About Enlighten
We make brands. We make films. We make audiences.
Story
Enlighten began as a film society started by a student who wanted the classics back on the big screen. Farhan Akhtar launched it; Brooke Bond Taj Mahal backed it; it became India's largest film society. Along the way we built a home-video label for world cinema, distributed independent Indian film, ran cinemas and festivals, ran Tata Sky World Screen, produced films, and opened a brand studio. Today it is one company with three practices, Brand Studio, Labs and Experiences, and one aim: to bring people and great work together.
What we believe
- Great films deserve a big screen and a full room.
- Brands belong inside culture, not around it.
- New tools (AI, VR, streaming) matter only when they serve the story.
Founder: Pranav Ashar
Pranav Ashar founded Enlighten as a college film society at the University of Mumbai, and left his master's in philosophy to build it. He has programmed cinemas and festivals, produced Amit Dutta's Sonchidi, made India's first VR film series, and represented Indian culture at BRICS in Moscow. He is a British Council Young Creative Entrepreneur (Screen) and won the Businessworld Exhibitors Award for Best Artistic Programming. He speaks at FICCI Frames, IFFI and the Dveo OTT Summit.
Wikipedia →Recognition
- British Council Young Creative Entrepreneur (Screen)
- Businessworld Exhibitors Award, Best Artistic Programming
- India's largest film society, certified by the Federation of Film Societies of India
In the media
With thanks
Artists, filmmakers and friends who have stood on our stages, launched our work and given it their time.
Amitabh Bachchan·Waheeda Rehman·Mrinal Sen·Javed Akhtar·Shabana Azmi·Naseeruddin Shah·Farhan Akhtar·Anurag Kashyap·Ram Gopal Varma·Kiran Shantaram·Saif Ali Khan·Imtiaz Ali·Ketan Mehta·Sudhir Mishra·Sriram Raghavan·Sujoy Ghosh·Vivek Agnihotri·Siddiq Barmak·Tapan Sinha