Let's make
nonfiction cool!
We watch documentaries for fun and we love that documentary is our work! We are also a competitive bunch, so we take each project as an opportunity to create a new style or approach (globally). That of course requires a lot of study of the craft and genre, which we do not shy from. Similar to our other brands- Blackline Network and Blackline Expeditions, Blackline Productions is also an ongoing commitment to the advancement of documentary as a whole.
About Us
Combining Creativity and Business
Our team of producers and business development executives with experience from 10-25 years in the industry.
Samar Manhotra
Executive Producer
Sandeep Budhimania
Executive Producer
Prapti Mittal
Producer / Director
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Our Creative Team
Indian Baseball Dreams
BOMBAY BLACK CAT ENT. &
AMPED PICTURESMumbai, October 2023: We creative produced a docu-series for Major League Baseball (MLB) which was broadcast on Disney+ Hotstar, Star Sports, Star Sports Elite in India and which received major accolades from the audiences in India.
Amcho Chudila
STUDIO BLACKLINE ORIGINALS
Chhattisgarh, 2025: We are in the process of finalising our documentary film about the first generation of tribal kids of Dantewara region of Chhattisgarh to leave their deeply remote villages and see the world outside because of residential schools.
RODE COLLEGE (2024)
FILM PROMOTIONS
(BTS & PROMOS)Studio AtSource
Chandigarh, January-June 2024: We created the strategy, campaigns and content for the promotion of the film, Rode College (Release Date: 7th June 2024) for the maximum outreach to audiences across India and abroad.
Releasing Soon
SEASON 2
North East India, October 2023 - March 2024: As part of the series The Great Himalayan Exploration, we produced more than 65 videos totalling more than 200 minutes of content, documenting the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the North East Himalayas.
THE GREAT
HIMALAYAN
EXPLORATION
TAWANG, ARUNACHAL PRADESH (3)
INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
North East India, October 2022: As part of Royal Enfield's CSR activities, we produced a series of videos to document cultural and traditional practices of the North East Himalayas that would be added to the repository of UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage collection.
ZIRO, ARUNACHAL PRADESH (4)
EAST MEGHALAYA (5)
GUWAHATI, ASSAM (6)
WEST MEGHALAYA (3)
THE GREAT
HIMALAYAN
EXPLORATION
LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS
Mumbai, March-June 2022: We provided complete line production and creative resources, including the famous documentary filmmaker Jordi Llompart (dir. of Barça Dreams, Netflix) and other creative directors, DOPs and production professionals. We delivered 4 episodes and a feature length film on the first season of the franchise, Lucknow Super Giants.
INDIAN
PREMIERE
LEAGUE
2022
SUBSISTENCE MARKETPLACES INITIATIVE
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
India, January-June 2021: Working alongside Professor Madhu Viswanathan of LMU (Los Angeles), we produced videos to showcase how low-income entrepreneurs sustained themselves through businesses. These videos were then used to educate business students on Coursera and in-person MBA degrees through Gies Business School (University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign).
FOOD FOR GOOD
(NGO FILM)
COVID-19 INITIATIVES
Barcelona, March-April 2020: We documented the social work of the NGO, Food for Good, as some of the best chefs of Barcelona came together during COVID-19 to distribute meals to the homeless and needy.
LGBTQ+ Newcomers
ZOOMIN TV SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Barcelona, June 2019: We produced a short documentary for ZoominTV following the life of LGBTQ+ individuals who migrated to Europe from other parts of the world to find a safe haven against discrimination in their home countries.
NUESTRO MURO
Beteve / Otoxo Productions
Barcelona, August 2018- March 2019: We produced a 30 minute documentary for Barcelona TV (Beteve) alongside Otoxo Productions- researching, directing and editing the film about illegal immigrants from North Africa and Middle East as they use graffiti art to sustain themselves.
AKOMMO
VENUE
EXPERIENCE
Akommo Events Company
Barcelona, April-June 2019: We produced a Vlog-style video series with Jason Greenman of Akommo Events showcasing some of the best events of Barcelona to the international audience to encourage them to come to Barcelona for their next event.
