Koushik Sarkar

Based in Mumbai

Koushik Sarkar is the Founder and Director at Kitchen.Video, a production house based in Mumbai.

Brought up in Krishnanagar, a small town on the border of the two Bengals, Koushik pursued photography before enrolling in Film Direction at the National Institute of Design, Ahemdabad.

During his apprenticeship at the World Wide Video Centre in The Netherlands, he became immersed in the vibrant video art scene of the late 1990s. Returning to India, he began crafting documentaries as part of his student work, which went on to be screened at several international film festivals. One of his notable films, Flying in a Blue Dream—a documentary on guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani—was published globally by Sony BMG & Epic Records.

In 2007, Koushik founded APOSTROPHE, under which he directed over 300 commercials and won numerous accolades. Later, in 2021, he established Kitchen.Video.

Koushik is known for his deep understanding of evolving culture and technology, a quality reflected in his filmmaking style and approach. Some of his notable works include Britannia Pure Magic – Meditation, Set Wet – Sada Sexy Raho Men, Imperial Blue – Men Will Be Men, Myntra EORS, Spice Mobile – Popkorn, Minute Maid – Nimbu Fresh, Symphony – Zulfein, as well as campaigns for Sun Pharma, Mivi (Silent Fox Party), and Aditya Birla Capital’s Sabse Important Plan series (Mr. Saini’s Story and Simran’s Story).

In the fourth year of Kitchen.Video’s journey, Koushik received two honours at the 70th National Film Awards for his short film Mono No Aware in the Non-Feature Film category — Best Script and Best Cinematography.

Over the years, Koushik has collaborated with a wide range of brands, including Amazon, Gillette, Imperial Blue, Vodafone, Mivi, Dell, Coca-Cola, Minute Maid, Aditya Birla Capital, and Samsung.

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Website:

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