AWARDS & RECOGNITION
'Awards that endorse my creativity and out of box thinking'.
Rahul Rajan Nambiar takes pride in his collaborative journey with leading studios and production houses—a creative partnership that has led to winning over 21 prestigious awards, including Filmfare, State, and National Awards, alongside his own individual accolades.
These honors are proof of his fearless vision, razor-sharp creativity, and a relentless push to storytelling and design.
FEATURED PROJECTS
ARUNDATHI FILM
Film Director, Creative Director, Visual effects Supervisor
Redefined 'Arundathi' through Creativity and storytelling.
Starting in 2006, Rahul Nambiar joined Arundathi Film as Creative and visual effects director and later became the film director of Arundathi in 2008. His work included Directing, Writing, Editing along with Editor Marthand K. Venkatesh and correcting Arundathi for almost one year, after Kodi Rama Krishna was removed as the director of it. Also took charge of film promotion with trailer, film posters and film making material, leading to its huge box office success upon its January 2010 release.
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STATE
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FILMFARE
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SANTOSHAM
AWARDS
KEERTHIMUKHA FILM
Film director
Pushing limits with 'Keertimukha' feature film.
On October 2010 rahul nambiar signed as a film director of Keertimukha feature film with Mallemaala Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. 'Keertimukha,' was a monumental film on Lord Shiva under Mallemaala Banner.
Rahul Nambiar pushed storytelling boundaries with cutting-edge filmmaking, including working with Pinewood Studio London, UK and Centroid, US for advanced CGI collaboration.
CREATOR, DIRECTOR -
108 CHAMATKAAR CALLING
Rahul Nambiar created an unseen mystical thriller 108 Chamatkar Calling, a special series for OTT.
In July 2018, Rahul Nambiar directed a special series called 108 Chamatkar Calling for For Ticklebug Entertainments Pvt. Ltd.. It is a mystical thriller for OTT platforms. With great story telling and stunning visualisations and CGI got done for this web series.
It is a compilation of some extraordinary mystical stories. Inspired by the book, Rahul Nambiar had put together a small team and researched supernatural concepts and narratives.
These founded stories led to the culmination of '108 Chamatkar Calling', every story is unique and has some un-explainable mystical part to it.
FILM DIRECTOR -MALLEMALA ENTERTAINMENT
Currently, headed up Mallemala Entertainment's next feature film as Film Director
From September 2020, teamed up With Mallemala Banner for their next feature film project as a debut Film Director. This project is, once again, a remarkable comeback of the Award-winning Arundathi team. Along with M Shyam Prasad Reddy as a producer and writer, I can ask nothing more than that. We are working on some extraordinary sequences. I am taking care of the Pre-production phase with some great visualization and content creation for the film.
Visualization and conceptualization are essential for any project; it sets up the critical difference and uniqueness to the subject. It needs to flow correctly in the story and production. I enjoy this phase, including making concept art and sharing some of them as following slides. Once that is done, you are ready for some extraordinary production ahead.
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BORN INTO VIOLENCE, A DOCUMENTARY
A social initiative created Born Into Violence - a documentary on violence against children
In 2018-19, I initiated this social initiative addressing violence against our society's most vulnerable group - Our Children. Every year, the age group from 8 to 18 years, many boys and girls become the victim of domestic and political violence, directly or indirectly. In association with Ticklebug, I produced & directed this insightful documentary.
This heart-touching footage shows the reality of young children's lives, facing various categories of violence - domestic, political, and social. It acknowledges the issue and raises different loopholes of disagreement and value system using with twisted knots, only to be faced by our very own society in the end. A great team of researchers, cameraman, coordinators, government officials, bureaucrats, and post-production team worked together to make this happen.
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NANDI AWARDS FOR TELEVISION
SENIOR CREATIVE DIRECTOR -
DHEE SEASON 6, DANCE REALITY SHOW
Awarded Art direction with Branding and Promotions for 'Dhee 6' dance reality show
Dhee 6- 'The king is back,' a reality dance show for television, created by Mallemala Entertainment for ETV. As a Senior Creative Director, been taking care of the Creative, Promotion, Branding & Art direction of this dance show from its conception or season 1 (2009 - 2016). Dhee's 6th season and Prabhu Deva were back as a brand ambassador. I came up with a new branding, extraordinary Set design, and promotion film.
Special mention is Set design for this program. In 2016, DHEE 6 won the State Award for Art Direction in the Television category, making all of us, including the Mallemala team, very happy.
