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Venugopal Nair

Bangalore India

Producer

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Title/Occupation:  Producer  Programmer  Researcher  Other 

Services Provided:  Location Resources  Narration/Translation 

Gender: Male

Citizenship: Indian

Languages Spoken: Engilsh, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali

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Biography: 

Name: Venugopal M.Nair

Address 1029/D 17 E Cross, Indiranagar II Stage
Bangalore 560 038
Karnataka (South India)

Phone Office: + 91 80 25257658
Phone Res: + 91 80 25349320
Mobile: + 91 94480 29458 / 9481830176

Email:venum05@gmail.com;venum05@rediffmail.com

Educational Back Ground Graduate Arts

Mother Tongue Malayalam

Languages Known Hindi, English, Marathi, Guajarati,
Kannada, Tamil, Bengali, and Punjabi

Professional Experience

Have Started Working in the Film Industry
In Bombay from 1962. Joined the then Bimal Roy Productions during the making of the
film BANDINI and continued to work with them for all the films produced by them till
1966. The death of the Veteran Director Bimal Roy saw the end of the organization and
finally left the company in 1968.

Worked as Production Manager for the Film ANUBHAV produced and directed by Basu
Bhattacharya

Worked as Unit Manager for Satyajit Ray’s ABHIJAN in Bengali

Worked as Production Manager for PARWANA produced by N.C. Sippy and Directed
by Jyoti Swaroop

Worked as Production Manager and Asst. Director for Ajoy Biswas for the film
SAMJHAUTA in Hindi Produced by Sandeep Sethi

Worked as Production Manager for the film AAVISHKAR Produced and Directed by
Basu Bhattacharya

Worked as Production Manager and Asst Director to Girish Ranjan for the film DAK
BANGLA Produced and Directed by him

Worked as Production Manager for the film CHARITRAHEEN Produced by Debesh
Ghosh and Directed by Shakti Samanta

Worked as LIAISON OFFICER with the then Film Finance Corporation Presently known
as NATIONAL FILM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, and Directorate of Film
Festivals in India

Worked as Unit Manager for the Film SHALIMAR and Indo American Production
directed by Krishna Shah

Worked as coordinator for the Canadian T.V.Unit for the T.V Film GANGES THE
GODDESS OF INDIA DIRECTED by Christopher Dubbs.

Worked as Coordinator for the German T.V Unit Visual Knowledge Corporation for the
film JAINISM IN INDIA, Directed by Dr. Paul L. Kuepferle

Worked as Unit Manager for the film FAR PAVILION.

Worked as Unit Manager for the film THE TUSKER Produced by Yang Films Paris,
and directed Alijandro Jodorowsky.

Worked as Unit Manager for the film SEA WOLVES Produced by Warner Brothers
Worked as Production Manager for the film UMRAO JAAN . in Urdu

Worked as one of the unit manager for the Film GANDHI Directed by Richard
Attenborough

Shifted to Bangalore for Personal Reasons

Worked as Location Manager for the film OCTOPUSSY in Udaipur a James bond film

Worked as Unit Manager for the Film A PASSAGE TO INDIA directed by David Leen

Worked as Local Production Manager for the films shot in South India, JANBAZ,
NAGINA, LOHA, AISA PYAR KAHAN, SHEHENSHA, QAYAMAT SE QAYAMAT
TAK, WATAN KE RAKHWALE.
SONE PE SUHAG, HERO HIRALAL TV Film for Channel four BBC JEWEL IN
THE CROWN Directed by Christopher Morahan

Worked as Location Manager, for Gemini Films, Italy, MYSTERIES OF THE DARK
JUNGLE, DHARM SANKAT, BAHURANI, NIGAHEN
BANJARIN, SHANKARA, MAHASANGRAM, KHOON KA KARZ AND
AGNEEPATH
GUNAH, SAHIBAAN, YALGAR AND PARDESI
MERA KARTAVYA, BAHADUR, POLICEWALA GUNDA, PREM YOG
DHAAL,

Walt Disney’s JUNGLE BOOK Produced by Dipak Patel directed by Steve Sommers
KHAL NAYAK, TRIMURTI
Zed Films PEACOCK SPRING a Channel Four Film for BBC Directed by Christopher
Morahan

TRIMURTHI, – PARDESH, BANDHAN Worked as Location Manager for
SANDOKAN II

Was to have worked in Richard Godwin’s 7 YEARS IN TIBET unfortunately due to
Political reasons film shifted to Argentina
.
Walt Disney’s ARMAGADDON with Bruce Williams

Frog Films THE WARRIOR Directed by Asif Kapadia for Channel Four BBC

Worked for Commercial for a Israel Production Company Shot at Kushal Nagar near
Mysore

Directed a Corporate Film on EXEL, a Business Promotion Outsourcing Company on a
script sent from the Los Angeles at Delhi. The program was shot for Multimedia
Production Company USA for telecasting world wide about the activities of the company
in India as a Business Promotion Outsourcing.

Worked as coordinator for Publicis Werbeagentur AG, BSW Zurich for the Photo shoot
of the Product a Mineral Water, for MIGROS Zurich Switzerland. With the
photographer Stephan Shocker

Worked as Production Manager for Chinese Film shot at Rajasthan in 2004
HIMALAYA SINGH Directed by Wai

Organised an Event at Tirupur in Tamil Nadu, for introducing 8 Principles for the
annual report of MIGROS, Switzerland organized through Achermann Studios,
Zurich, Switzerland

February 2007 Interviewed and shot Mrs. And Mr. John about their driving the car
for Guinness Book of World Record sponsored by Shell Petroleum, Hd. Qrs
Australia, for Discovery Channel, Canada

March Shot at Banaras Ghats for a Publicity Film Through Publicis for MIGROS
Switzerland titled “We also worship water”

August 2007 Completed a Photo shoot, for NESTLE International for their recent
new products at Rajasthan with the Photographer Stephan Shacker

August 2007 completed a VJ Shoot for Chennai Desalination Plant for WBR news
channel USA

Worked as Location Manager for ITV London for their Project A Passage to India 2008

Experienced in handling Film Shooting Schedules for Indian Movies.
For International Movies, have handled Permissions for Shootings, both From Central
Government Ministries, Local Government Ministries, and as well as Local Government
Bodies at the respective District and local levels. Have handled Transport, in all parts of
the Country for International Movies, Custom Clearance, a difficult task in any part of thecountry, of their equipments and other materials under Re-export programs. Location
scouting, location management, providing local talents, equipments, crowds, etc.
In addition to the above research work on subjects relating to social, cultural, and
political can also be undertaken. NGO’s requiring any data on any subject at any place in India can also be worked out. Socially relevant subjects on any program can be supplied from any quarter of this peninsula.
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