Deepak Singh
Deepak Singh is a young film-maker and leads his media startups. Young Turks Motion Pictures is a film production house recently started under the aegis of Young Turks Media, a communications agency and a TV programming production house. Young Turks Motion Pictures plans to produce ten films over the next 6 years, across genres and for varied audiences. Young Turks Media is engaged in producing, designing and developing some of Indian Television's most impactful shows. Deepak also recently produced a record-making music album - India Hai Meri Jaan - on HMV Saregama. The album now holds the record for featuring the highest number of Indian achievers and celebrities in one video (non film), including the most of Team India Cricketers, Olympic Medalists, showbiz celebs and entrepreneurs. Deepak started his career as an advertising professional and mastered the usage of communications & management tools for the benefit of niche sectors which unfurls a wide array of possibilities. He is an innovator and expert on the domain where Media & Communications, ICT & new media, Marketing and CSR converge. Deepak also has a strong philanthropic side spanning a decade. Young Turks, too, had a beginning as a pan-Asia level youth development initiative and network integrated with sustainable business models. Subsequently, among many feathers, it was visited by the Delegation of United Nations Habitat Youth Empowerment Program as part of their Study Tour to India. Deepak is also Director with IRAM, a national-level new age NGO. Earlier, he served as the Principal Consultant with the Training Management Unit of Indo-German Cooperation, GTZ, InWEnt and Ministry of Environment & Forests, the apex Capacity Building wing of the conglomerate. Additionally, he is consultant with a number of national and grassroots organizations. He is Speaker, Trainer & Coach for Communication, Business Development and Management with a global venture capital & enterprise development project. VISIT ME ON LINKEDIN: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ranadeepaksingh

 

Deepak Singh's Blog

  • When Should Critics Stop Writing Official Film Reviews?
    Take a situation. If a judge wanted to take one of the sides in a proceeding. A Jury member had his own film nominated to be sent to Cannes. Or, the daughter of the promoters of a beauty pageant were to participate for the crown. Unthinkable. Right! Yes, writing this post, I know I am going to attract the wrath of some friends in the industry. One of my earlier posts already...
    by Deepak Singh at November 22nd, 2009 at 07:11 am
  • Sell anything in Bollywood. But…
    Sell anything in Bollywood. But… don’t try to hard-sell the same thing more than twice. In management, we read a term PLC or Product Life Cycle. It meant that every product or product category has a defined life after which its public acceptance will start drooping down, diminishing. There are so many factors behind that which range from technology to public awareness,...
    by Deepak Singh at November 10th, 2009 at 08:11 am
  • Aladin’t or Euthanasia?
    This post takes a lead from my last write-up. However, should have taken a while to write, had it not been for a “different” kind of discussion with one of the popular film-makers. It was Friday late afternoon and, it so happened that one of the creative film-makers with quite a hitlist in his kitty (in varied capacities), posted a comment on one such public...
    by Deepak Singh at November 1st, 2009 at 09:11 am
  • “Who is to blame?” Introspections by a young movie-maker
    For the very first blog on PassionforCinema, this was a rather unlikely topic to write on. But, as one starts writing, one has to be true to his/her conscience. Two, also true to the ground realities. The reality is that Bollywood’s rough patch continues and it looks highly vulnerable at the moment. The purpose of this piece is as much an attempt at self-introspection...
    by Deepak Singh at October 26th, 2009 at 07:10 am