Mumbai Film Academy Faculty

Professor F.R. Khan is a post-graduate diploma holder in motion picture photography from the Film and Television Institute of India 1969 batch. He has an experience of over 45 years in the Indian film industry as a cinematographer. He has worked as a cinematographer & Director of Photography in more than 70 films. He has been associated with Mumbai Film Academy since its inception.

DOP Ajay Tandon is an ace cinematographer having graduated from FTII in the year 1982. Ajay Tandon began his career with Hindi feature Film Abodh in 1984 and was the DOP for 2004 Film Abra Ka Dabra. Besides Hindi films, he has shot a lot of AD films, documentaries TV serials for renowned production houses.

Samir Ganguly is an Indian film director. He also directed many episodes of the television serial Paying Guest. Samir Ganguly complete movie(s) list from 1984 to 1957 all-inclusive: Exclusive complied list with movies like Pakhandee (1984), Marriage Bureau (1984), Phande Baaz (1978), Anjane Mein (1978), Deewangee (1976), Koi Jeeta Koi Hara (1976), Jaggu (1975), Sharmeelee (1971), Shagird (1967), Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957)

Anand D. Ghatraj was awarded as The Best Director for Kab Hoi Gavna Hamar at the 53rd National Film Awards. He is an experienced cinematographer, the director having more than 25 years of experience in films. He is one of the best directors of Bollywood. Some of his popular films are Ladaaai, Lagi Those Lagan, Ye Mohabbatein. upcoming Films Shehenshah & Ghaat.

Dev completed post graduate diploma in cinematography from the Film & Television Institute Of India. He has worked with eminent Indian as well as international artists and theatre directors. He has shot commercials, feature Flms, documentaries, short Fictions and corporate Flms. Citylight & Bollywood Diaries are his popular Bollywood Flms as the Director Of Photography.

Manoj Pradhan is a post graduate in lm having a specialization in cinematography. He has been working as a cinematographer in the lm & television industry since 1993. He shot to fame with lms like Shorgul, Chapekar Brothers, Ek Boond Ishq, Zoya the black window, Ladies S p e c i a l a n d ma n y o t h e r s h o r t  lms & documentaries.

Professor Hitesh Liya is a post graduate diploma holder in cinematography from Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute SRFTI. As per his academic qualifcations he is a mechanical engineer from IIT Bombay. He has worked with Sanjay Leela Bhansali as an assistant cinematographer for the magnum opus, Bajirao Mastani.

Renowned cinematographer Firoz Khan is an experience DOP in English, Hindi & regional lms with popular lms like Jeena Teri Gali Mein, Chhora Ganga Kinare Wala, Nagina, India v/s Pakistan. He is a master in practical aspects of cinematography & lighting skills.

A renowned cinematographer having taught students all over India conducts special batches at Mumbai Film Academy right from script to screen. He has been associated with miracle arts. Mahendar has been the DOP for award winning International documentary film A Blind Love.

Sanjay kumar is a Delhi university graduate of 1998 and he has been active in the Mumbai Film Industry as a freelance indepedent editor since last 15 years. He is an expert DI colourist having worked at the ministry of movies. He is an expert on Final Cut Pro, Assimilate Scratch, Baselight & Da Vinci Resolve. Some of the popular lms are Saavi, MSG, Shaukeen Kaminay & many more.

Rishi Mittal has been running his own studio setup in Delhi & Mumbai has done various corporate films ad films & documentaries of International clients. He teaches modern editing techniques and the latest trends in post production.

Nishant Dalal has been associated with Mumbai Film Academy since 1998. He is a professionally trained editor having an experience of more than 18 years. Currently he is associated with INX media. He has worked for various projects of Endemol, Bindas TV, UTV & MTV networks.

Aritra Ganguly is a passout from Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute Kolkata. He is a freelance editor working professionally at the Mumbai Film & Television studios having vast practical experience.

Rajesh Tiwari is a popular actor in theatre, TV serials & Films with varying character and dynamic roles. He is a professionally trained actor from the National School of Drama.He is a popular actor from bollywood and has worked in many TV serials & Films like Rowdy Rathore, Ghanchakkar, Apaharan And China Gate.

Bhagwan Tiwari is a brilliant Film actor with a dynamic personality. He is trained from the National School of Drama. He has appeared in important roles in Wednesday, Special 26, Masaan, Tevar, Run Bhoomi, Commando & Ekkees Topoon Ki Salaami. Many more. Latest Film Raees with Shahrukh Khan.

Rakesh Kumar is a renowned actor from National School of Drama new Delhi. He is a popular performer, folk dancer, singer and also famous for launda dance of Bihar. Rakesh Kumar has been recently seen performing a popular ad Film with Amitabh Bachchan. He has been associated with Mumbai Film Academy since last eight years.

