Yash A Patnaik
Yash A Patnaik (born 12 March 1974) is a well known Indian television producer and screenwriter with over a dozen television series under his name. A first generation entrepreneur, Yash started his career as a journalist for print as well as electronic media in 1995. He founded Indian media company Beyond Dreams Entertainment Private Limited [1] in 2007 along with his writer wife Mamta Yash A Patnaik. Before Beyond Dreams, Yash has worked with many prominent production houses and television channels as Producer, Director, Creative Director, Executive Producer and CEO for over a decade.
Television
Yash is currently producing "kuch rang pyar ke aise bhi" which starres Shaheer sheikh(arjun in mahabharat) and the second season of one of the most popular youth show "Sadda Haq" for Channel V India. His previous popular television series were the critically acclaimed "Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera","Rang Badalti Odhani","Junoon – Aisi Nafrat Toh Kaisa Ishq", "Jamunia", "Chehra (TV series)", "Cambala Investigation Agency (CIA)", "Monica Mogre Case Files". Yash has produced many successful programmes for leading mainstream GECs like Star Plus, Star One, Life OK, Channel V India, NDTV Imagine, 9X, Zee TV, Pogo, Cartoon Network, Star Pravah, Mahua. BDEPL has produced over 2000 episodes of mainstream content for leading GECs.
Films
Yash has produced a full-length Indian feature films Kaalo, a Day Horror film, released December 2010. This experimental live-action-animation film was based on centuries-old folktale about a desert witch. Kaalo is the only Indian horror film to be adjudged Best Film in an international film festival (Best Film and Best Cinematography awards at South Africa Horrorfest 2010, Cape Town).[2]
Jury Member
International Emmy Awards (2013), Indian Telly Awards (2011, 2012, 2013)
Partial filmography
- C.I.D. (61 episodes, 2005 - 2007)
- Kaalo (2010)
- Ra.One (2011)
- Sadda Haq (537 episodes (Season 1), 2013 - present)
See also
- Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera
- Sadda Haq (TV series)
- Junoon – Aisi Nafrat Toh Kaisa Ishq
- Rang Badalti Odhani
- Chehra (TV series)
- Monica Mogre
- Cambala Investigation Agency
- Main Naa Bhoolungi
- Kaalo
References
- ↑ Production website
- ↑ Mitra, AS (19 November 2010). "KAALO wins best film award at SA Horror fest". Glamsham. Retrieved 2 November 2015.