Anku Pande

Anku Pande (born Vishakhapatnam, 13 November 1972) is a film producer from Nainital, Uttarakhand in India.

Anku Pande
Anku Pande
Born
Anku Pande

(1972-11-13) 13 November 1972
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradhesh, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active1997 to present

Pande has been responsible for introducing new talent and franchises into the industry as creative head of Viacom18 Motion Pictures.

She has worked across all media and entertainment platforms. She started her career as an editor and then went on to direct and produce various documentaries and television commercials.

She is an alumna of The American Film Institute, Los Angeles.[1]

Biography

She started her career under Dileep Patgaongar and Vinod Dua as an assistant producer and reporter. From there she moved on to work for Fremantle India. She then joined Bitv as an editor and was one of the first few to be trained to use the Grass Valley Switcher and edit using Avid. After Bitv she worked freelance as director and editor for corporate films, edited shows for TV, directed and produced commercials and documentaries. She then moved to Los Angeles to do her master's degree in film producing at the American Film Institute. Her film work started as executive producer with Ram Gopal Varma Productions, after which she went on to production work with national and international film studios, setting up local productions for Warner Brothers India.[2]

Pande was the Chief Creative Officer for Balaji Entertainment's 'Alt Entertainment'.[3] She then moved to Viacom18 Motion Pictures as their Creative and Development Head. She also started 'Tipping Point' to focus on new talent and smaller budget movies for Viacom18 Movies. She sourced Raagini MMS for Alt Entertainment, and approved Gangs of Wasseypur, Shaintaan, Tanu Weds Manu and Pyaar Ka Punchnama amongst others for Viacom18 Motion Pictures.[4]

Pande since then has been developing and producing films along with her husband Ramon Chibb in their company Manomay Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd.[5]

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
1997–2000Various TVC'sProducer Director
1997Garwah A Home in the HimalayasDirectorDocumentary for the UN NGO conference
1997Kadam Kadam Badhaye JaProducer DirectorShow for the Indian Army
1998Policy MakerProducer and DirectorShow for the Indian Army
2004Hollywood Heroes with Ashok AmritrajProducer and Director13-episode series for National Geographic
2010Cutting Carbon FootprintsExecutive producerDocumentary for National Geographic India
2011ShabriExecutive producerRGV films production
2020 Kaali Khuhi Producer
Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
YearTitleRoleNotes
2011Pyaar Ka PanchnamaDevelopment and Creative Head for Viacom18 Motion PicturesGreenlight to Release
2011ShaitanDevelopment and Creative Head for Viacom18 Motion PicturesGreenlight to Release
2011Tanu Weds ManuDevelopment and Creative Head for Viacom18 Motion PicturesGreenlight to Release
2011ShaitanDevelopment and Creative Head for Viacom18 Motion Pictures greenlit & developed the filmGreenlight to Release
2012KahaniDevelopment and Creative Head for Viacom18 Motion PicturesWas part of the HOD team that greenlit the acquisition of Kahani
2012Gangs of Wasseypur 1 and 2Development and Creative Head for Viacom18 Motion PicturesGreenlighting to supervision of production
2013InkaarDevelopment and Creative Head for Viacom18 Motion PicturesGreenlighting to Supervision of Production
2013ChasmebadoorDevelopment and Creative Head for Viacom18 Motion PicturesDevelopment to supervision of production
2024 Fighter (2024 film) Producer

References
  1. "The Graduates". The Indian Express. 14 February 2010.
  2. Anurag Kashyap Anku (21 September 2013). Gangs of Wasseypur. p. 10. ISBN 9789351361466.
  3. "On The Right Track". Box Office India. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. "Five Balaji heads quit, CEO denies blame". Hindustan Times. 20 August 2010.
  5. "List of Films Screened at the Celebrating Mountain Women Film Festival" (PDF).
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