Mr. Aatam Prakash has been teaching students of Mumbai Film Academy since 2010. Atam prakash is an actor and producer, known for Anand, Koshish & Badnam Farishte. Aatam Prakash is an actor and producer known for training superstars like Govinda & Jackie Shroff and a number of actors in the Bollywood Film Industry.

Chandra Shekhar Dutta is an actor, known for Rakhta Charitra 2, Tremors, Kaaron Ki Namaaz. He is an actor, known for Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela. He is a post graduate from FTII passed out in 2007.

Sanjay Kumar Sahu qualifed the FTII entrance examination for PG Diploma course in Acting in 2012. He is one of the younger generation of qualifed actors who prepares the students to excel in the performance arts.

One of the most popular sound engineers from FTII who has recorded more than a thousand super hit songs with almost all singers, music directors and has been in the music industry since 1989, he is the head of sound design & music production department at Mumbai Film Academy.

Mr. Uday Kamat is a Maharashtra state award winner for music direction. He joined the institute in 2006 & has mentored more than a thousand singers. He is an expert composer, arranger & singer. He has recorded music albums for Anup Jalota and many other composers, he has complete knowledge of latest trends in digital music recording.

He began his journey as a lm sound recordist from Famous Studios & Bombay Film Laboratories working with legendary music directors in the golden era of music. Later he joined Film Center & teamed up with Salil Chaudhary, Kalyanji Anandji, Viju Shah for lms like Tridev & Mohra. He enjoyed working with R.D Burman for lms like Parinda & 1942 Love Story.

Monty Sharma is a music composer from India scoring music for Bollywood. He is popular for being the background music composer for Black (2005), Ram-Leela (2013) and music director for Saawariya (2007). He is cousin of famous Indian music composer Mithoon & nephew of famous music composer Pyarelal Sharma of popular indian music composer duo LaxmikantPyarelal.

Dilip Sen is a composer, known for Yeh Dillagi, Aaina and Ziddi. He is one of the most popular music composers teamed with Sameer Sen. He takes special lessons to groom singers for professional Flm recordings. He has composed songs for movies like Ishara - A Dangerous Mission, Icy N Spicy, Masoom Mohabbat, Ishaara, Jalwa, Mission Mumbai, Soorma Bhopali.

Sajid Khan is a sound engineer having practical knowledge of recording dubbing mixing & mastering. He has an experience of more than 20 years and has recorded & created more than two thousand songs for the Indian music industry, he is an arranger for some of the hit film songs & music albums.

Satish Gupta is a sound engineering graduate from FTII working in the Indian Flm industry for last 4 decades. His credit has chartbusters like Bheege Honth Tere, Kaho Na Pyaar Hai & Sandese Aate Hain from the FIlm Border for which he won the Zee Cine Award for best song recording. He has also won the IIFA awards for best song recording for Kache Dhaage, Kaho Na Pyaar Hain, Koi Mil Gaya & Murder.

Jayant is a specialist in Fnal sound designing. He teaches Flm mixing, dubbing & surround sound. He is a sound mixing engineer having decades of experince as a sound designer with more than 100 Flms. Some popular Flms mixing done by him are Rock On, Taare Zameen Par, God Tussi Great Ho, Ghajni, Dostana.

Arup Dey is one of the most liked and popular audiographers of bollywood who has been working with JJ Digital Recording studios. He is an expert in music mixing & mastering. He is an arranger for some of the hit music albums. He has recorded top singers like Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal, Neha Kakkar, Shaan, Mika Singh & many more.

S.D. Sharma is an experienced sound designer, programmer, music composer & a master in digital audio orchestrations having experience of over 20 years who trains students in Electronic Music Production. He has been training students of Mumbai Film Academy.

Dhananjay Bhatt is a highly qualifed & trained classical singer having a distinction of training & mentoring the maximum singers participating in TV reality shows like Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Indian Idol, Sur Kshetra, Sur Sangram, Bharat ki Shaan, Lil Champs. He was the 2nd runner-up of the reality show Meri Awaz Suno in 1997.

She has achieved Doctrate in music on the subject of music director Ravindra Jain. She is honoured by the titles of Sangeet Shiromani, Sangeet Suman & Sangeet Kalp. She performs regularly on A.I.R. & Doordarshan alongwith her shows all over India. She has also been to Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and many other parts of the world for her classical performances.

Yasin Darbar is a popular music director and composer, who works in bollywood flm industry. He is famous for his movie Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamaana & Lateef. Yasin Darbar comes from a traditional music family & has deep knowledge of Hindustani classical music.

