one thing we know for certain - it really does take a village!

At the heart of this platform is the intention to help organise and build better systems and opportunities for the non-fiction content market

We use the collective strength and collaborative network of like-minded,
heavy hitting creators from around the world to lend heft, skills and infrastructure
to make it happen

Meet our (growing) tribe here!

Anita Horam

Shishir Mehta

The Story Ink

Stern & Wild

Bandana Tewari

Joe LaBracio

Riverland

Nick Ware

Amy Foster

Ruchir Joshi

Indian History Collective

John Ubani Jr

Anuradha Parikh

Antkind

Dreambay

TheVibe Studios

Mel D'Souza

Moira Shourie

Sonam Dubal

Élan

Open Air

Gaurav Bhatia

Turtle on a Hammock

2927

Anita Horam

Shishir Mehta

The Story Ink

Stern & Wild

Bandana Tewari

Joe LaBracio

Riverland

Nick Ware

Amy Foster

Ruchir Joshi

Indian History Collective

John Ubani Jr

Anuradha Parikh

Antkind

Dreambay

TheVibe Studios

Mel D’Souza

Moira Shourie

Sonam Dubal

Élan

Open Air

Gaurav Bhatia

Turtle On A Hammock

2927

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As the founder and artistic director of The Mighty Muse and a forever fan of nonfiction storytelling, Anita has spent her entire career as a creator, strategic consultant and creative entrepreneur in this space.

Despite being often regarded as a niche segment that has no major impact on mainstream audiences, she thinks that the moment has finally come for this category to fulfil her long held belief that great content has no borders and hyper local can deeply impact the global zeitgeist.

The Mighty Muse is her passion project to create a nurturing eco-system that combines all the things she loves most – the depth and breadth of incredible India, the unbeatable buzz of working with bright people, and the potential of true stories to inspire, entertain and amaze.

More about Anita

As an internationally tri-qualified corporate lawyer, with a specialisation in banking and finance, Shishir has worked with some of the most prestigious firms and blue chip clientele across across Wall Street, London and India for over 25 years.

Beyond the law, his deep interest in areas like geo-politics, sports, wellness and emerging technology have led him to explore, both formally and informally, various platforms as a supporter and investor. 

As co-founder of The Mighty Muse, he is the proverbial left brain of the initiative. He brings
rigour and strategy to the financial and legal aspects of our business, with a long term view to build and scale our presence in the space.

More about Shishir

This is India’s No 1 book to screen adaptation company set up by producer Sidharth Jain.

We are co-developing some buzzy ideas with this team and we also have them as part of the network to mentor and advise. They are also our go to partner for navigating the system when it comes to the acquisition and sorting of published materials and rights.

More about Sidharth

More about The Story Ink

This is the UK’s go to agency for every factual TV company. With a stellar roster of multi award winning documentary film and TV directors, show-runners and executive producers, Stern & Wild works with clients worldwide to find the right fit for talent across premium productions.

As part of The Mighty Muse network, The company and its Founder & Managing Director Moray Coulter advise and help us with cross border talent and also lend support across a range of creative productions and partnerships.

More about Stern & Wild

More about Moray

With one of the most distinct creative voices today, Bandana Tewari is a Bali based fashion & lifestyle journalist and sustainability activist (also formerly editor at large for Vogue India) and is known around the world for the authenticity and influence of the content she creates.

As part of this collective she is our sounding board and advisor on our editorial choices as well as its tonality and positioning. She also helps us connect dots around the world to enable cool content take root and thrive.

More about Bandana

Joe is an Emmy award winning media executive based in Los Angeles, California with a demonstrated record of success and leadership working in the news, entertainment television and media industry for over 20 years.

Skilled in Broadcasting, Television, Digital Video, Film, Documentaries, Branded Content and Business Development, he has helmed key positions at ABC News, CBS, CAA, Love Productions and Condé Nast. Presently he is an agent at the leading global talent, sports, entertainment advisory company United Talent Agency.

As part of The Mighty Muse network, Joe helps us build connections and develop opportunities
across ideas, talent, funding and global content partnerships.

More About Joe

More About UTA

Launched with an intention to bring Indian stories and Indian creative voices to a global audience with a special focus on unscripted and documentary genres, co-founder & MD Raghav Khanna has worked across the gamut of creative roles including most recently as part of the Netflix documentary commissioning team.

