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Sri Adhikari Brothers’ Katalyst Creates back with ‘Tere Bin Laden’ sequel
MUMBAI: Sri Adhikari Brother’s creative arm Katalyst Creates is back with Tere Bin Laden – Dead or Alive, a sequel of the movie Tere Bin Laden.
Katalyst Creates was behind the visual effects and visual packaging of the sequel as well.
Director of the film Abhishek Sharma said, “Katalyst Creates under the creative leadership of Parth has become a one stop shop for world class VFX and out of the box promo production. He and his team have successfully generated intrigue and buzz around Tere bin Laden’s sequel besides creating amazing TV promos as well. Apart from the promotional material Katalyst Creates has done incredible VFX work on my film. The CG choppers and various terrains created by the team have garnered great response from the industry experts. Often such high quality work comes with unviable budgets but Katalyst Creates is unlike most others. I must say Katalyst Creates is a dream studio for any Indian filmmaker aiming to work at an international level.”
“We have had a long association with Walkwater Media and Abhishek Sharma since Tere Bin Laden. With this current project, we have taken our relationship to the next level. I have been associated with this project right from the beginning and have left no stone unturned to bring out the best since. At Katalyst Creates we believe in creating industry benchmarks in the space of creative services and superseding the client requirements,” added Katalyst Creates creative and business head Parthsarthi Iyer.
Walkwater Media’s Pooja Shetty said, “Katalyst creates has proven to be a very quality conscious and budget conscious film makers dream studio under the creative supervision of a very passionate technician Parthsarthi Iyer. Not only did we complete the job well within the budget than the industry norm but had constant support from Parth, which is invaluable.”
Sri Adhikari Brothers Group CEO Manav Dhanda added, “VFX industry is fast evolving and we are proud that in an industry where the bar is forever being raised within a very short span of time, Katalyst Creates has successfully executed multiple marquee projects, which have created a base for us to take things to the next level. We also thank Pooja Shetty for reinstating trust in our team, after all only long term partnerships result in greater success.”
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Remembering Gyan Sahay, the lens behind film, television and advertising
From a puppet rabbit selling poppadums to Hindi cinema, he framed it all.
MUMBAI: There are careers, and then there are canvases. Gyan Sahay, the veteran cinematographer, director, and producer who passed away on 10 March 2026 in Mumbai, had one of the latter. Over several decades in the Indian film and television industry, he turned lenses, lights, and the occasional puppet rabbit into something approaching art.
A graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, Sahay built his reputation as a director of photography across a career that stretched from the early 1970s all the way to the digital age. He was the kind of craftsman who understood that a well-composed shot is not merely a technical achievement but a quiet act of storytelling.
For most Indians of a certain age, however, Sahay will forever be the man behind the rabbit. His direction of the iconic long-running television commercial for Lijjat Papad, featuring its now-legendary puppet bunny, gave the country one of its most cheerfully persistent advertising images. It was the sort of work that sneaks into the national subconscious and takes up permanent residence.
His big-screen credits as cinematographer include Anokhi Pehchan (1972), Pagli (1974), Pas de Deux (1981), and Hum Farishte Nahin (1988). In 1999, he stepped behind a different kind of camera altogether, making his directorial debut with Sar Ankhon Par, a drama that featured Vikas Bhalla and Shruti Ulfat, with a cameo by Shah Rukh Khan for good measure.
On television, Sahay was particularly prized for his command of multi-camera production setups, a skill that made him a go-to technician for large-scale shows and reality programmes. In an industry that has never been especially patient with complexity, he was the calm hand on the rig.
In later life, Sahay turned teacher. He participated regularly in masterclasses and Digi-Talks, often hosted by organisations such as Bharatiya Chitra Sadhna, sharing hard-won wisdom on cinematography, the comedy of timing in a shot, and the sweeping changes brought by the shift from celluloid to digital. He was also said to have been involved in a project concerning a biographical film on Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy.
Tributes from the film industry poured in following the news of his passing, with colleagues remembering him as a senior cameraman who served as a rare bridge between two entirely different eras of Indian cinema. That is, perhaps, the finest thing one can say of any craftsman: he kept up, and he brought others along with him.