Israr Ansari is a highly qualifed & popular lyricist & singer having a distinction of training a number of singers participating in music reality shows on television. He is known for his song Zindagi Maut Na Ban Jaaye Sambhalo Yaron from Sarfarosh. Trained Singers like Palak Muchhal & Kamaal Khan and many more for the Reality Shows like Sa re Ga Ma, Indian Idol, lil Champ, Voice of India.

Pamela Jain has been fond of singing since young age. Pamela Jain, one of the best playback singers of India. The sweet voice that touches a million hearts. Pamela Jain is known for her work on Sarkar Raj, Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey And Na Tum Jaano Na Hum.

Rajib Choudhary is a music director having practical knowledge of music arranging, recording dubbing mixing & mastering. He has an experience of more than 25 years in Film music and has composed more than thousand songs for various singers from Indian music industry, he is an arranger for some of the hit music albums & Films.

A trained singer having a versatile voice, Zuber belongs to classical gharana. He excels in diverse forms of indan classical music like, thumri, dadra, folk, ghazal, and bollywood. He has reached the top 6 in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2017 Mahua Tv Sur Sangram, and also reached the top 4 in DD Bharat Ki Shaan.

Zakir Sadani is an expert faculty for rhythm at Mumbai Film Academy and trains students in Laya & Taal. Zakir Sadani is a popular rhythmist playing in live shows in India & abroad. He is a popular folk singer performing in live shows with his band.

Tanvi is a renowned classical singer & performer who has graduated in traditional music. Tanvi has learnt classical since her childhood. She is an expert faculty in Hindustani Calssical music and a procient playback singer. She is a professional performer.

Expert faculty on voicing & anchoring techniques, Radio Jockeying, Radio Drama and Audio Broadcasting. Former channel head of All India Radio. He has been associated with All India Radio for the last 40 years in various capacities such as drama artist, announcer, transmission executive, programme executive and Asst. Station Director.

One of the most renowned announcers, voicing artist having more than 35 years of experience. He Is well versed in anchoring, stage shows and radio programmes. Besides having a good voice he is a good singer singing ghazals, bhajans and fIlm songs. He has great command in English, Hindi and Urdu.

One of the most popular voices in India, Atul Kapoor is an Indian voice actor who can speak English and Hindi as his native languages. He mostly has worked with dubbing foreign content into the Hindi language as part of his voiceacting career. He has been associated with the Mumbai Film Academy as a special guest faculty.

He is a professional voiceover artist who has been associated with Star TV and has a good command over English & Hindi. Most of the Amitabh Bacchans dubbing is been done by Sameep Nanda. He is a RJ, anchor and Master of Ceremonies for many corporate events.

Sharad Raj has a 3 year post graduate diploma in Film Making & Direction from Film and Television Institute of India. He has an experience of 20 years in identifying and producing high quality TV properties. He was an integral member of the core team of ZEE TV.

Mukesh Kabir Kapoor has a 3 year post graduate diploma in Cinema from Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute. He was faculty in Whistling Woods International for 3 years. He also did casting for Kundan Shahs Flm P se pm tak. He was associate director in one segment of feature Flm X past is present starring Rajat Kapoor and Radhika Apte.

Jessica Sadana is a freelance film producer & director working for major projects of films division, India. She is a post graduate From Film And Television Institute Of India. She has been commissioned by the films division of india to make a documentary film on a personal journey into the life of the tibetan Refugee. Jessica produced a feature-length documentary Film.

Arvind Ranjan Das is a renowned Film producer, writer & director. He is the direction faculty of Mumbai Film Academy. He is a a passout from FTII. He was a senior project director at Zee TV, creative head at Atn. He is also the writer & director of the Hindi feature films, Ghazab Nagariya and System .

Param Kalra is an experienced writer formerly worked in story department of mukta arts, Film maker & director currently working for Artha Motion Pictures he worked at the direction department of big screen entertainment. He has directed some of the best short films which participated in international film festivals, He has been associate with Direcor Anurag Kashyap.

Anil started his career with Pratima Infotainment in the Creative Department for Concept Creation, Development and Execution. He is trained from the Hollywood Director & Bollywood Directors Later he joined Mumbai Film Academy as a Creative Director in the Filmmaking and Direction department. He directed Hindi Feature Film SHAUKEEN KAMINAY under the banner of MFA Motion Pictures Pvt. Ltd.

Neeharika Mishra is a trained scriptwriter currently involved in scripting popular TV serials. She is also writing screenplay & dialogues for some big banners. She is very popular among the young Film enthusiasts who are taught right from script to screen.

