Prasoon Joshi’s roots lie in the advertising world. He has won numerous awards for his creative work in advertising, including the prestigious ‘Golden Lion’ at Cannes. His numerous accolades have earned him the title of “the ad guru of India”. Some of his award winning works includes lyrics and dialogues for the film ‘Rang De Basanti’, and lyrics for ‘Fanaa’, ‘Hum Tum’ and ‘Taare Zameen Par’ for which he recently won the 14th Annual Star Screen Awards as Best Lyricist.
SHANKAR MAHADEVAN
Shankar is one of India’s most creative and inspiring music directors. Being a third of the very talented trio comprising of Shankar – Ehsaan and Loy, they have in a short span of time captured the attention of the Bollywood and mainstream music industry by consistently enthusing audiences and listeners with their melodious soundtracks. The trio has composed the music scores for various mainstream Bollywood films like ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’, ‘Don’, ‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’, ‘Dil Chahta Hai’, ‘Salaam-e-Ishq’ and the acclaimed film ‘Taare Zameen Par’. Shankar is also a gifted singer and has provided vocals for several mainstream films as well as composed varied genres of music from popular fusion to devotional and Hindustani Classical and Carnatic music.
SHARMILA TAGORE PATAUDI
Sharmila Tagore Pataudi began her illustrious career in films with the highly acclaimed Satyajit Ray film ‘Apur Sansar’. She established herself as a popular Hindi film actress with the film ‘Kashmir ki Kali’, after which she did a series of hit films like ‘An Evening in Paris’, ‘Mausam’ and many more. She currently heads the Indian Film Censor Board and was also recently chosen as the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador from India.
