Neha Kaul — CEO

Neha Kaul is a globally minded Film Producer and Structuring and Strategy expert based in India, with a practice that spans studio, platform, and independent filmmaking ecosystems. She has worked with leading studios including Disney Studios India, UTV Motion Pictures, and Netflix, and has led 300+ campaigns for some of the most critically acclaimed South Asian films and series over the last two and a half decades. She is known for building transformative campaigns, scaling creative economies, and shaping stories that travel. Her filmography across roles includes Payal Kapadia’s Cannes Grand Prix winning All We Imagine As Light, Rohan Kanawade’s Sundance Jury Award winning Sabar Bonda, Amazon Prime Video's Stolen directed by Karan Tejpal (Venice 2023), Shadowbox directed by Saumyananda Sahi and Tanushree Das (Berlin 2025) Academy Award winner The Elephant Whisperers, the Emmy winner Delhi Crime (Season 1), Academy nominated - The White Tiger, Dangal (2016), the highest-grossing Indian film of all time, P.K., Kai Po Che, and Haider. While at UTV Motion Pictures, She has been associated with six films officially chosen to represent India at the Oscars: Rang De Basanti (2006), Taare Zameen Par (2008), Harishchandrachi Factory (2009), Peepli Live (2010), Barfi! (2012) She leads Strategy and Business Development for Rock Honey Studios, a Mumbai - New York based independent studio that develops, finances and produces Indian, auteur-driven films for global audiences, and is focused on redefining South Asian cinema today. She is also Creative Producing and Structuring an auteur driven independent slate of her own - reflective of the Indian New Wave, which spans partnerships with Richie Mehta, Tiger Baby (Zoya Akhtar & Reema Kagti), Yashasvi Juyal, Roy Kapur Films and others while most recently, building Impact Campaign Strategies focused on India for acclaimed films such as, The Voice Of Hind Rijab. With a unique ability to bridge the artistic with the commercial and the local with the global, she thrives at the intersection of storytelling, culture, transformation, building brands and driving impact.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Film and Entertainment Strategy Expert with extensive experience in marketing and production.

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 21 yrs

Skills

Film Production
Entertainment
Strategic Planning
Marketing Strategy

Career Highlights

Led over 250 successful marketing campaigns for Netflix.
Produced critically acclaimed films and series.
Expert in film strategy and business development.

Work Experience

Self-employed

Producer (2 yrs 2 mos)

Integrated Go To Market Strategy - Films and Filmmakers (2 yrs 2 mos)

Netflix

Head, Film Publicity, Netflix India (3 yrs 9 mos)

Publicity (1 yr 2 mos)

Campaign Lead - India and APAC (1 yr)

Disney India, The Walt Disney Company

Associate Director - International Distribution and Digital Marketing, Studios (11 mos)

Associate Director - International Distribution (8 mos)

Director and Head, Marketing and International Distribution, Studios (4 yrs 2 mos)

Disney UTV Studios, The Walt Disney Company

Head - International Distribution, Studios (2 yrs 3 mos)

UTV Software Communications

Executive Producer - Bollywood, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told (10 mos)

Reliance Entertainment and Kunal Kohli Productions

First Assistant Director, Break Ke Baad (1 yr)

UTV Software Communications & Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Prodcitions

First Assistant Director, Delhi 6 (4 mos)

Allan McKeown Productions

Associate Producer, Mumbai Calling (5 mos)

Rose Movies

Second Assistant Director, Drona (2 mos)

Reliance Entertainment and Geetha Arts

Second Assistant Director, Ghajini (1 yr 7 mos)

Fox Searchlight Pictures & Khussroo Films

Second Second Assistant Director, The Darjeeling Limited (3 mos)

TV 18

Senior Promo Producer (1 yr)

Phat Phish Films

First Assistant Director, The Fakir Of Venice (4 mos)

UTV Software Communications & Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Productions

Third Assistant Director, Rang De Basanti (8 mos)

Universal Studios

Set Production Assistant, The Bourne Supremacy (2 mos)

Channel V / NTVI

Associate Producer, Shows (7 mos)

ESPN STAR Sports

Production Executive (9 mos)

Education

BA (Hons) at St. Stephen's College, Delhi

Digital and Social Media Strategies at Indian School of Business

Executive Education at Indian School of Business

A.I.S.S.C.E at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya

Neha Kaul

CEO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India21 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led over 250 successful marketing campaigns for Netflix.
Produced critically acclaimed films and series.
Expert in film strategy and business development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Film and Entertainment Strategy Expert with extensive experience in marketing and production.

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Skills

Core Skills

Film ProductionEntertainmentStrategic PlanningMarketing Strategy

Other Skills

Feature FilmsFilmFilm DistributionTelevisionVideo ProductionVideoStreaming MediaCommunicationCreative DirectionFilm FestivalsGo-to-Market StrategyIntegrated MarketingMarket PlanningMarketingNew Media

About

Experience

21 yrs

Total Experience

1 yr 5 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Self-employed

2 roles

Producer

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai

Producer - The Ink Stained Hand and The Missing Thumb / Dir: Yashaswi Juyal [In Post Production]
Co-Producer - Stolen / Dir: Karan Tejpal [World Premier, Venice 2023]
Co-Producer - Shadowbox (Bakshonondi) / Dir: Saumyananda Sahi and Tanushree Das [World Premier, Perspectives, Berlinale 2024]
Co-Producer - Cactus Pears, Sabar Bonda / Dir: Rohan Kanwade [Winner Best Drama Jury Award, Sundance 2024]

