Happy Monk

13/03/2024

Bhima Jewels with Sobhita Dhulipala.
Client: Bhima Jewels
Agency: FCB, Bangalore
Production House: Happy Monk
Director: Suraj Wanvari
Executive Producer: Andalib Patel
Director of Photography: Satchith Paulose
Line Producer: Chetan modi
Production Controller: Prathmesh Sukhani
Production Manager: Jalpa Modi
Production Designer: Khyatee K
Art Director: Santosh Kumar Bholo
1st Art Director: Vatsal Dhamani
Set Dresser: Mrugakshi Nadkarni
Props: Harsh Modh
1st AD: Nikhil Patil
DA: Riddhima Pradhan
2nd AD: Shubham Vijay
Intern AD: Zeeba Shaikh
Storyboard Artist: Santosh Dora
1st ACs: Fakruddin Ansari
Focus Puller: Raju Balduri
Jimmy Jib: Prakash Mahapatra
*Sobhita’s Entourage*
Costume Stylist: Ami Patel
Makeup Artist: Sonam Chandna
Hair Stylist: Daksh Nidhi
Post Producer: Mithun Jayaraj
Offline Editor: Suraj Jagtap, Picture Post
Colourist: Davide Pini, Studio Skwer
Online Artist: Amit Chitnis, Sally’s
Music Director: Subahit Mukherjee
Lyricist: Trina Mukherjee
Singer: Aditi Singh Sharma
Sound Engineer: Shomi Mukherjee
Sound Studio: Tonic The Sound Factory

23/02/2024

Client: Lifestyle
Agency: Lowe Lintas, Bangalore
Creatives: Sudhir, Arpan, Litna
Servicing: Shreya & Mitali
Production House: Happy Monk
Director: Suraj Wanvari
Executive Producer: Andalib Patel
Director of Photography: Yash Khanna
Line Producer: Chetan Modi
Production Controller: Prathmesh Sukhani
Production Manager: Jalpa Modi
Production Designer: Khyatee K
Art Director: Santosh Kumar Bholo
Production Assistant: Mrugakshe
Casting Director: Tia Bandyopadhyay
1st AD: Ruhi More
DA: Riddhima Pradhan
2nd AD: Ritika Shah
Storyboard Artist: Santosh Dora
1st ACs: Mayank Gala
Focus Puller: Simab
Gaffer: Abdul Chaudhary
Talent: Anjali Sivaraman & Igor Faria
Costume Stylist: Amandeep Kaur
Hair and Makeup Artist: Elton J Fernández
Post Producer: Mithun Jayaraj
Offline Editor: Rishabh Shetty
Colourist: Christian Leiva, After Studio
VFX Director/Online Artist: Hiren Shanischara, Famous Studios
Music Director: Jam Room
Jam Room Manager: Manju Moses
VO: Rachel Varghese
Sound Engineer: Carl Nazareth
Sound Studio: Cruze Inn & Tune Inn

23/02/2024

Client: Bata India

Agency: Contract Advertising
Creatives:
Sagar Mahabaleshwar
Debanjan Bassak
Kanav Sharma
Rupesh Sahay
Ajay Rawat

Account Management: Shubho Sengupta
Sonia Upadhayaya
Mansi Shukla

Production House: Happy Monk
Director: Suraj Wanvari
DOP: Yash Khanna
Producer: Priya Mundra Jogani
Line Producer: Sunny Salvi
DA: Thea Chingarova
Chief AD: Ruhi More
Second AD: Vidya Nair
PD (Goa): Raushan Kumar Raj
Line Production (Goa): Indiana Production- Naezen D’Souza
Story Board: Santosh Dora
Casting Director: Utkarsha Bharadwaj
Cast: Cedric Fernandes, Nia Bernalf, Isha Dhillon, Gaurav Tomar
Costume Stylist: Nikita Wanvari
Costume Stylist Asst: Isha Sekhri
Make up & Hair: Juveria Khan
1st Ac: Sanket Dolas
Production Manager: Vinod Kinjavdekar
Production Controller: Chetan Chavan
Prod Asst: Pawan Tiwari
Production boys in charge: Ashok Shinde
Focus Puller: Seemap
Gaffer (goa): Jeetu
Grips Operator: Carlton Rebello
Camera: Future Works
DIT: Rajesh Walunj
Camera- A7siii- 1 Stop Camera
Drone & FPV- Kaushik Madkaikar & Maeven R
Offline Editor: Suraj Jagtap
Online Editor: Raju Reddy/ Abhishek Manjrekar
Music Director: Subhajit Mukherjee
Sound Engineer: Deepangsu Roy
Singer: Siddharth R Basrur
Colorist: Christian Leiva
Post Studio: Silvercloud Studios (After)
VFX: hive Fx Studio
Voiceover: Roshmin Mahendra
Post Producer- Amit Chawda

