The Show
Red Bull Spotlight is a six-part series MC'd by Seedhe Maut and features 8 emerging rappers from around India as they go head-to-head for the title and the chance to record a full-length album, a music video and more. Through the course of the series, these rappers get the chance to be mentored by some of the biggest names in Indian hip-hop: Divine, Naezy, Dee-MC, Emiway Bantai, Sez on the Beat, Brodha-V, Dopeadelicz, MC Kode, D'Evil and Sofia Ashraf.
My Role
I worked as a Content Director on this project - focusing on narrative ideas, themes and character beats for the show in the lead-up - and served as one of the directors on set during shoot.
Credits (EP 1-5)
Directed by Nisha Vasudevan
VP & Head New Business (MX Player): Rahul Sarangi
Creative Head - New IP (MX Player): Arnab Chakraborty
Executive Producer (MX Player): Dishari Dutt
Head of Commercial (MX Player): Ninad Raikar
Head of Media Network (Red Bull India): Arjun S Ravi
Head of Content (Red Bull India): Gaurav Jain
Executive Producer (Red Bull India): Geethika Chandran Kinakkal
Produced by Supari Studios
Executive Producer (Supari Studios): Manoti Jain
Lead Creative Producer: Prachi Vasant
Senior Creative Producer: Madhura Bhasker
Show Runner: Karan Hinduja
Technical Director: Siddharth Vasani
Content Director: Niyantha Shekar
Promo Director: Joel Nigli
DOP: Ankit Mhatre
Creative Development: Nisha Vasudevan, Prachi Vasant, Shashank Rajaram, Madhura Bhasker, Arbab Ahmed, Ladasha Kapse, Niyantha Shekar, Manoti Jain, Mo Joshi, Uday Kapur, Sukriti Tyagi, Prem Kumar
Chief DA: Shashank Rajaram
DA: Arbab Ahmed
Chief AD: Shoba Mohapatra
ADs: Ladasha Kapse, Prerana Poddar
Producers: Anuraj Malhotra, Aditi Bobby, Husna Lakdawala, Piyush Sharma
Post-Production team: Fardad Kerawala, Kalyani Kulkarni, Dipak Jambhale, Arnav Pingale, Akanksha Shakya, Ravishankar Shukla, Pratik Tarale, Santosh Shinde, Jeevika Dewan, Mayank Dohre
Camera Team: Prabhav Tiwary, Nikunj Singh, Janardhan Iyer, Tarkash Mehta, Udit Nijhawan, Saigunaranjan Sanil
Gaffer: Avez
Sound Engineer: Fali Damania
Production Design Team: Parichit Paralkar, Manasi Parekh, Trushna Ramane
Graffiti: Zake, Alchemy
Stylist: Sahil Nandal
Hair and Make Up Stylist: Tarsha Kohli
VP & Head New Business (MX Player): Rahul Sarangi
Creative Head - New IP (MX Player): Arnab Chakraborty
Executive Producer (MX Player): Dishari Dutt
Head of Commercial (MX Player): Ninad Raikar
Head of Media Network (Red Bull India): Arjun S Ravi
Head of Content (Red Bull India): Gaurav Jain
Executive Producer (Red Bull India): Geethika Chandran Kinakkal
Produced by Supari Studios
Executive Producer (Supari Studios): Manoti Jain
Lead Creative Producer: Prachi Vasant
Senior Creative Producer: Madhura Bhasker
Show Runner: Karan Hinduja
Technical Director: Siddharth Vasani
Content Director: Niyantha Shekar
Promo Director: Joel Nigli
DOP: Ankit Mhatre
Creative Development: Nisha Vasudevan, Prachi Vasant, Shashank Rajaram, Madhura Bhasker, Arbab Ahmed, Ladasha Kapse, Niyantha Shekar, Manoti Jain, Mo Joshi, Uday Kapur, Sukriti Tyagi, Prem Kumar
Chief DA: Shashank Rajaram
DA: Arbab Ahmed
Chief AD: Shoba Mohapatra
ADs: Ladasha Kapse, Prerana Poddar
Producers: Anuraj Malhotra, Aditi Bobby, Husna Lakdawala, Piyush Sharma
Post-Production team: Fardad Kerawala, Kalyani Kulkarni, Dipak Jambhale, Arnav Pingale, Akanksha Shakya, Ravishankar Shukla, Pratik Tarale, Santosh Shinde, Jeevika Dewan, Mayank Dohre
Camera Team: Prabhav Tiwary, Nikunj Singh, Janardhan Iyer, Tarkash Mehta, Udit Nijhawan, Saigunaranjan Sanil
Gaffer: Avez
Sound Engineer: Fali Damania
Production Design Team: Parichit Paralkar, Manasi Parekh, Trushna Ramane
Graffiti: Zake, Alchemy
Stylist: Sahil Nandal
Hair and Make Up Stylist: Tarsha Kohli
Behind the Scenes