Production house · Mumbai
A small production house for Mumbai brands
Mumbai is India’s ad-film capital. Not every brief needs an ad-film-house budget. I’m Yedukrishna Suresh, and YKS Productions is my independent production house. I work between Bangalore, Mumbai and Dubai, making digital ad films, brand films, product and catalogue shoots and reels for Mumbai labels, D2C brands and companies that want the finish of a big production with one person accountable for it.
Proof, not promises
Work brands have actually run
I work between Bangalore, Mumbai and Dubai. Travel is folded into one all-in quote.
Marriott campaign film · play
Above: the campaign film from the Marriott Coorg project. Brand content for Vaseline (Unilever). And a campaign reel that crossed 3.3M views on Instagram.
Why a smaller production house
The gap between ad-film houses and freelancers
People in Mumbai search for “small production houses” for a reason. The city’s big ad-film houses are built for broadcast TVCs with large units, and their minimums show it. At the other end, a freelancer with a camera can shoot, but may not handle concept, casting, permissions and the edit.
I sit in between. For a digital ad, a brand film, a catalogue shoot or a reels batch, you get treatment, casting, shoot, edit and grade from one person, with freelancers added per project only when the brief calls for them. It suits D2C fashion and beauty labels, consumer brands launching on Instagram and YouTube, and corporate teams who need a film without a pitch process.
If your brief genuinely needs a large broadcast unit, I’ll say so in the first reply rather than stretching to fit it.
What Mumbai brands book
Where I’m most useful
Ad films for Meta & YouTube
Concept-led 15 and 30-second spots with 9:16 and 1:1 versions, built for performance, not just a showreel.
Catalogue & lookbook shoots
Model-on catalogue, lookbooks and campaign stills for labels, with a short reel cut from the same day.
Product-led brand content
Packshots, texture and on-skin frames for personal-care launches. My brand work includes content for Vaseline (Unilever).
Company & founder films
For BKC, Lower Parel and Andheri offices: profile films, leadership messages, event recaps.
Locations
Shooting in Mumbai
Mumbai gives a production more texture per kilometre than almost anywhere: Art Deco along Marine Drive, the old streets of Colaba, Fort and Bandra, sea-facing light at Worli and Juhu, and modern towers around BKC for corporate work. For controlled set-ups there are plenty of hireable studio floors in Andheri and Goregaon; we book one for the day and it sits inside the quote.
Two planning notes. Public locations, railway property and beaches often need permission, and some need it well ahead, so I build that into pre-production. And the monsoon (roughly June to September) changes outdoor plans: I schedule exteriors around it or design the shoot for interiors from the start.
Deliverables
What you walk away with
| Format | What it’s for | Typical cuts |
|---|---|---|
| Brand film | Homepage, launch, investor and sales decks | 60–120 s master + short cut-downs |
| Ad film (digital) | Meta, YouTube and OTT pre-roll campaigns | 6 s, 15 s, 30 s versions in 9:16, 1:1, 16:9 |
| Corporate video | Company profile, culture, hiring, events | Master film + social edits |
| Product video & stills | E-commerce listings, launches, ads | Hero shots, detail shots, short loops |
| Reels batch | Instagram and YouTube Shorts | A month of vertical edits from one shoot day |
| Testimonials | Customer and founder stories | Interview cuts with b-roll |
Recent work
Stills from brand productions
More on the brand work page, fashion and real estate films.
Who you’re hiring
One person, start to finish
I want to be straight about this, because most production-house websites aren’t. YKS Productions is me, Yedukrishna Suresh. There is no office, no account manager and no junior who turns up on the day instead of the person you briefed. I write the treatment, direct, shoot and edit.
When a brief genuinely needs more hands (a gaffer for a big lighting set-up, a sound recordist for interviews, a stylist or a make-up artist), I bring in freelancers for that project only. They report to me, they’re in the quote from the start, and you still deal with one person from first message to final file. If the shoot needs faces, I can cast them through YKS Talents.
What that means for a brand in Mumbai: one conversation instead of a chain of hand-offs, decisions made on set by the person who will edit the footage, and a quote that is one all-in number rather than a rate card with extras.
How it works
From brief to final cut
Brief
Send the brief on WhatsApp or through the quote form: what you are launching, who it is for, where it will run, and the date you need it by.
Treatment & quote
I come back with an approach (look, references, shot list outline) and one all-in number covering shoot, edit and any freelancers the brief needs.
Pre-production
Locations, permissions, casting, props and a call sheet. You approve the plan before anyone is booked, so the shoot day has no surprises.
Shoot
Sony FX3 for video, Sony A7 IV for stills, real lighting and a gimbal. I direct and operate the camera myself, so what we agree is what gets shot.
Edit, grade, deliver
I edit and colour-grade what I shoot, then deliver every cut and aspect ratio you need for web, social and ads, with revisions as agreed in the quote.
FAQ
Questions brands ask first
Are you based in Mumbai?
I’m based in Bangalore and work between Bangalore, Mumbai and Dubai. For Mumbai shoots I travel in, and travel is included in the one all-in quote rather than added later.
Can you make a TV commercial?
My work is built for digital: Meta, YouTube, OTT pre-roll and the web. For a broadcast TVC with a large unit and agency approvals at every stage, a bigger ad-film house is the right call, and I’ll tell you that honestly.
Can you handle a catalogue shoot with models?
Yes. I plan the looks, cast models through YKS Talents, book the studio and stylist as needed, and deliver edited catalogue images plus optional reels from the same day.
Do you work with ad agencies in Mumbai?
Yes. If your agency owns the idea, I can take the production side: treatment, shoot and edit. The agency or brand keeps creative sign-off.
How much does it cost?
Every project is quoted as one all-in number once I know the brief: number of shoot days, locations, cast, and how many cuts you need. There is no public rate card because two “brand films” can be completely different jobs. The fastest route is the 60-second quote form or a WhatsApp message.
Do you own the footage, or do we?
You get full usage rights to the delivered films and photos for your brand, including paid ads, as set out in the quote. If a cast member’s usage needs to be limited (for example to a period or a market), that is agreed up front.
Can you edit footage we already shot?
No. I edit what I shoot, because the edit is planned on set. I’m not an editor-for-hire for other people’s footage.
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