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Team Bios

  • Asif Khan
    Asif Khan
    Sales Associate
    ASIF KHAN has been associated with companies like "PRIME FOCUS and "FUTURE WOKS".
    Years of dedication and passion in this industry has helped him to grow as marketing head for MAYA DIGITAL STUDIO.
    You will find him reserved, shy, silent but behind that will be a restless mind and soul.
    You find a reason to speak to him answer will be short and sweet.
    Having 15years of experience in this industry, but willing to learn more.
  • Asif Khan
    Balu Bhalerao
    HOD,
    Pre-Production
    Balu is in charge of Pre-Production for animation & visual effects projects at Maya.
    He has almost two decades of strong pre-production experience across national and international live action & animation films & TV series. His focus is on combining techniques to enhance the visual appeal through matte paintings and other advanced tools for CG as well as visual effects projects. Some of his key past projects include Jajantaram Mamantaram, Ghulam, Mangal Pandey – The Rising, Everything’s Rosie, The Octonauts Series, Jack Frost amongst others.
  • Dheeraj Berry
    Dheeraj Berry
    Head of Production
    Dheeraj is responsible for the entire production work on the studio floor, across animation, visual effects & 2D to 3D conversion at Maya. His key task is to streamline all the operations and ensure a smooth workflow across projects, across business divisions including creative supervision on all the projects on the studio floor.
    He has of over 10 years of well-rounded, diversified experience in the fields of animation, 3D stereoscopy, VFX, TV production, Ad films production, Post-production & assistant direction. Some of his key past projects include Mangal Pandey - The Rising (FICCI awards 2004 for best 3D Animation), Toonpur Ka Superhero - India's first 3D-animation live action mix feature, Ramayana - The Epic, Son Pari to name a few.
  • Dinesh Sehgal
    Dinesh Sehgal
    HOD,
    Visual Effects
    Dinesh is in charge of the visual effects department for projects across all revenue streams at Maya.
    He has over 8 years of experience in the VFX industry both as a compositor & VFX artist with some of the best Indian studios. Some of his key past projects include Burnt By The Sun (Part 2), Hand Eye Man, Space Chimps, Tinkerbell: The North of Neverland, Drona, Kuchi Kuchi Hota Hai, Tortoise and Hare, Chubb Chubbs Saves Christmas, Three Pigs and Baby, Highlander, Pinnochio Effect, Lage Raho Munna Bhai and Friends Forever.
  • Hemant Shinde
    Hemant Shinde
    Stereo Supervisor,
    HOD – Compositing
    Hemant is in charge of the compositing department for all CG/VFX/Conversion work & also the 2D to 3D Stereoscopic conversion division at Maya.
    He has over 8 years of experience in CG animation & VFX compositing across domestic & international TV series, Ad films and feature films for studios like BBC (UK), Brown Bag Films, Mike Young Productions, Tiger Hare Studios. Some of his key past projects include Ramayana – The Epic (Digital Compositing Lead), Cosmic Quantum Ray, The Octonauts Series, and various commercials like Gatorade, 7 UP, Coca-Cola, Shark tooth Vodka, Samay lights and also Promotional Ads for Cartoon Network.
    Hemant’s key 2D to stereoscopic 3D conversion projects include Indian cinema’s cult classic Sholay, Sons of Ram and several Ad films for international clients to name a few.
  • Hormaz Baria
    Hormaz Baria
    Animation Supervisor
    Hormaz is in charge of the animation team for key animation projects at Maya. He works in close connection with the Animation Director to ensure proper workflow with the animation team, mentor the animators within the team and provide high quality output within the timelines.
    He has over 10 years of experience in computer animation across leading Indian & international animation studios including Maya & Polygon Pictures, Japan. Some of his key past projects include Clone Wars Season 4, The Tale of Jack Frost, Pimp My Ride (Game Cinematics) to name a few.
    In his professional career, Hormaz has over 4 years of experience in animation training animation training institutes, teaching 3D animation.
