Our Mentors

VIRAJ S.

Lead Faculty ( Fashion, Advertising, Portraiture Photography )

Experience: 20 Years

A leading fashion, celebrity and commercial photographer. He graduated in applied arts and later studied marketing and branding.

His journey embarked by working in Leo Burnett which is one of the leading Ad agencies in the world. He has worked with various Bollywood celebrities including R.Madhavan, Gauhar Khan, Taapsee Pannu , Sonu Sood , Karan Johar ,Divya Kholsa Kumar, Sonali Kulkarni, Tushaar Kapoor, Rohit Shetty, etc. and also with some of the legendary stars like Rekhaji, Dharmendra , Hema Malini. He has worked with brands like ITC, Mahindra and Mahindra, Coca Cola, Tata, Mc Donald,3M, Larsen and Turbo etc.

He is well- experienced with ocean full of knowledge, a humble teacher with down to earth and friendly attitude .He has contagious energy that drives a student’s passion towards photography. He is well focused and keeps mastering the art of photography of creativity. His love and passion for photography can intrigue any student. He helps you understand any term with ease and also simplify it at times to match the student’s level. His pictures are worth spending time seeing, with each picture an absolute aristocratic piece. For FTP students, he is an inspiration to look up to, the way he works is what aspires them to become one such photographer.

He instills the diligence of hard work which only few have and being open to suggestions is what makes student talk to him. His professionalism marks his creativity and zest towards photography.

DEEP SIR

Experience: 20 Years

Graduate in commercial arts (BFA) and Post graduation in Art Direction from Film television institute (FTII) ,pune .

He has worked as Assistant Art director for Epic movie Bahubali As Associate Art director he as worked for films like Shivaay,Jab Harry met Sejal ,half gift friend and many more He has rich experience for designing sets for commercial ads for brands like Britannia,Mahindra ,Quaker oats etc . He likes to share his knowledge and industry insights to aspiring photographers and cinematographers .

HIMANSHU TANDEL

Experience: 15 Years

Faculty (Editing, Product, Cinematography, Wedding, Kids)

Himanshu is a Computer Engineering graduate. He is extremely passionate about photography. A tech savvy individual who is always well updated with ongoing trends and software technology, his post processing skills as well as fluency in latest software’s are remarkable. An innovative and enthusiastic person who makes sure the students learn to deal with not just photography but also the art of ‘creating’ a perfect picture after clicking the photograph. We appreciate his value addition in our courses.

Rakesh S.

Experience: 20 Years

Honorary Guest Visiting Faculty & Production House

Ben Zander

Experience: 15 Years

Honorary Guest Visiting International Faculty

(Fashion, Portraiture and Editorial Photography)

Ben is a professional international photographer based in Bangkok, Thailand. He specializes in fashion and commercial photography in general, portraiture and various social change projects. He is the creative director of raw productions company. He persists an amazing blend of art, enhancing it with an artistic eye. His exhilarating approach towards photography with exquisite skills inhabiting into students.

KUNAL SIR

Experience: 15 Years

A Film/Video Editor, Script Writer & Film Educator having experience in teaching for 12 years in several media colleges in Mumbai

After Graduating in Commerce stream and doing an Apple Certified course in Film & Video Editing, he began his career as an assistant editor on Hindi Feature films at a very early age. Later on he has been working as independent editor for Music Videos, Documentaries, Corporate Films, and International award winning Short Films till date.

His first edited Marathi feature film “My Dear Yash” based on Autism gained a lot of critical acclaim & was nominated in State Awards. He is also awarded as Best Editor for Short Films “TEA TIME” & “GRAY” at numerous International Short film festivals.

Short Films “The Judgment Day” & “Life Recipe” Written, Edited & Directed by him were awarded in Best Film, Best Story & Best Cinematography category at International Short Film festivals.

His teaching methods are original, unique and up-to-date as proved by many students now working as editors in the industry.

SHRIKANT BHELKAR

Experience: 15 Years

Acting & Direction Faculty

An Associate Director for Films,Telefilms, Serials on leading channels like Zee TV, Star Plus & Sahara Manoranjan, also having experience of conducting workshops on Direction and Acting.

After completing his B.E, he opted for Post Graduation in Journalism & Mass Communication and Diploma in Film & Video Editing. With total working experience of 14 years in the field of television & films by working with immensely talented people belongs to this fabulous industry,he has expertise in the various streams of Film Making.

His enthusiasm in imparting knowledge about the different streams of filmmaking help students to develop a keen & focused approach for the media industry.

SACHIN MAURYA

Senior Faculty (Travel, Product Photography)

A cool-minded and well-focused team-binding teacher who is graduate in chemistry.

Gradually he developed an interest in photography. Which led him to switch from business to a full time professional photographer. He had an aim that photography should reach most amount of people and teaching made him do so apart from his commercial photography assignments. He teaches students the most practical and simplest ways of photography fundamentals.

His various inputs during commercial product photography is helpful to gain knowledge. Students generally are open to him with various kinds of doubts they have towards their subject .He helps them create a non-judgmental perspective and make them understand how necessary it is to connect with your subject.