EntertainmentFeature FilmsFilmFilm DistributionTelevisionVideo Production+3

Integrated Go To Market Strategy - Films and Filmmakers

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai

Building and driving strategy for South Asian films and filmmakers to expand their presence, resonance and discoverability.
Supporting their creative vision with market intelligence, global positioning, and cultural storytelling.
Consulting Position:
Rock Honey Films - Lead, Studio Business Strategy, Marketing and Distribution. To build the studios footprint across a culturally resonant, globally aware film slate.
Awards Strategy:
AMPAS / Academy Awards / India Voters Outreach for A24s Babygirl, Sing Sing, I’m Still Here, Emilia Perez, The Brutalist, Queer, MUBIs The Substance, Hamnet, Die My Love, Marty Supreme and most recently The Voice of Hind Rajab amongst others.
Market Strategy [Indicative Only]:
Providing counsel, planning and execution for leading creators, producers across advocacy and consumer pathways:
The Voice of Hind Rajab - India Awards Strategy / Venice Grand Jury Prize 2025 / Academy Award Nominee - Best International Film 2026 / Dir: Kaouther Ben Hania
All We Imagine As Light – India Campaign Strategy / Cannes Grand Prix 2024 Winner / Dir: Payal Kapadia
50 Years of Shabana Azmi – Strategy and Comms for Tiger Baby’s tribute to an icon
In Transit - Positioning for Tiger Baby and Auesh'as Soods moving Doc Series available on Amazon Prime Video
Heeramandi [Season 1, Netflix] – International Strategy for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s landmark series
Benaras Media Works [Anubhav Sinha], Coldplay,
Music Of The Spheres India X Opening Act, India Tour

CommunicationCreative DirectionEntertainmentFeature FilmsFilmFilm Distribution+13

Netflix

3 roles

Head, Film Publicity, Netflix India

Promoted

Jun 2020 – Mar 2024 · 3 yrs 9 mos

A core member of the Marcomms Leadership in India who have led the successful launch, growth and development plans for Netflix in India for nearly 6 years with a central focus on strategic, scaled and impactful conversations and advocacy across consumers and industry; and more broadly in transforming the Indian Streaming landscape.
Successfully spearheaded strategy and lead teams across a wide catalogue (over 250) of campaigns, which thrive on innovation, premised on authenticity and celebrated deep local resonance and relevance. Indicative Projects – The Archies, Lust Stories, Darlings, Delhi Crime S01, Mowgli, Narcos Mexico, Leila, Gunjan Saxena – The Kargil Girl, AK vs AK, the International Emmys Campaign for Lust Stories, Sacred Games Season 1 and Delhi Crime Season 1, the Academy Awards Campaign for The Elephant Whisperers.
Successfully led portfolio narratives across Awards, Festivals and Advocacy – such as at MAMI Film Festival 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, IFFI 2021, 2022 and 2023, International Emmy Campaigns for 2019, 2020, 2021(Delhi Crime Season 1 - Best Drama), Academy Awards Campaigns for 2021 (The Elephant Whisperers). Advocacy initiatives including - Now Stree-ming – an initiative dedicated towards championing the work the female creators and storytellers are doing in India to change the biases and conversations around gender.

Business AnalysisAdvertisingAccount ManagementCommunicationDigital MarketingDigital Media+15

Publicity

Apr 2019 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

Campaign Lead - India and APAC

Apr 2018 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr

Disney india, the walt disney company

3 roles

Associate Director - International Distribution and Digital Marketing, Studios

Promoted

Oct 2014 – Sep 2015 · 11 mos

Associate Director - International Distribution

Jan 2014 – Sep 2014 · 8 mos

Director and Head, Marketing and International Distribution, Studios

Dec 2013 – Feb 2018 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Core member of the Studio Leadership team who led a 360-degree marketing, publicity and international distribution and profiling across the (Film) Studio and Disney Live Entertainment Properties in India (including and not limited to features branded as UTV, Disney, Disney Pixar, Marvel, Lucas and Disney Theatrical Group’s Beauty and The Beast).
MARKETING - Leading strategy, planning, innovation, PNL accountability for Studio Marketing across the slate. Driving the key objective of making effective, marquee marketing campaigns while adopting clever and cost proficient methods.
Indicative Projects: Hindi – Dangal (India’s highest grossing film Globally), PK, Haider, ABCD 2, 2 States, Kick, Heropanti, Baaghi, Highway, Kai Po Che, Barfi!, Rowdy Rathore, Chennai Express and Paan Singh Tomar. English – Disney – The Jungle Book. MARVEL Studios – The Age of Ultron, Captain America – Civil War, Guardians of The Galaxy Volume 1 and, Doctor Strange, Thor Ragnarok.
INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION - Led the expansion of the studios global (theatrical) footprint from 25 to 45 countries including the meaningful opening of the Chinese Market to Indian content – first with PK and the with Dangal (The Chinese Box Office grossed USD 170 million, and the overall international Gross Box Office was 2.7 times the Domestic (India) GBO.
Built the Studios International Profile with a specific focus on sales growth, new market entries, festival and award presence – including campaigns for India’s entry to the Academy Awards Campaigns, The BAFTAS, Golden Globes and The National Award; and International Film Festivals like Cannes, Berlinale, Shanghai IFF, Busan IFF, HK IFF, Osaka, Okinawa, Marrakech, Rome, Dubai IFF.
Built the International Trade (event) Calendar to include sales driven objectives at – Marche du Film – Cannes, the European Film Market – Berlin, The American Film Market – LA, The Asian Film Market – Busan and the Hong Kong Film Market.