We have the support and help of this team as a sounding board for ideas and also for partnerships in both production and distribution on curated titles.

More about Raghav

More about Riverland Entertainment

Nick Ware is a British born documentary writer and producer based in France.  He worked for 25 years at the BBC where he commissioned and executive produced many films and series. He also has an extensive slate of recent credits across major networks.

As a long-time supporter of the documentary community in India including as international
director of the Indian Documentary Foundation, we have his advice, mentorship and help in building this community of non-fiction story tellers.

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London based Amy Foster is an award-winning executive producer with over two decades of experience working across some of the most ambitious and popular documentary content on both sides of the Atlantic.

She is co-founder and creative director of Massive Owl Productions which focuses on premium content nurtured in an atmosphere of collaborative innovation, inclusivity and mutual respect.

As part of this collective she and her company are people we love to work with from problem solving and idea sharing to buzzy collaborations and strategic partnerships.

More about Amy

More about Massive Owl

Across a range of roles as producer, director and entrepreneur over the last two decades, Ruchir has created and led a strong portfolio of titles in the premium factual nonfiction genre.

As a long-term creative collaborator with us, he remains a trusted partner in this network to mentor, creative direct, co-curate and co-develop high concept material.

More about Ruchir

IHC is a not for profit initiative that provides resources for Indians, as well as those interested in India, with some of the finest historical scholarship and most relevant primary sources, with the hope of injecting context, nuance and wonder into our approach towards the past.

Made up of editors, writers, journalists, historians, researchers, designers and social media experts, the team is immersed in history but also understands storytelling for mass mediums in the modern age.

As part of this network we will collaborate on original ideas as well as rely their skills to help our community build exciting global narratives rooted in thorough research.

More about IHC here & here

More about the founders

John is a lawyer and business affairs executive with two decades’ experience of advising the world’s largest multi-national cable television, film, and video streaming companies on the distribution of their content. He also has expertise of negotiating television and streaming deals for major professional sports leagues, new media, and digital distribution platforms such as SVOD, AVOD, pay-per view, and TV Everywhere. Away from work John is an avid sports fan and footballer.

As part of this network, we have access to his deep expertise in media and entertainment, intellectual property law and deal structuring as he mentors and advises us on the roadmap for our legal strategy and helps us put in best practices that best serve the original talent and material that we curate, represent and develop for assorted broadcast formats.

More about John

Mumbai based Anuradha Parikh is an architect and production designer and film buffs will know her producing and design credits from landmark features like “English, August”, “Split Wide Open” and “Luck by Chance”.

She is the Founder and Artistic Director of G5A Foundation for Contemporary Culture where she has created the blueprint for an arts organisation that encourages contemporary art and culture that is experimental, independent and courageous.

As part of The Mighty Muse collective we intend to partner with her to spark new ideas, conversations and connections with artists, audiences and communities in both India and around the world.

More About Anuradha

More about G5A

This is a Mumbai based digital marketing collective of storytellers and growth hackers offering both B2B and B2C go to market strategies for climate companies and conscious brands.

Founder Mairu Gupta uses his previous experience as a seasoned media and entertainment executive across categories like advertising, sports and music to drive Antkind to tell standout brand content and build scale for his clientele.

Our shared goal and intention of telling timely, important and action-oriented stories that leave our planet better for the generations to come, make them a key part of The Mighty Muse collective in partnering on films and much beyond.

More about Antkind

More about Mairu

This UK based company is all about global reach with local expertise and has been founded by Thomas Drachkovitch who has worked in LA and India including as one of the first commissioning executives in Amazon Studios’ International Originals division.

As a partner in this collective we have their mentorship and support, connections to global networks as well as avenues of co-production, funding and distribution.

More about Thomas

More about Dreambay Entertainment

 

Founders Asad Abid & Suveer Bajaj have an intention for their company that we share – to tell emotionally powerful, universally relevant stories for a global audience on the cusp of a paradigm shift of cultural exchange.

As part of this network collective, this dynamic company will not just be contributors to the catalog but also be available for partnerships across the creative & production spectrum.