Santosh Gour studied cinema at FTTI, Pune. He made his directorial debut with the Film Nirjan Godhuli which received Spectrum India award in the Mumbai International Film Festival. Since then he has been making short films, documentaries. His films have been screened at various international Film festivals.

Rajkumar Ganaya is a DI colourist having colour grading experience for than 15 years. He has colour graded more than 200 films which include Hollywood & Bollywod Films like Munnabhai Mbbs. He worked as an analyser for Mangal Pandey.

As a director of photography, Matt Siegel designs, Lights, and composes for feature lms, commercials, documentaries, and episodic television. He conducts practical workshops for cinematography students & exposes them to the modern day digital cameras.

Jill Mistry is a very concerned film maker who has got a special place for workers in the film industry. She has made a beautiful documentary on the state of junior artists in the film industry. She is one of the direction faculties of Mumbai Film Academy.

Milind has worked as operative cameraman for talk-shows, stand-up comedy shows, chat-shows and reality-shows like Big Switch, Tele-Dost, Great Indian Laughter Champions & Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao. He is a passout from FTII from the 1992 batch. He is an independent cinematographer with over 17 years experience.

Pradeep Singh is an established Film Distributor and Producer who has distributed more tha 400 films all over India. He has associated himself with Mumbai Film Academy to make Hindi feature films with the students of the institution. He is the owner of Green Chillies Pvt. Ltd & World Wide Film Productions.

Anil Kabra is the owner of India E-Commerce, a FIlm production and distribution company. He has distributed more than 100 FIlms all over India including Hollywood, Bollywood and Regional Films.

Israr Ahmed is a Film Director, Producer and Film Distributor with an experience of more than 30 years who has directed several Films. He is popular for his Hindi Featur Film LATEEF starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui. He is the owner of Screenshot Media & Entertainment Group.

Anwar Virani is an experienced Film Distributor and Exhibitor having worked in the Film and Television Media for more than 30 years. He distributes Hollywood, Bollywood and Regional Films in West Bengal, Delhi-UP, Bihar and Punjab. He also has complete knowledge of Production Design and Execution.

Haresh Patel is an established Film Producer and Film Distributor with an experience of more than 25 years. He has distributed maximum Bollywood Films for Gujrat-Saurashtra regions. He recently produced a big budget FIlm directed by Abbas-Mustaan titled MACHINE.

He is popular Public Relation Officer having been in Film & Television Media and organising events for Publicity & Promotion of Bollywood Films and corporate events. He is the owner of Fame Media which is looking after the Public Relation of renowned celebrities.

Sanjay Bhushan Patiyala the owner of Hungama Media is a renowned Public Relation Ofcer in the Indian Film Industry. He is associated with a number of publications in Delhi-UP, Bihar and Mumbai writing articles regarding lms and celebrities.

Sutinder Singh has been conducting acting & grooming for students at Mumbai Film Academy since 2006. Basically he has been active in Delhi & later moved to Mumbai to become a perfect trainer & motivator for Flm & TV actors & celebrities.

Sudhakar Sharma is an Indian Film Director & Lyrics Writer. He is been associated with Mumbai Film Academy since 2001 as a Direction & Script Writing Faculty. He is been in the Indian Film Industry for the last 40 Years.

Rajkumar Pandey is an Award Winning Indian film director, producer, music composer and screenwriter, known for his works in Regional films, Having experience of 25 years in Indian film Industry. Rajkumar Pandey is also an Hon. Sr. Vice President at Indian Film and Television Director Association.

Sudhanshu Dubey is an Indian Film Writer who has written a film for Amitabh Bachchan, Sharukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Jackky Bhagnani and many more. Sudhanshu Dubey having Experience of more than 20 years in the Bollywood Industry. His Famous films such as Bhoothnath, Humko Deewana Kar Gaya, Kal Kisne Dekha, Anjaan, etc.

Mahesh V Patil is an International Award Winning Director having experience of 30 years in the Film Industry. Mahesh V Patil is Graduated from NSD and he has trained more than 1100 students all over India.

Saeed Khan is an Apple Certified trainer in Film and Video Editing, He is a well experienced and senior faculty at Mumbai Film Academy, he has given FCP training to the Editors Sony TV editors, Kanika Bala, AajTak TV channel editors, MTV channel editors, Disney TV, UTV STARS TV and FCP Setup and Supports to Rajkumar Santoshi Films, Dharma productions, Aamir Khan Productions, ZOOM Television channel, currently working as a Data Manager on film projects like Sacred Games (Netflix Show), Super 30 (Film), Koi Jaane naa (Film), 83 the film (Film), Mira (The Girl on the train) (Film).