  • Neel Lukkani
    Neel Lukkani
    HOD,
    2D Animation
    Neel is in charge of 2D Animation & Overall Creative Supervision at Maya. He is also the creative director for some of the key 2D animated projects that the company creates.
    He has over 10 years of diversified experience in Traditional Animation, Digital Animation, VFX, CG and Gaming & Process re-engineering. His focus is on constant up gradation of latest technologies & best industry practices to create and execute strong production Pipeline. Some of his key past projects include Keymon Ache, Balkand, Omkar, Ravan, Feluda, Little Krishna.
  • Ram Dhumne
    Ram Dhumne
    S3D Head,
    & CG / VFX Compositing
    Supervisor
    Ram is in charge of the compositing department for all CG/VFX/conversion work. He is also responsible for the mentoring professionals for the 2D to 3D Stereoscopic conversion division.
    He has over 8 years of experience in post-production & visual effects and high end digital compositing for TV series & feature films across reputed Indian studios. Some of his key past projects include films like Lord of the Rings, Hell boy, Toonpur ka Superhero, Chocolate, & ad commercials for MTV, Vh1 & Coca-Cola to name a few. He is the Lead ‘Scratch Colorist’ for Maya, & Heads the Digital Color Correction Division.
    Ram’s key 2D to stereoscopic 3D conversion projects include Indian cinema’s cult classic Sholay, Sons of Ram and several Ad films for international clients to name a few.
  • Ranjeet Kumar
    Ranjeet Kumar
    HOD,
    Lighting Department
    Ranjeet is in charge of the Lighting department at Maya including lighting & shading.
    He has 8 years of experience in CG animation across domestic & international TV, film & Ad projects.
    Some of his key past projects include Ramayana – The Epic, Toonpur ka Superhero, Tak, Soldier of Fortune, Tommy & Oscar, Disney Princess, Cosmic Quantum Ray, Everything’s Rosie.
  • Santosh Raut
    Santosh Raut
    AVP I.T.,
    HOD I.T.
    In charge of the entire IT infrastructure, support, functioning and constant up-gradation of the entire studio facility including data management & transfer, data back-up and network infrastructure
    Implementation of innovative & new age technologies to ensure a state of the art studio facility
    Over 19 years of well-rounded IT experience with across the entire value-chain including core IT companies, manufacturers, software developers & media.
    Adept at hardware as well as software requirements, innovation is his forte
  • Suhas Kadav
    Suhas Kadav
    Creative Director,
    HOD - Animation
    Suhas is in charge of the entire Pre-Production, Animation & Overall Creative Supervision at Maya. He is also the creative director for some of the key animated TV series & feature film projects that the company creates.
    He has over 12 years of experience across leading Indian animation studios and has produced work for companies like Disney Singapore, Funbag to name a few. Some of his key past projects include Pet Aliens, Arthur, Jakers, Brats, Monster Blaster Club, Wordworld, Barnyard, Land Before Time, Weird Monster, Todd Petrol, For Better Or For Worse.
    Suhas is an alumnus of the prestigious Sir J.J. School of Arts & has mentored many young artists who are today highly sought after successful animators.
  • Tarit Nath
    Tarit Nath
    Project Director,
    HOD – Modeling
    Tarit is in charge of the entire processes of modeling & texturing for the animation projects at Maya. He is also the creative director for some of the key animated TV series & feature film projects that the company creates.
    He has over 12 years of experience across, domestic & international film, TV & Ad projects. Some of his key past projects include The Tale of Jack frost (BBC, UK), Disney princess( Disney, USA) Avatar, Google, USA, Pet Pet, Neopets (Vision Scape, USA), Everything’s Rosie (V&S Entertainment, UK), Dangaons & Dragoans (Tiger Hare, USA), Tronji (Ragdoll, UK), Desperate Housewives, Monster by Mistake (DPSI, Israel), Ramayana The Epic, The Rising, Toonpur ka Superhero, Jajantaram Mamantarm & several domestic Commercials for Coca Cola, Bull Ride, Boost, Horlicks to name a few.