Resume CV : Producer / Writer / Director / Videographer / VOs

[Aman Bhonsle]

Aman Rajan Bhonsle
E-mail ID : amanbhonsle AT gmail.com

Personal Profile :
- Date of birth : 09/03/1986
- Languages known : (speak, read and write) English, Hindi, Marathi, and French
- AREA OF INTEREST : Creatives / Ideation / Direction / OAP

Current Employment :
Associate Producer at UTV ACTION. I have been a part of the pioneering team of the UTV ACTION movie channel since it’s inception and have been Producing Promos for them.
More than 25 of my promos have already gone on air.
I have cut promos for several popular movies such as – Desperado, Men in Black, Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl, S.W.A.T, End of Days, Godzilla, Oldboy, The Mask of Zorro etc..(All searchable on youtube if you type – AMAN BHONSLE)
I have also worked on client promos – Innovations for reputed BRANDS such as Fair and Lovely, Nivea for Men, Vaseline, Castrol Power One, Vivel, Aquaguard, TVS Apache etc.
I have also lent my voice to several promos and dubs for movies on UTV ACTION and UTV BINDASS.
Current CTC
Rs. 3.60 Per Annum

Academic Credentials :
MBA in Mass Media (AICTE Approved) : I have successfully completed my Post-Graduation in Mass Media by specializing in Film & TV and have secured an MBA from the FLAME School of Communication, Pune.
I was also on the Dean’s Roll of Scholastic Excellence for achievement in Film-making during my MBA.
(FLAME is the only institute in India of its kind offering an AICTE approved course in Management Communication where management and craft subjects are integrated and encompass a holistic approach at training aspiring media professionals.)
Bachelors in Mass Media (B.M.M.) : Completed my Graduation B.M.M. with Distinction ( 70.17% ) from the prestigious St. Xavier’s College affiliated to Mumbai University.
(Bachelors in Mass Media – A graduation course devoted to careers in Mass Media, Advertising, Journalism etc.)
HSC Mumbai University St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai 67.33%
ICSE ICSE Sahyadri School, KFI 81.33%

Additional Qualifications / Professional Trainings :
- Completed a Professional in Multimedia (PIM) Certificate Course from Arena Multimedia, which focused on Graphic Designing, Desktop Publishing and Editing.
- Passed the Highest Grade (Grade 8) examination for Digital Keyboards held by the prestigious Trinity College, London.
- Done an RJ Training workshop with Take One School of Communication.
- Professional training in ‘Voice Art’ with eminent voice over artist, Khodus Wadia.
- Have done a Film Making Workshop with Mr. Mohan Azad (Script writer for the film “Chandni Bar”)
- Trained in Copywriting under the mentorship of Mr. Zafar Khan, CEO of Atlantis IMC in a series of one-on-one workshops.
- Have done Theatre workshops with Sanjana Kapoor’s Prithvi Theatre group and Divya Palat’s Balancing Act Productions.
- Done the first 2 levels of the French Course at Alliance Francaise.
- Completed the Certificate Course in Robert Carkuff model of Personal Counselling and Sex Educator’s training program at the Heart To Heart Counselling Centre.
- Done a Creative Writing Training ‘Write Right’ conducted by Sapna Bajaj Sawant who has more than 15 years of experience in the media in India and USA.

Earlier Work Experience :
- I have worked as an Associate Producer – Reality on the show ‘ISS JUNGLE SE MUJHE BACHAO’ – a joint collaboration between Miditech, Sony, Silverback Productions and iTV Global. The show was shot entirely on location at the 130 year old Taman Negara rainforest in Pahang, Malaysia. My roles including managing the floor, ideating for activities that contestants would carry out, proof reading scripts, coordinating with the camera team and production team.
- I was with RED ICE FILMS in 2006 and worked in various capacities across several functions/roles such as Casting, Assisting at shoots, going for Recce’s (Location scouting) and even preparing Ad client presentation dockets on Photoshop.
I have attended shoots for brands such as Hamam, Dr. Batra’s clinic, Nivea for Men.
- I have worked in the Creative Department of Lintas as a copywriter in 2005 with Lintas Direct Marketing, Lintas Healthcare and Lintas SRS ( Strategic Relationship Solutions ) the web division for Lintas.
I have worked on brands such as : TATA AIG, Bank of Baroda, Fair and Lovely and ICICI Credit Cards.