More about The Vibe Studios

Over the past three decades, Canada based Mel D’Souza has built substantial experience working in the global media business with credits across documentaries, feature films and other content he has produced.

As a mentor and advisor to this collective of emerging creators, he provides insights and advice on some of our titles from the lens and experience of his extensive international and Indian experience both as a producer and as a senior M&E executive.

More about Mel

In a career that spans Outlook India, MTV India and MTV Networks International, Moira now leads Los Angeles based Zócalo Public Square, a digital magazine and convener of public programs that aims to connect people to ideas and to each other in an accessible, broad-minded and democratic spirit.


As a media executive who understands why some stories resonate, and with experience that spans India and the US, Moira will bring her connections and her energy to our network.  She will act as a conduit for ideas to reach their maximum potential, and their target audience.

More about Moira

More about Zócalo Public Square

For over 25 years, Sanskar by Sonam Dubal has been a brand that goes beyond clothing to reflect its founder’s personal exploration of cultural identity, mindful design, eco fashion and the revival of indigenous textile traditions.

Internationally acclaimed, including most recently at Vogue’s Forces of Fashion in 2023, and with an eclectic roster of distinctive clients including several celebrities from around India and the world, this New Delhi and Puducherry based designer is a global nomad who lives between many worlds in the pursuit of his art.

As a part of this creative collective, he helps connect us to a larger world of multi- disciplinary, like-minded and influential creators and collaborators. He also lends his support and insights in areas of storytelling that reflect and represent a kinder, more mindful and sustainable world around us.

More About Sonam Here & Here

Élan is a one of its kind company operating out of India and Europe that fulfils exceptional experiences and acquisitions for an uber niche clientele.

Founder Niraj Jain has been our long-time partner in helping realize projects in both film and event production that leverage the unique access points he has the world over to help fulfil exciting, experiential travel and lifestyle formats.

As part of The Mighty Muse collective, we depend on his knowledge of places and his connectivity to unique citizens around the world to add the oomph and exclusivity to the look and feel of the worlds in which many of our stories are set.

More about Élan

This is a collective of award winning producers, creators and entrepreneurs who are at the forefront of new Indian cinema and digital content with a special focus on bringing inspiring, topical and evocative Indian stories to the world.

In collaborations with us, they are not just evangelists for the network but also creative contributors and co-production partners.

More about Open Air Films

As part of the first generation of luxury marketers in India including having helmed companies such as LVMH and Sotheby’s, Gaurav is an award winning tastemaker and firmly on the power list of the luxury industry.

Presently he holds multiple roles which include being CMO of AI product company Rare Billions, MD of luxury marketing advisory Maison India and Founder of the artisanal luxury lifestyle brand Art-chives.

He collaborates with our network as a co-curator and developer of select opportunities for telling those stories from India that are rarely captured without deep access and significant editorial credibility.

More about Gaurav
More about Art-chives here & here

Writer-editor Geeta and her husband writer-director Avinash Singh have a long list of independent credits to their name and also collectively run this full service creative house.

With a special focus on their unique post production experience and their state of the art post studio in Mumbai, we rely on this partnership to help add the secret sauce that transforms unscripted raw material into compelling content.

More about TOAH here

2927 is a multi-disciplinary company that operates across Bangalore, London, Dubai and Bulgaria.

Their scope of work spans diverse verticals including design & branding, advertising, digital & film production, still photography, live & studio based music production, as well as a vast array of hospitality management and consulting services.

As a network collaborator of The Mighty Muse, we work with various touch points across this company to co-create and mount projects in both film and other story formats across art, culture, lifestyle and luxury events and experiences.

More about 2927

As the founder and artistic director of The Mighty Muse and a forever fan of nonfiction storytelling, Anita has spent her entire career as a creator, strategic consultant and creative entrepreneur in this space.

Despite being often regarded as a niche segment that has no major impact on mainstream audiences, she thinks that the moment has finally come for this category to fulfil her long held belief that great content has no borders and hyper local can deeply impact the global zeitgeist.

The Mighty Muse is her passion project to create a nurturing eco-system that combines all the things she loves most – the depth and breadth of incredible India, the unbeatable buzz of working with bright people, and the potential of true stories to inspire, entertain and amaze.

More about Anita