About Us

Jamun

JAMUN is a collective of co-conspirators which has only been around for a little while, but we have all been creating for years. We look at life around us and hope to tell it’s stories in beautiful ways.

We are DIGITAL film makers exploring and embracing new tools of creation that technology is empowering us with. Jamun believes in the collaborative spirit of film making and is driven by inter-disciplinarian thought. Jamun is currently turned on by creating unique visual narratives for inspiring concepts and people.

AYESHA SOOD 

Ayesha Sood is a film maker who has been generating independent and commissioned projects for film and tv. She started working in the Art Department under the guidance of Aradhana Seth.  Till date she has worked with renowed directors like, Deepa Mehta, Pankaj Butalia, Mira Nair, Rahul Bose, Daisy Von Mayer, and Farhan Akhtar. She wrote / produced and directed “POV”, a short film, and co-directed a TV serial for STAR ONE called “Happy go Lucky”.  Her own film, including “The Cherry On Top” has received acclaimed reviews and has been the official selection at numerous film festivals around the world.  She has also directed “MADHURI - Girl Stars”, a documentary for the National Geographic and “Metro Nation” a six part series for NDTV. Along with her talent as a filmmaker, Ayesha is a prolific photographer trained at the Triveni Kala Sangam.  Ayesha on imdb

ayesha@jamun.net

UDAYAN BAIJAL

Udayan Baijal is a producer at Jamun with a background in feature films, documentaries and commercials. He has worked as first assistant director on international films including Batman – The Dark Knight Rises, Mission Impossible 4, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Eat Pray Love, For Real and The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Udayan has also worked in post production as an assistant editor on Slumdog Millionaire and in digital distribution at Emerging Pictures, New York. Udayan holds a Bachelors degree in History from St Stephen’s College, Delhi University and a Masters in Mass Communication from A.J.K. M.C.R.C, Jamia Millia Islamia University. In May 2007 Udayan was awarded the INLAKS Scholarship to train in digital film distribution and post production with leading film companies and filmmakers in New York & London.  Udayan on imdb

udayan@jamun.net 

REECHA UPADHYAY

Reecha has spent the last decade working on human rights policy and advocacy at the global and local levels. She has worked for the United Nations Development Programme on conflict and disaster prevention and recovery in New York, Geneva, South Sudan and New Delhi. She has also worked with a number of local NGOs in New York, Thailand, Nepal and India.  She has developed and implemented global advocacy campaigns like the Stop Rape Now campaign to end sexual violence.   Reecha has developed content and communication strategies for human rights, environment justice, labor rights and peace and security issues.  She holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs from the New School University in New York.

reecha@jamun.net