13/02/2024

Production House : Happy Monk
Director : Suraj Wanvari
Producer : Pria Mundra
Cinematographer : Yogi
Production Designer : Surabhi Ladhha
Music Director : Rahul Pais (Jamroom)
Line Producer : Chetan Modi a
Director’s Assistant : Riddhima Pradhan
1st AD : Nikhil Patil
2nd AD : Harsh
1st AC : Krishna Chandra Jaiswal
Focus Puller : Bablu Madheshiya
Gaffer : Hassan Mondal
Costume Stylist : Nikita Wanvari Assit: Isha Sekhri
Storyboard Artist : Santosh Dora
Casting Director : Vikas Gupta
Post Production Supervisor : Amit Chawda
Offline Editor : Sarthak Cheema
Online Editor : Hiren Shanischara
VFX : Atul Mathkar
Grade : Christian Leiva
Sound Engineer : Jarvis Marcedo & Deepangsu Roy
Post Studio : Famous Digital Studios
Sound Studio : Famous Digital Studios & Acoustriks

Client : One Plus
Aditya Khattar, Cherian TK and Chandesh TK

Creative Agency : 22FT Tribal Worldwide
Business : Binodan Sarma, Divyanshi Misra and Farhan Khan
Creative Team : Iraj Fraz, Rahul Dutta and Ankur Singh

23/05/2022

The World Economic Forum is one the most prime pivotal events that shapes the economics of the world annually. We were lucky to observe this spectacle and interact with some of the brightest minds in business from all over the world. There was no way that we could say no when Live Lab AG invited us to film the various events they execute at the World Economic Forum. Here is a look at 2020, the last time the WEF was conducted in all its glory before the Covid Pandemic broke out.
Crew Details Below
Client: Live Lab AG
Livelab Liaison: Bernadette Ochsner
Director/Producer: Suraj Wanvari
DOP's: Sarthak Johar Tim Spreng
Editor: Jagtap Suraj
Music: Jamroom
Colourist: Christian Leiva
Online Editor: Dev Nayak
Post Studio: 'after'

02/11/2021

Suraj Wanvari's narrative journey continues with this soulful piece for Lifestyle Stores. We absolutely loved helping him bring his vision to life with this one. Thanks to some special people for making this happen. Subhajit Mukherjee Nihit Agarwal Priya Shivakumar Ajay Menon Anindita Das Faraz Malik Tanaya Sachdeva Riddhima Pradhan Mithun Jayaraj Bhattar Neha Nikhil Patil Arun Murudkar After Studio Full credits below!

Client: Lifestyle
Production House: Happy Monk
Director: Suraj Wanvari
Producer: Nihit Agarwal
DOP: Keiko Nakahara
1st AC: Palash Das
Focus Puller: Zeeshan
Gaffer: Javed Qureshi
Chief AD: Nikhil Patil
DA: Riddhima Pradhan
2nd AD: Rohan Pawar
2nd AD: Aksh Cavlan
Line Producer: Siva Konar
Production Manager: Sanket Shetty
Casting Director: Neha Bhattar
Production Designer - Rumina Majumdar
Styled by: Edward Lalrempuia
Stylist assistant: Asu Lkr
Make Up & Hair: Mitesh Rajani
HMU Assistant : Shreya Thakur
Storyboard: Santosh Bhabal
Cast: Tanaya Sachdev & Smaran Sahu

Offline editor: Faraz Malik
Online editor: Arun Murudkar
Colorist: Christian Leiva
Post Studio: After
Music Director: Subhajit Mukherjee
Sound Engineer: Chester Misquitta
Lyricist: Vikas Gaur
Singer : Tushar Joshi
Voiceover : Vibha Saraf
Sound Studio: Tune Inn, Orbis
Post Producer: Mithun Jayaraj

Agency: Wunderman Thompson
National Creative Director: Priya Shivakumar
Senior VP & MaNaging Partner: Kundan Joshee
Creative Team: Ajay Menon, Sheshadri Namdar, Anindita Das
Account Management: Tiraz Balaporia, Sundari Divakarla
Planning Team: Shweta Khosla, Shazia Sattar Khan

18/10/2021

Suraj Wanvari's Collab with Utopia Pictures for this adorable film for CaratLane: A Tanishq Partnership with BBH India
Crew list
Director - Suraj Wanvari
Producer - Surashmi Basu
DOP - Ayananka Bose
Production Design - Nimish Kotwal
DA - Dhara Kanani
Costume stylist - Reena-Ruchika
Make up and hair stylist - Chriselle Ann Baptista
Casting director - Tia Bandopadhayay
First AD - Nikhil Patil
Second AD - Siddhant Chavan
Line producer - Sunny Dixit
Production manager - Ravi

