Speaker Profile

Shiladitya Bora | Founder, Platoon One Films
Shiladitya Bora is an Indian film producer, director, marketer, and distributor. Under this banner, Shiladitya successfully released more than 85 independent films. In 2015, Shiladitya was recognised for his work in marketing and distribution and was selected as one of the Berlinale Talents of the year. As the first CEO of Drishyam Films, Shiladitya served as an Associate Producer on critically acclaimed films like Masaan (2015) and Newton (2017). Shiladitya helped develop Newton from a one-line pitch to a story and greenlit the film to production.

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Gangaraju Saladi | Senior Academic Specialist, Film & Television Management, FLAME University
Prof. Saladi completed his Post Graduate Program in Communications Management from MICA. Before his MBA, he earned his B.Tech. (Dairy Tech.) from Gujarat Agriculture University, Anand. He has more than 16 years of work experience, starting with GCMMF (AMUL) as a Quality Assurance Officer. He followed his stint at AMUL with a foray into communications at Cognito Advertising, Vadodara. His previous work experience at Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) was the most extensive, where he spent a little more than 13 years managing roles across Sales, Marketing, and Media Research. In his last assignment at SPN, he was the Vice President & Head – Viewership Maximisation, which entailed converting the video OTT app SonyLIV’s AVOD viewers into SVOD subscribers and eventually platforms content fans.