Nishtha+Dhaval

Nishtha Shailajan and Dhaval Shah are an award-winning writer-director duo whose work spans television commercials, documentaries, short films, music videos, and long-format series. Nishtha is a graduate of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, while Dhaval studied at FAMU, the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Over 15 years, they have directed advertising campaigns for global brands including Ralph Lauren, Amazon, Unilever Asia, Volkswagen, Microsoft and L'Oréal. Together they run their production house Tumblefree Films.  ​ They directed Spike, India's first nine-episode fictional volleyball series starring Rasika Dugal, produced by Endemol Shine India & Imber Media. Watch Trailer. Most recently they created and sold an original crime thriller series to Netflix India. ​ Early adopters of Generative AI since 2022, their work has earned recognition at festivals and award platforms across the globe.