Offline editor - Faraz Malik
Grade - Nube Studio
Online - Raju Reddy (Famous studio)
CG - Floss
Music director - Gaurav Chatterji
Sound engineer - Prathamesh (Bombay Live studios)

Actors
Naveen Kasturia
Anindita Bose
Sanya Sagar

12/10/2021

This dreamy piece was created to reminiscence the spirit of summer and the personality of Dana Bela and Wild Spirit
Shot in and around the beautiful Riga, Latvia an experience that was unforgettable.
Director/Editor: Suraj Wanvari
DOP: Sarthak Johar
AC/Focus Puller: Cristina Tangerine
Colourist: Nicola Gasparri
Talent: Kristine Džigure
Equipment Rentals: Juan David Salazar
Post Studio: 'after'

11/10/2021

This was a beautiful collaboration between Suraj Wanvari & KIMS. Lingerie created for young women, defeating the rules of design and encouraging them to breakfree. This spirited film was created in New York and we are proud to have worked on this project.
Brand: KIMS
Credits:
Starring: L'ka Tea & Susanne Junghans
Director/Editor: Suraj Wanvari
DOP: Erlendur Sveinsson
Creative Director: Helga Jóakimsdóttir
Poet: Gunnhildur Helga Katrínardóttir
Composer : Einar Sverrir Tryggvason
Assistant Camera : Arierhi Esiri
Voice Over : Sigga Regína
Sound mix : Magnús Leifur Sveinsson
Colorist: Nicola Gasparri
Post Studio: 'after'
Special thanks to Theo Pinto Caitlin Connors Teemu Päivinen

11/10/2021

We are going back way back in time, just to remember, a beautiful vision with which Happy Monk was started by Suraj Wanvari. It was to bring beautiful stories to life. Today we are going at it, with more vigour than we ever have.
This was a project for Garnier Men's Powerlight A village initiative, that won the hearts of many, and put a spotlight on the vision of Suraj Wanvari

14/11/2020

Client - Vivo
Production House: Schbang Motion Pictures & Happy Monk
Producers: Harshil Karia, Abhimanyu Balasubramanyam
Director - Suraj wanvari
Executive Producers - Sayan Mukherjee & Anosh Paghdiwalla
DOP - Pratik Shah
Creative Producer: Surashmi Basu
Chief AD - Nikhil Patil
Associate Director - Ish*ta Dave
2nd AD - Shaunak Vyas
3rd AD - Moumita Pal
First AC - Salman Salar Khan
Focus Puller - Jitendra Jaiswal
Gaffer - Hussain Syed
Production Designer - Nimish Kotwal
Art Director - Riyaz Shaikh
Art Assistant - Karan Shah, Priya, Marlon Moraes (Goa)
Makeup artist - Shubhra Khandelwal
Hair assistant- Kavita Koli
HMU coordinator - Neha (Goa)
Costume stylist - Karishma Acharya
Costume asst - Anishi sheth
Line Producer: Durgesh Dadhich
Production Manager : Lalit Sippy
Featured casting coordinator - John (Goa)

Casting by
Piyush Raina and Mohit Khowal- The White wall studio,Delhi

Cast -
Krish (Neel),
Ravish Desai (Father)
Himanshi C (Mother)
Ahaan (A***n)
Atharv (Sahir)
Vihavya (Rhea),
Akshaine (Sneha)

Rostrum - Salim
Goa catering - Artham catering

Solutions- Saumil Mehta, Rhea Amin, Sreshtha Basu, Angkana Sanghavi, Vedika Nevatia, Rohit Pradhan, Ish*ta Rajgor, Miloni Parkeh, Shruti Nair, Resham Mewani & Agresha Singh
Design - Anvay Chavan, Shritee Ash
Creative- Mohammed Sadriwala, Madhvendra Singh, Rebecca D'silva, Devansh
Animation and teaser edits : Sanskar Hassnandani and Akshay Tatkare
Chief Accountant - Suryakant Bondre
Post Supervisor : Ankush Singh
Offline Editor - Faraaz Malik
Music - Subhajit Mukherjee
Sound Engineer - Carl Nazareth
VO artist - Shashank Vaity
Online - Rakesh Menon
Colour Grade - Naveen Shetty
Vocalist Tushar Joshi
Local Goa Production Team
James Mascarenhas - Line Producer
Rama Mandrekar - Line Producer
Kiran Redkar - Production Assistant
Amol Pawle - Production Assistant
Shailesh Madkaikar - Accountant
Rupesh Asnodkar - Spot
Nikhil Talgaonkar - Spot
Santosh Melinmani - Spot
Kritik Naik - Spot
Mohan Naik - Spot
Ramnath Naik - Spot
Asif Akram - Spot