Featured Projects
Meet the Team
Our team of producers and business development executives have experience ranging from 10-25 years in the industry.
Our core team of directors and self-shooting PDs who creatively lead the way, however big or small the project.
PRAPTI MITTAL
PRODUCER / DIRECTOR
SANDEEP BUDHIMANIA
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
ANKIT SETHI
FINANCE / BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
HAIDER RIZVI
SELF SHOOTING PD
ETUSH BANSAL
DIRECTOR (JOURNALISM AND TRAVEL)
VISHWAS BATRA
DIRECTOR (SPORTS AND CELEBRITY)
INDIE SHOOT IN CHHATTISGARH
Dantewada, March-August 2023: The time we went to the extreme-left wing area of Dantewada, Chhattisgarh for our indie documentary shoot about a historic social change.
RIDER MANIA EXHIBITION
Goa, November 2022: We delivered 32 videos and over 200 photos from our project with Royal Enfield x UNESCO. These photos and videos were displayed in an exhibition in Goa.
BEHIND THE SCENES: IPL 2022
Mumbai, March-June 2022: Some of the challenging, yet exciting moments filming a documentary about the first season of Lucknow Super Giants as an IPL franchise.
Blackline
Behind-The-Scenes
At Blackline Productions, we watch documentaries for fun and we love that documentary is our work!
We are also a competitive bunch, so we take each project as an opportunity to create a new style or approach. That, of course, requires a lot of study of the craft and genre, which we do not shy from.
Similar to our other brands-Blackline Network and Blackline Expeditions, Blackline Productions is also an ongoing commitment to the documentary genre.
INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
North East India, October 2022: As part of Royal Enfield's CSR activities, we produced a series of videos to document cultural and traditional practices of the North East Himalayas that would be added to the repository of UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage collection.
21 VIDEOS
LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS
Mumbai, March-June 2022: We provided complete line production and creative resources, including the famous documentary filmmaker Jordi Llompart (dir. of Barça Dreams, Netflix) and other creative directors, DOPs and production professionals. We delivered 4 episodes and a feature length film on the first season of the franchise, Lucknow Super Giants.
INDIAN PREMIERE LEAGUE
2022
SUBSISTENCE MARKETPLACES INITIATIVE
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
India, January-June 2021: Working alongside Professor Madhu Viswanathan of LMU (Los Angeles), we produced videos to showcase how low-income entrepreneurs sustained themselves through businesses. These videos were then used to educate business students on Coursera and in-person MBA degrees through Gies Business School (University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign).
FOOD FOR GOOD
(NGO FILM)
COVID-19 INITIATIVES
Barcelona, March-April 2020: We documented the social work of the NGO, Food for Good, as some of the best chefs of Barcelona came together during COVID-19 to distribute meals to the homeless and needy.
LGBTQ+ Newcomers
ZOOMIN TV SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Barcelona, June 2019: We produced a short documentary for ZoominTV following the life of LGBTQ+ individuals who migrated to Europe from other parts of the world to find a safe haven against discrimination in their home countries.
NUESTRO MURO
Beteve / Otoxo Productions
Barcelona, August 2018- March 2019: We produced a 30 minute documentary for Barcelona TV (Beteve) alongside Otoxo Productions- researching, directing and editing the film about illegal immigrants from North Africa and Middle East as they use graffiti art to sustain themselves.
AKOMMO VENUE EXPERIENCE
Akommo Events Company
Barcelona, April-June 2019: We produced a Vlog-style video series with Jason Greenman of Akommo Events showcasing some of the best events of Barcelona to the international audience to encourage them to come to Barcelona for their next event.
Featured Projects
Flawless
Documentary Production
Our core team of directors and self-shooting PDs who creatively lead the way, however big or small the project.
Vishwas Batra
Director (Sports and Celebrity)
Etush Bansal
Director (Travel and Journalism)
Haider Rizvi
Self-Shooting PD
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