic mission to India that expresses itself through contemporary projects built through cooperation with India’s leading talents and institutions, in order to contribute relevant programming within the cultural sector.
AAKAAR collaborated with Polish Institute (New Delhi) on projects related to films, script development, including a website projecting long standing historical relationship for on-going dialogue and exchange between both countries.
Embassy of the Republic of Poland in India
Celebrating 100 years of Poland regaining independence
On 30th September in Jamnagar and Balachadi, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in New Delhi organized a ceremony to celebrate the century of Poland regaining independence by commemorating Indo-Polish relationship from ‘Generation to Generations’.
The ceremony was held with the participation, as special guests, of Poles from India, or Survivors who as children were given shelter during II World War.
The event was celebrated to commemorate the special Polish-Indian bond created by the noble act of goodwill by the Maharaja of Nawanagar (presently Jamnagar), Jam Saheb DigvijaySinhji who provided refuge to around 1000 Polish children orphaned during the course of the Second World War. Jam Saheb arranged for their stay in camps in Balachadi and Valivade, where they were not only given shelter and food but education and an environment to keep their Polish culture and traditions alive.
And now eight of Survivors arrived to Jamnagar to revisit places which are important for Polish-Indian friendship. Among them there were: Andrzej Chendynski, Wieslaw Stypula, Jadwiga Tomaszek, Jerzy Tomaszek, Zbigniew Bartosz, Roman Gutowski, Iwona Swietochwoska and Josephine Nowicka Salva.
The ceremony was attended by Ambassador of Poland to India, Adam Burakowski and many local authorities, including Hon’ minister Shri Bhupendrasinhji Manubha Chudasama.
The ceremony was co-organized with Anu Radha, a film producer and author of a movie
“A Little Poland in India” which captures the story about Polish Survivors.
BBC World Service Trust
BBC World Service Trust, an NGO arm of BBC World has been effectively doing media campaigns on social issues in India. Focusing on HIV-AIDS and awareness, they worked on a MoU with Prasar Bharti, India’s——– and Doordarshan, India’s National Broadcaster to produce and create awareness through their audio-visual campaigns.
The MoU included a mandatory clause of working with State Doordarshan Kendras (DDK’s) forming a part of their core production team. This meant creating a network base with Doordarshan Kendras by forging a positive partnership with their creative and technical team, while using a more professional private team of BBC WST, for quality production.
As a Communications and Production Consultant with expertise to forge positive relationship with Government of India and bureaucracy, a network was created within States of Rajasthan and Punjab for this campaign. Anu Radha enabled quality production and a smooth working relationship by creating a positive teamwork and buy-in between Government broadcasters and agencies of Government of India as well as, the State Government bodies involved in policy decisions. This also included management within limited budget of BBC WST to get the best talent as actors and crew from Bollywood city Mumbai, for best production campaign on HIV/AIDS, and Press conference.
Anu Radha also enabled coordination of Event & Press at the launch of BBC WST drama series “Jasoos Vijay” for their project on HIV/AIDS awareness that included high level officials in the government, Doordarshan & media.
World Health Organization (Geneva)
Strategic communication for coordination of WHO event “Lives in The Balance” – a High-Level Meeting (HLM) in order to mobilise new commitment matched with action for improving Maternal, Newborn and Child health among countries, international agencies, development partners and other stakeholders. Organised with the Government of India, for Partnership for Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health (PSMNH), Geneva & the Healthy Newborn Partnership and the newly established Child Survival Partnership.
Anu Radha besides playing the role of networking with government also enabled the International event management of conference secretariat by arranging comfort travel (ETA/ETD) and stay for all global participants, security at the airport and management of travel permissions at international airports, negotiating best rates at hotels, conference halls and other arrangements, leisure travel for participants to see the best of India (in accordance with the time schedule), sourcing suppliers for required products in a limited time and at the best negotiable costs for quality products – all to be done much before the set timeline!
The World Health Organization graciously acknowledged our good work and gave us a Letter of Appreciation.
Ministry of External Affairs (Public Diplomacy), Government of India
AAKAAR FILMS has worked extensively with the Ministry of External Affairs (Public Diplomacy), Government of India to direct numerous documentaries over the years. Some of the documentary films that were commissioned to us by the MEA are:
1. AIFS-II (Africa-India Forum Summit – II) Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 2011
(i) Blending Borders (view film)
(ii) Tapestries of Change (view film)
(iii) Expressions in Harmony (view film)
(iv) Connecting Hearts and Minds – India’s Pan Africa e-Network Story (view film)
2. India 2.0: Towards a Networked Nation (India’s National e-Governance Plan for empowerment at the grassroots in four areas)
(i) UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) (view film)
(ii) e-Choupal (view film)
(iii) e-Health (view film)
(iv) e-Education (view film)
Read the Case Study here.
Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (London)
Anu Radha was responsible for coordination of CBA General Conference with the theme “Making a Difference in a Multi-Platform World” 2006 held at New Delhi. It was one of the key broadcasting events of the year and an important forum for chief and senior executives of broadcasting organisations in the Commonwealth. Anu Radha’s job involved coordination of the event which included lobbying & sponsorship in partnership with Prasar Bhartii, Govt. of India. Since the conference is also an opportunity to showcase the work of broadcasting organisations and exhibit broadcast technology, my responsibility lay in the technical coordination of production and lobbying with senior government leaders, for participation and smooth progress of work.
International media client – an event in India with participants traveling from across the globe; MoU with the National Indian broadcaster as partners and hosts – timeline of 2 months! Anu Radha was hired to network with the Indian partner (the Government) for processing and expediting work to meet deadlines. We strategized a plan of action by developing perfect relations (to be read as PR!) with each of the government personnel working on the project – making them “family”! Got the job done for our international client with all the approvals and maintaining the quality as required, keeping in mind the buy-in of the Indian Government partners – who were more than happy and willing!
Amidst all of the above Anu Radha was asked by an International media participant to arrange and manage a Press Conference, as their senior executive was to be at the location in 3 days! Anu Radha said, “Yes, it will be done” – the only answer we like to give to our precious clients!
Population Services International India
Population Services International (PSI) is an Indian non-profit and non-governmental organization established in 1988 with a mandate to assist the Government of India in the fields of reproductive health, HIV/AIDS prevention, and maternal and child health.
As a Communications Specialist for the Bill and Melinda Gates IAI (India AIDS Initiative) funded Avahan project, encompassing National Highways # 1-9 and the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, Anu Radha was involved in conceptualizing and coordinating for the creative and methodical Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) campaign and brand development as well as execution of production. The work involved liaising with the State AIDS Control Society, Government of India and networking with other media related and government agencies.
