Artist-led. Entrepreneur-run.

Adil Hussain is an internationally acclaimed actor whose work spans global cinema, Indian mainstream film and the most respected corners of regional storytelling.

His celebrated role opposite Sridevi in English Vinglish expanded his national audience reach, while performances in internationally acclaimed films such as Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation) and What Will People Say earned major global festival recognition.

Through National Film Award-winning Assamese films Nirbashito and Kothanodi, and the critically acclaimed Xhoixobote Dhemalite (In the Childhood Days), he has significantly enhanced the global visibility of Assamese storytelling.

Known for championing culturally rooted yet universally relatable narratives, he bridges artistic depth with global accessibility while preserving authenticity.

Utpal Borpujari is a two-time National Award-winning filmmaker, acclaimed film critic and cultural commentator whose work seamlessly bridges cinema, scholarship and storytelling.

He won the National Film Award for his debut Assamese feature Ishu, which also received the Special Jury Award at the Bengaluru International Film Festival (2018), alongside multiple international festival selections and honours at the Assam State Film Awards.

His body of work spans fiction and documentary — including Xogun (Vulture), Baruar Xongxar (The House of Baruas), Mask Art of Majuli, Memories of a Forgotten War, Songs of the Blue Hills, Soccer Queens of Rani, For a Durbar of the People and Mayong: Myth/Reality.

His Hindi screenplay An Unreal Story was selected for the NFDC Screenwriters Lab (2021) and is slated for production by Prasanna Vithanage, while The Dong Story was showcased at Dhaka DocLab 2023.

A National Award-winning Best Film Critic (2003), former FIPRESCI member and current member of NETPAC, the IIMC Society and the IICS Board of Advisors, he brings global credibility and institutional networks to SHUNYA. An alumnus of IIT Roorkee, he combines intellectual rigour, cinematic excellence and cultural vision.

Michael Mili is a business leader and strategist whose career spans senior roles at IBM, HP and Bosch, paired with a life as a practising artist and nationally recognised cartoonist.

An XLRI alumnus, he brings the governance discipline, operating systems and commercial rigour that turn creative ambition into a durable enterprise.

At SHUNYA he anchors management and business execution — structuring the studio so that artistic decisions and financial decisions reinforce rather than undermine each other.

Manoj Madhusudanan is a business leader and strategist with an MNC pedigree spanning Accenture and beyond, and an academic pedigree that includes IIT and XLRI.

He is also a practising short filmmaker — an operator who understands both a production schedule and a P&L.

At SHUNYA he drives business execution, partnerships and scale, ensuring the enterprise remains commercially disciplined as its creative portfolio grows.