Revanth Naidu is a Film Producer based in Hyderabad having experience of 15 years in the Film Industry, He has given a placement supports in South Indian Film Industry to our Mumbai Film Academy technical students. Revanth Naidu is a Franchisee Head for Mumbai Film Academy for National and International.

Sanjay Yadav is a famous Choreographer and Dance Guru he is highly qualified and trained many Bollywood celebrities like Hrithik Roshan, Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Harman Baweja, etc. Dance & Aerobics course is specially designed for Actors, Dancers & Choreographers. Mumbai Film Academy is proud to have such highly qualified and experienced faculties like Sanjay Yadav.

Yogesh Gandharv is a Versatile singer and Music teacher at Mumbai Film Academy. He was the Final winner for Sa, Re Ga, Ma Punjabi in 2000. Yogesh Gandhav Sung many films and serials like Dhappa, Malik Ek, Lion of Gujrat, Baba Ramsaa peer and in Serials Tarak Mehta ka Ulta Chashma, Diya Aur Baati hum, Rab Se Sona Ishq. He is an Artist for All India Radio Artist(Ghazal, Geet, Bhajan) Mumbai. Performed in the USA, Canada, France, Singapore, Dubai. He released many albums like Ghazals, Bhajan, geet, folk, Sufi, etc

Satya Prakash Rath completed post graduate diploma in cinematography from the Film & Television Institute Of India. He has shot commercials, feature films, documentaries, ads, short Fictions, and corporate Films. Some Hindi Feature Æ’ilms are Saavy: A Bonded Bride, Rainbow Fields, Xoixobote Dhemaliteis, Guns, and Guitars: A Musical Travelogue... (Documentary), Adomya, 47 to 84 Hun Main Kisnu Watan Kahunga, Nabar: A Rebel with a Cause are his popular Bollywood Films as the Director Of Photography. Satya Prakash Rath is an associate professor Cinematography at FTII, Pune since 2017.

Abdulkhaliq Jawari is a highly experienced Director of Photography to train Cinematography & lighting Students of Mumbai Film Academy. Abdulkhaliq Jawari has trained more than 600 students all over the world. He has shot numerous International Short Films, documentaries, ads, commercials, and full-length movies.

Sunil Golani is a Film Producer having experience of 30 years in the Indian Film Industry, He is also a National & International Event Organiser and Organised more than hundreds of events with Bollywood Celebrities.

Haril Shukla, a national award-winning filmmaker, has been active in the entertainment industry for the past 28 years. He began as a Production Manager and worked his way up to Head of Production at prestigious companies including Network 18, Miditech, and ZEE TV Network.

Samir Ganguly is an Cinematographer having graduated from FTII in the year of 2015. He also work in various movies like Kedarnath, Mom, Fitoor, Guzarish, Ishqiya, Dil Kabbadi. He has shot many short films like Curious Case, Bake Tree, Vhaccuum, From Ahesh etc.

Raju Das is an Indian Film Action Director and Martial Artist, working in Hindi and regional films and projects. He Trained so many Celebrities like Tiger Shroff, Vikrant Messy, Ravi Kishan, Rakhi Sawant, Jay Bhanushali, Taaha Shah, Mahi Vij, Shoaib Ibrahim, Dipika Kakkar and many more. He is Popular for Tv Shows like Meera, Arsalaan, Prithvi Raj Chauhan, Dharam Veer, also films like Yaatris, Lori (Hindi), Agantuk (Gujrati), Sapne Sajan ke (Bhojpuri) etc. He has been in the Industry for around 27 years. Practicing various Martial Arts for 36 years.

DOP Dhruvan Gautham is an Indian cinematographer having graduated from FTII (Pune). Dhruvan Gautham is known for The Bizarre Murder of Mr Tusker, The Window (2018) and Kar Option (2014).

Maisam Ali is an Indian Film Maker & Director who graduated from FTII (Pune).

Rajesh Thakar is a highly accomplished mentor and professional in film/video editing and design, with over 26 years of expertise in software like FCP, Adobe Premiere, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Autodek Smoke & Flame Premium, CorelDRAW, and Photoshop. Renowned for his technical proficiency, creativity, and innovative methodologies, he excels in visualization, corporate training production, post-production, and VFX. Rajesh has conducted numerous seminars and workshops, leveraging the latest technologies to push the boundaries of design. His portfolio includes editing and color grading for acclaimed TV serials like Shobha Somnath Ki and Sawaare Sabke Sapne, Preeto, as well as diverse projects in commercials, documentaries, dramas, and music videos. As a mentor at prestigious film schools, he continues to inspire and develop talent in the industry.