Software Proficiency :
- Microsoft Office
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Working knowledge of Final Cut Pro
- Learning Adobe After Effects
- Sound Forge

Achievements :
(Special Awards, Recognitions & Positions held)
- Won the BEST Graduation Film of the Year at FLAME (Foundation for Liberal and Management Education) for my 1 hour Student Film VOLITION – A thriller on the psychology of a serial killer.
- Won the BEST Student Film of the Year (Dean’s Trophy) at FLAME for my short film VERSUS. This result was reached by collating popular vote and graded averages.
- Topped the institute in a documentary film making assignment on 18 year old Smokers, titled Smoker’s Inc.
- Written and Directed a Short Film ‘BLINDED’ made in association with Buzz18 – the online entertainment portal by CNBC Web18 and produced by Balancing Act Productions in 2007.
- Directed a student documentary on Homosexuality titled ‘Happy & Gay’ on the history and various facets of Homosexuality as seen legally, medically and in popular media.
- Winner of the MR. MALHAR, 2005 (St. Xavier’s Annual Inter-Collegiate Mega Event) personality contest in which Literary Arts, Fine Arts and Performing Arts faculties are tested in a series of open ended tests and elimination rounds where spontaneity, ingenuity, creativity and presence of mind are judged.
- Bagged the first place in several events at the FLAME fest intra house competition in 2009.

- WON The Ad Zap event : where extempore skits and pitches had to be made on stage so as to spontaneously sell and market products, people, social causes. The event requires one to use one’s presence of mind to give a conclusive close and make a compelling sale in a series of comedic and bizarre eventualities.
- WON The ‘Whose Line is it Anyway’ Event. Based on the popular American show, I was subjected to a series of improvisational acting situations to bring out the inherent contradictions, coincidences and the extempore hilarity that ensues from being on stage unprepared for what’s expected of you.

- WON The Turncoat Event where one is given a debating topic to speak on for a minute. It could be anything bizarre for eg : having fat people as friends. In the middle of the round, one is expected to contradict oneself when prompted so as to bring the other side of the same topic to the surface.
- Came 2nd place in the JAM (Just a minute). An event that tested our ability to coherently speak in an extempore manner on any topic given on the spot without any speech or grammatical hiccups.
- Been part of musical performances with the Rock Bands ‘Resonance’ and ‘Segway’ on the keyboard.
- Represented my college in Mass Communication festivals such as Fest-O Comm (Symbiosis College), Polaris (Wilson’s College) and Drishti (NM College) in Mumbai and Pune.
- Bagged first price for a rural marketing campaign event at Drishti.

Life Experiences :
- I have traveled extensively and visited several countries : UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal, USA – New York, Los Angeles, Orlando and Buffalo.
- In India I have visited Bangalore, Kerala, Chennai, Delhi, Agra, Rajasthan, Banaras, Chandigarh, Kullu, Manali, Gujarat – Ahmedabad and Baroda.

Hobbies :
- Photography and Videography
- Playing the Digital Keyboard
- Sketching, Painting
- Dramatics
- Poster Art on Photoshop
- Writing screenplays and short stories
- Voice Art
- Video Editing

My Links online :
//Aman's Short Films//
http://www.vimeo.com/user1944425
http://www.youtube.com/user/amanbhonsle

[Guest]

Respected sir,
This is SHRADDHA AVINASH KADAM sending my resume to you. I like to do reporting in marathi language. I will highly obiliged if you will get back to me for the same.

Curriculum vitae :
Shraddha A. Kadam.
shraddha_2388 AT yahoo.co.in

Hobbies : Reading, Communicating, drawing and hanging with friends.

Computer knowledge : MS Office, Photoshop, learning CorelDraw and more.

Educational Qualification :
- Passed SSC through Maharashtra Board in the year 2002 with II class
- Passed HSC through Maharashtra Board in the year 2004 with II class
- Passed TYBMM through University of Mumbai in the year 2009 with I class (In Journalism)

Career Objective :
To be a specialist and perfectionist in my area of work. I also want to learn a variety of things in a number of fields.

Strengths :
Confidence, honesty, and hunger for learning new things and success.
Made a documentary on the topics like Dharavi and Mumbai University.

Achievements :
- Got the second prize in Utkarsh, 2007, Somaiya College for Dharavi (documentary}
- Got the second prize in Entity, 2008 C.H.M College for Dharavi (documentary)
- Got the third prize in Poster Painting, Nagindas Khandwala College.
- Got the second prize in Poster Painting, Nagindas Khandwala College.

Work experience :
- Worked as a reporter for a local newspaper ‘Our Town’ from Mulund for 1 year.
- Worked as a reporter and helping Consultant editor in magazine and for designing part for “URBAN CREDIT” magazine for 6 months.
- Currently Working as a reporter and Sub-editor in a Aapla mahanagar newspaper from Matunga for last 7 months. (Handling Health and Lifestyle bit. Reporting, editing and anything related to this pages handle by me)

[Guest]

This is Rajan from Chandigarh (india) , i am doing job in Canvera Digital Pvt Technology , its a weeding album designing company , i want to do job in your company ,I have a very good experience of 7 years ., Main software is Photoshop Cs5 for image editing .. whom i am using , i hope you will give me a good suggestion,