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TELEVISION
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ADURS, TALENT REALITY SHOW
Creative, Promotion, Branding, and Art direction for 'Adurs' talent reality show.
As a Creative Director, I headed up Creative, Branding, Promotion, and Art Direction for 'Adurs'- a talent reality show created by Mallemala Entertainment for ETV. Adurs needed something special, as it was a talent show by ordinary people, people you may see on the roads performing but might not pay attention.
Adurs talent show needed a bond with audiences, an emotional connection which could create bonding with the audience. Hence came up with a promotion film on juggler artists' life, capturing situations which made him a juggler artist. Also, I created the set design, branding, and promotion, motion graphics, which was a success. People responded to the promotional film, and the show got a good opening.
SENIOR CREATIVE DIRECTOR -
DHEE DANCE REALITY SHOW
Appreciated with over 11 million views for this Directed & Edited promotion film
As a part of Ticklebug Studio, in 2012, I headed up branding, promotions, and art direction of this dance reality show- DHEE, created by Mallemala for the ETV channel. Dhee was entering into its 5th season with the theme of Jodi special, which was about a Couple dancing to compete for the best position. It was a thrilling season with new branding, exciting new set design, and a great promotion film with new motion graphics fillers.
Apart from most of the work, a special mention is a musical promotion film, which I directed & edited with debut actress Sai Pallavi. This promotion film became a huge success on television and the internet with over 11 + million views on YouTube. People, especially youngsters, really loved this film and gave a grand opening to the dance show.
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RAFTAAR SPECIAL SERIES (ACTION/ THRILLER)
An adrenaline pumping series- Raftaar, is all about youth, crime & bike chases.
In 2018, As a part of Ticklebug Studio, created and headed up RAFTAAR - an action/ thriller series for Television and OTT platforms. Raftaar is all about speed & friendship. It follows the story of youngsters, the adrenal pumping days, and their dream life come true. Penned down by the writer's team and me, this was heaven for bikers and hell for the society around them.
One of the essential parts of the series was to create exclusive mean machines for the project. Collaborated with some of the best young Motorbike designers and created unique motorbikes for series. It is still at the pre-production level, but a lot can be expected from it. The choice of cast, crew, and machinery, everything about this series shows an engaging, thrilling show ahead.
ART DIRECTOR-
TELEVISION REALITY SHOWS
Set Design & Art Direction
for 18 + television shows & projects.
Starting from 2010, I have designed, constructed, and supervised various Sets for fiction \ nonfiction television shows, films, exterior, interior exhibition Design, and award-winning projects.
Some of my set design and supervision work to mention are Dhee reality dance show (season 1 to 6), Cash game show, Genes quiz game show, Star Mahilaa game show, khatarnaak game show, Adhurs talent show are some of them, etc.
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ANIMATION SERIES
Created 'Ek Chutki Cheeni', an 3D animation series of rivalry with a pinch of sugar.
Ticklebug wanted to come up with Animation series for Television and OTT platforms. As a team, we had all the blockbuster storytelling experience for film and television content, but the animation series was fascinating. In 2014, the writer's group and I wrote down a few plots, which evolved as EK Chutki Cheeni and writer Jay Kumar.
In 2016-17 started on 'Ek Chutki Cheeni' with market research and a story of the rivalry between an elephant girl and a boy tortoise. Targeted for 5 to 12 year age group, got EK CHEENI CHUTKI's animation bible for collaborating opportunities and brought it on to production.
Setting up pre-production and post-production for an animation project did not take time. The result turned out to be captivating characters with some great animation. It is again a project to look forward to.
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INTERNATIONAL HANDLOOM CONFERENCE
Exhibition Design, Management & Branding for an international Craft and innovation conference.
In 2018, as part of Ticklebug, I headed up the event design & management project of an international conference on 'Craft and Innovation,' held at Chirala (AP) for Handloom future trust & National Federation of Handlooms and Handicrafts, along with Leiden University (Netherlands) & Maastricht University (Netherlands).
A rare vision, which my team and I brought our love for crafts and nature, build with earthen material, complete green approach. This conference's idea was to share knowledge and get the first innovator- craftsmen into the highlight.
Designed and managed more than 78,000 sq ft of outdoor area, transforming it into an interactive space for 200 foreign nationals, 400 Indian delegates with everyday walk-ins of 3000 people from the town with various cultural performances.