21/10/2020

We had a blast shooting this campaign for Mia by Tanishq with Famous
Credits
Director - Suraj Wanvari
Producer - Surashmi Basu
Production design - Surabhi Laddha
DOP - Gianni Giannellii
Costume stylist - Nikita Wanvari
Make up artist - Zahabia Lacewalla
Line Producer - Ritesh Vyas
Production Manager - Mukesh Kedare
Steadicam Operator - Shetty Sandeep Anand
Casting director - Tia Bandopadhayay
Chief AD - Nikhil Patil
DA - Shaanan Pereira
2nd AD - Muskan Singhal
DOP team - Arvind Shetty, Chandrashekhar Iyer & Baburao S
Editor - Utsav Bhagat
Grade - Christian Leivai
Online - 'after'
Music director - Gaurav Chatterji
Sound Engineer - Carl Nazareth
Singer - Mithila Palkar
VO artist - Pravishi Das

Cast -
Mithila Palkar
Ishhit Y Yamini
Zenia Boga
Madhavi Rao
Riya Sisodiya
Farida Patel
Diya Sripathy
Desiree

Mithila’s team
Manager - Ayushi
Costume stylist - Shreeja Rajagopalan
Make up artist - Sahitya Shetty

09/09/2020

Throwback to our first few creations for Radical Paradox directed by Suraj Wanvari.

03/07/2020

The music video we did for Zaeden has crossed over 4.8 million hits on youtube. Here is a link to the video. It was filmed completely on remote during the nationwide lockdown. We are thankful to Bumble & Zaeden to help keep our creative juices flowing. Special props to Dev Nayak for making the graphics happen.

About the song:
‘dooriyan’ is closely inspired by the current social distancing norms, and how the situation affects all the relationships around. While it’s been a tumultuous time for everyone, this song brings hope that we all will carry on and find ways to be one another.

Audio Credits: Written and Performed by - Zaeden
Composed by - Zaeden
Produced by - Polar Beats, Zaeden
Guitar - Lokesh Bakshi
Mix & Master - Polar Beats (https://www.instagram.com/polarbeats/)
Label - Artist Originals

Video Credits:
Cast - Zaeden, Aashna Hegde
Produced by - Happy Monk
Director/ Consulting DOP - Suraj Wanvari
Shot on iPhone - Zaeden & Aashna + family
Offline Editor - Jagtap Suraj
Online Editor/Colourist - Dev Nayak
Post Production Supervisor - Dhruv Thakkar
Post Studio - 'after'

Subscribe to Zaeden's Channel: https://bit.ly/ZaedenYouTube Stream 'dooriyan' now: https://lnk.to/dooriyan About the song: ‘dooriyan’ is closely inspired by ...

29/06/2020

Love should be Equal. Period. We are proud to present our latest work with OkCupid. Happy Pride :)

Client : OkCupid India.
Agency : Webchutney, Bangalore
Clients : Taru Kapoor Talwar, Sitara Menon, Shruti Gupta
Creatives : Siddhi D, Zubin Jauhari, Surabhi Bharadwaj
Client Servicing : GD Prasad, Ranajit Gopinath, Aashna Gandotra
Agency Producer : Meharunnisa Moula Sahib
Agency Films Team : Gerson Person
Agency Art Team : Devesh Rohmetra
Director - Suraj Wanvari
Producer - Surashmi Basu
DOP - Ayananka Bose
Editor: Jagtap Suraj
Colourist: Christian Leiva
Casting & Unit B Dop - Shreya Basu
Unit B Dop - Sagar Rao
Unit B Dop (Manipur) - Wangkhem Robin
DA - Riddhima Pradhan
Production manager - Ravi Iyer
Post production supervisor - Singh
Sound engineer - Carl Nazareth
Post Studio: 'after'

Cast -
Humhu Himanshu Singh(Humhu)
Roshini Kúmar
Asawari Jagushte
Indu Ramani
Malhar Rathod
Sandra S Nandeibam
Yaikhom Sushiel
Varsha Panikar
Yuvraj Singh

28/03/2020

27/03/2020

These perilous times, get us a bit introspective. It’s a time when we must align all three — mind, body and soul. And we found this message resonate in the work of the talented electronic music producer Riatsu. Tune into the promo teaser of the magical music video which drops tomorrow. .
Stay tuned as we premiere a brilliant new experimental music video directed by the talented Suraj Wanvari entitled “As Far As I Know” tomorrow, by artistes Riatsu and Neil Gomes featuring Erik Truffaz, from their collaborative album ‘Safe With Me’. .

Shadaab Kadri Arnab Gayan 'after' Caitlin Connors Suzanne Baker Nikita Wanvari Thakur Ruby Anima Creative Management

27/03/2020

The need to tell stories that matter, has become more and more important to us, and hence we begin our journey to empower ourselves to do so. Happy Monk is a full service production company, that is capable of pulling off story telling in almost any part of the world. In the coming days we will showcase some of our recent projects, and an exciting release coming up very soon. Stay tuned