Suggestions
Roshan Home MTNL
Creative Entrepreneur | Investor | From a storyteller to a storyseller, I help brands and individuals achieve their goals by building compelling narratives
Was on stage when I was 4 years old and never got off. I’ve spent 25 years in Radio, TV, Theatre, Events & activation. In 2011 entered Bollywood with my directorial debut under the banner of Shahrukh Khan’s Red Chillies Production.
As an emcee was sick of saving ill planned shows so in 1999 set up ENCOMPASS. The craziest executable ideas led us to be amongst the top agencies in just 10 years, WPP came knocking and we became partners by a sale of stake in 2008. Today, Encompass, with an annual turnover of 40 million USD is amongst India’s most awarded, biggest and best BTL agencies. I’ve won over 7 radio and TV awards in my career and have also served on the 2008-2009 Cannes Promo Lions Jury as well.
3 RAPA awards for best Radio n TV host and the Screen award for best TV host had me conducting workshops to train more presenters. I also moonlight as a writer and have directed musicals and plays performed across the country. Have hosted events in over 100 cities in India from Business events, Conventions, TV awards, Debates and discussions.
I am deeply involved in education with a focus on media. In 2006, I founded EMDI/Encompass Institute of Radio Management and often speaks at premier media institutes across India with a focus on the entertainment industry.
I’m currently obsessed with the passion economy and am working on my next feature film. A partner at Glitch, the definitive digital agency that has recently partnered with VMLY&R and am also an angel investor in Global Super angels Forum!
I love to convert ideas to execution, connect people to possibilities and help tell stories, be it brands, your startup idea or your life.
Highlights
When we started doing the Spotify for Podcasters program we had 35000 people register. These were phenomenal numbers. We pushed for a Podcasters day where the community could gather and discuss all they do. Learn from each other, celebrate their success. The event was a grand success and ran for two years. It then evolved into a meet-up and my biggest comment was I wish this had become an award. My worry was that some unknown organisation will claim first mover advantage and start a Podcasting award. God forbid it became one of those ‘pay for your plaque’ affairs.
I’m so glad Hindustan Times took this up and Praveen Someshwar and Ramesh Menon championed this with their team. The revolution shall be legitimised by these awards and the conference. Shikhar Varshney was the one who reached out as did Rohini Ramnathan and to them and everyone else at HT/Mint congratulations and thank you!!
An ecosystem needs a holy grail which this is, and will go a long way in building confidence for the industry
Great to catch up with zakir khan Nikhil Taneja Raj Shamani Amit Doshi Kavita Rajwade Hrishikesh Kannan ( Hrishi K ) Aleena Gandhi Abhay Maheshwari Unni (Narayanan) Nambudripad Dhruvank Vaidya Shweta Bachhan Nanda, Jimmy shergill Anu Malik, Kavita Seth and Kanishk Seth and so many others who made this evening memorable
Doing a workshop today and wanted to listen to a few of my personal favourite stories on YouTube.
What I realised is that in the world of unfiltered personal storytelling too people are using filters. Something it’s a motivational talk, some embellish it with quotes, some use accents for other characters in the story, some make it appear poetic. But I find that each of these takes the viewer, a step away from the deep emotional connect that personal storytelling must have.
A platform that keeps things raw is ‘The Moth’. They work will tellers to keep it truthful.
I’d suggest every storyteller go through the below.
