Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

Jul 2021 – Jul 2023 · 2 yrs

Feb 2019 – Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Jul 2017 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Dharma 2.0, as the edgy name suggests, is a young and zippy venture by Dharma Productions. With this move, the country’s most prolific movie production house enters the world of ad film production and the dynamic world of digital. Having occupied a distinct place in Bollywood history and in the hearts of millions of fans with large scale dramas to mega star blockbusters to quirky and coming-of-age stories, Dharma Productions has made versatility one of its key USPs by staying relevant with the changing times. The birth of Dharma 2.0 is in line with this very versatility, as the new venture will not only produce ad films for television, but will also execute creative and clutter breaking solutions across digital space.
• Helmed by the very proficient Punit Malhotra, Dharma 2.0 intends to bring the same level of aesthetic quality and signature professionalism of the movie production business. Comprising some of the sharpest minds and creative professionals in India today alongside Karan Johar, Dharma 2.0 is an impeccable value-add for any brand. Bolstered by an extremely talented in-house creative team (a rarity when to comes to ad production houses in India), Dharma 2.0 holds a competitive edge over other established players in its space. However, the company functions on an adaptive model, making it open to collaborating with external creative partners for executing ad films and other creative solutions for its diverse set of clients.
• Apart from Punit Malhotra and Karan Johar, the talented roster of Dharma 2.0 includes modern day storytellers and directors like Ayan Mukerji, Abhishek Varman, Sonam Nair, Karan Malhotra, Shakun Batra, Shashank Khaitan, and Tarun Mansukhani. These dynamic individuals have proved to be the flag bearers of new age Indian cinema with their work, directing and producing films like Dostana, 2 States, Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani, Kapoor & Sons, and so on.

Jan 2015 – Dec 2017 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Love and Faith Films LLP is the feature film and new media, production services company which recently completed its first feature film 'You Are My Sunday/ Tu Hai Mera Sunday' directed by Milind Dhaimade. The film recently World Premiered at the BFI London FIlm Festival followed by its Indian Premiere at the Jio MAMI with Star's Mumbai Film Festival 2016.
• Varun, oversees the functioning of the company and has successfully completed the entire production from development to post-production. The Film was a part of the WIP Lab at NFDC's Film Bazaar where it got alot of attention from distributors from across the world. Varun, traveled to EFM in Berlin where they got on board Media Luna New Films (Ida Martins) from Cologne, Germany as their World Sales Agent.
• The film is completed and they have sold over 9 territories while they look forward towards the films Indian Release in 2017.
• Over the past 5yrs Varun has helped building the company from a start-up to a company with a turnaround of over 10Cr per year. Hes excelled in areas of strategy, new business development, marketing, budgeting, hiring of crew and talent. legal contractual agreements between partners, structuring and building the organization for the functioning every film under production.
• I have continuously rebuilt and adapted to times and put financials systems in place would help monitor, dispense and account for all transactions in the company.

Jan 2011 – Dec 2017 · 6 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai

• Set-up in 2010, Love and Faith is a boutique films and design company by Milind Dhaimade(Ex-NCD of Everest Communications), a noteable Ad Film Director and his wife Rajul Dhaimade a brand designer. With a focus to collaborate with passionate professionals to create path breaking highly creative content for its clients.
• We have worked several launch campaigns for brands such as Kurkure (Parineeti Chopra relaunch) KFC, Pizza Hut, BBC-WST, Lenovo, TImes of India Bharati AXA Life Insurance as well as international brands such as Metlife, Allstate Insurance from USA and Farmers Insurance and Lebara Mobile from the UK and Europe.
• www.loveandfaith.co.in

Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 · 2 yrs · Mumbai Area, India

• Soon after I got back from New York, I found myself as the perfect candidate to bring together the East and the west. I aligned with Harish Amin of Speaking Tree Pictures to work as a India Production Liason. Filmography at Speaking Tree included Lucy Liu's 'Half the Sky- MEENA' shot in Mumbai and Roland Joffe's 'SINGULARITY' shot in Madya Pradesh (Orcha, Datia, Gwalior and Jhansi).
• Defined Job Roles:
• To streamline the production communication and flow of information between the two teams namely International and Domestic.
• Audit & approve and make budgets based on Indian costs which were detailed and clear for the producers.
• Work as a key member in the production team

Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 · 1 yr · Greater New York City Area

• Feature Film, Company: Full Stealth Film Inc.
• Starring: Christopher Denham, Anna Camp, Phyllis Somerville

Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 · 1 yr · Greater New York City Area

• Feature Film
• Cast: Manu Narayan, Samrat Chakrabarti, Manish Dayal, Sanjhiv Jhaveri, Deepti Gupta, Pallavi Sharda, Ami Seth & Carrie Anne James
• Music: Vishal-Shekhar, Ram Sampath, Sagar Desai
• Supported by Red Chillies Entertainment
• Distributed by BIG Cinemas across North America