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Ex-Times Now Anchor Shaheen Dawood joins iRealities as ‘Lead Content Producer’
MUMBAI: Former Times Now entertainment anchor Shaheen Dawood is now heading a large animation team at iRealities, one of the primeval and leading content production and marketing solutions company in Mumbai.
Shaheen, whose journey kicked off with iRealities with a kid’s television show that was being co-produced with Discovery Kids, is now the lead content producer at the company. iRealities amalgamates rich multimedia content and technology and specializes in offering technological innovation, digital services, and content creation and animation services.
Shaheen has previously produced daily and weekend entertainment shows for Times Now, and three popular kids’ series in 2D and 3D for Discovery Kids. She is now based out of New Delhi, and is currently supervising an animation team of 100 animators in Mumbai. She provides creative, strategic and editorial inputs into scripts and various other aspects of video production for projects in different genres.
On Shaheen’s journey so far with iRealities, iRealities Pvt. Ltd, C.E.O, Mr. Prasad Ajgaonkar said, “Ever since I worked with Shaheen, I was quite impressed with her creativity and enthusiasm for work. That is why I was happy to have her join our iRealities family. I strongly believe that with her excellent experience in the media industry, she is a highly valuable addition to our team.”
Explaining her choice to move to iRealities, Shaheen said, “When I was a part of ‘Discovery Communications India,’ the company collaborated with iRealities for creating a 3D animation kids series. In the process, iRealities taught me the importance of 360 degree knowledge of operations and technology. Later on, I decided to join them to immerse myself into different aspects of content production while building my personal brand equity in the Kids content vertical. Today, I am a part of the same world of Media from a different vantage. iRealities has a thriving innovation culture that fosters creativity and is allowing me to truly develop as a content producer.”
As Lead Content Producer, Shaheen manages a team of 100 animators, alongside storyboard artists, modellers, technicians, editors, and three music partners. She also assists in business development to expand the pipeline of projects based out of New Delhi for the firm.
News Broadcasting
News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
