Leadership Teams

Originals Team

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KR Harish

Business Head

  • KR Harish is a CA, ICWA with over 31 years of experience in Finance and Media across TV, Radio and Film Production.
  • Former Dy-CFO of Star TV
  • Former Managing Director India and Asia Pacific WorldSpace
  • Former Group CFO Data Access (a Hong Kong Telecom/Hutch Venture).
  • With 15 years of production experience, he has ensured strong international distribution for films like Quick Gun Murugun, Manjha, etc.
    Other Films He Produced include:-
  • What The F!$#(Official Selection for London Film Festival and Museum of Modern Art, NewYork))
  • Frozen-(Official Selection Toronto International Festival)
  • Plan A Plan B (Netflix original)
  • House Arrest (Netflix original)
  • Rainbow Fields (Streaming in Amazon Prime Video US)

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VIJJI PANANGAT

Producer

  • Vijji Panangat is a qualified sales and marketing professional who has focused on television, film, and new media for over thirty years.
  • He has consistently represented media tech companies in NAB (Las Vegas) for over two decades
  • His successes include setting up computerized editing of the largest network of Television Studios in the educational sector covering ISRO, IGNOU, UGC, and IITs, across India.
  • Undertaking pan India skilling and upgrading technology for television production for BBC World Trust.
  • The largest multi-channel satellite Radio capacity sale for an US-based corporation to an Indian corporate house.
  • Structuring contracts with senior management/board level at India’s state broadcaster for private production houses.



Creative Team

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PRAKASH DEKA

  • Debut feature film "Fireflies-Jonaki Porua" (2020) got a National Award at the 67th National Film Awards (2021).
  • Won Best Film, Best Costume, Best Music Direction, and Best Actor at the 8th Assam State Film Awards.
  • His awards include:
    • "Fireflies-Jonaki Porua" (2020): First queer feminist feature film from Assam, invited for special screenings and doctoral research.
    • 2nd feature film "The Woodcutter": Selected for NFDC Screenwriters Lab 2021.
    • 3rd feature film "Nora": Received NFDC co-production funding.

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ASHWIN DHAR

Media and Entertainment Veteran with over 30 years of Experience in creative and Production across Film, Tv and Theater.

    Films Include:-
  1. Dhurandhar
  2. Padmavat
  3. D-Day
  4. The Xpose
    Media and Entertainment Veteran with over 30 years of Experience in creative and Production across Film, Tv and Theater.
  • Surnai Theater Group
  • Surnai Theater Group
  • Ank Theater Group
  • Nat SamaJ Theater Group
    Others:-
  • Production Manager in Big Pictures Company.
  • Assistant Director In the Film “Diksha”
  • Assistant Director Science Fiction Tv show “The Turning Point”.

Line Production - Domestic and International Team

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STEPHEN D'SOUZA

VERTICAL HEAD - LINE PRODUCTION

He is a Producer with over 30 years of Producing experience as Executive Producer, Content Creator and Curator across Television Channels, Digital interfaces/ OTT platforms and Films production covering Fiction, Non- Fiction, Music, Animation & Branded Content

International Sales Team

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KR Harish

Business Head

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VIJJI PANANGAT

Producer




Values

OUR ORG CULTURE

We at OPM create an unrivalled environment for exceptional people thru

  • embracing diversity with respect and without prejudice of any kind.
  • having an inclusive office infrastructure and work environment.
  • our culture is healthy and safe for dissent, debate and engagement in the pursuit of excellence.
  • our belief in institutionalisation of knowledge and its organic dissemination through apprenticeship and mentoring.

WORK LIFE BALANCE

  • our belief in institutionalisation of knowledge and its organic dissemination through apprenticeship and mentoring.
  • A key component of energy balancing comes from understanding one's own energy levels and take action as appropriate to the state of being at any point of time.
  • The team orientation includes recognising that high levels of energy cannot be sustained for a long time.
  • Activities that lead to energy leaks to be staggered so that it does not lead to energy crashes and resultant negativity.
  • Thus balance is sustained across life – without making distinction between Work being a drain of energy and Home, its replenishment.
  • Thus going beyond work-life balance.

DIVERSITY & INCLUSIVITY

  • At OPM we think that the more diverse we are, the more we are more likely than ever to outperform less diverse peers.
  • At OPM our current focus on inclusivity is increased employment of women employees and people with disability.
  • At OPM we are committed to have atleast 30% of women executives at all times.
  • At OPM we are committed to have at least 3% of people with disabilities at all times

SEVA

  • Seva is a Sanskrit word that describes the act of selfless service – with no personal gain or agenda for oneself. Seva is an act of compassion and care for others above oneself.
  • The act of seva leads to a collective benefit and gain and has a powerful transformative potential.
  • In OPM, employees are encouraged to do Seva with specific programmes like spending time in old-age homes, teaching in orphanages, and volunteering for animal care.

ETHOS

OUR ETHOS & BELIEF STATEMENT

  • Our work is guided by our belief statement “ THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE IS THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH, ORDER AND HARMONY”.
  • OPM is a values-driven organization. Everything we do reflect these values – and these go beyond the narrow confines of operational excellence to a larger vision of an inclusive world and with care and responsibility towards our planet earth.
  • Each year on our Founding Day we go back to these values and do a self-evaluation on our adherence to these values and if these needs augmentation keeping in mind the changing times.

OUR PURPOSE

  • To help create and maintain a high level of financial and ethical transparency in the Entertainment business so that increased investment could be attracted into this industry catalysing its growth.

OUR VISION

  • Our vision is to be the leading force from India, in transforming ideas into inspiring experiences that shape culture, foster creativity, and thereby humanise life and fulfil our obligations to our fellow humans and our planet

PROMISES TO OUR CLIENTS

  • We always look at the Big Picture and holistic positive impact will guide all our recommendations
  • We will use technology, analytics from our database network and best practices from across projects, to deliver the best of the firm to all clients
  • We will bring innovations in operations to clients
  • We will build enduring relationships based on trust
  • We will put client interests ahead of the firm’s
  • We will always preserve client confidences
  • For us all clients are equal irrespective of size, billing or brand.