Shiladitya Bora

Film producer, marketeer and distributor Shiladitya Bora has launched his own media company Platoon One Films headquartered in Mumbai. Backed by over a decade of solid industry experience and an undying passion for the movies, Shiladitya is now spearheading Platoon One Films Private Ltd aiming to provide a class act in film production, marketing, distribution & syndication.

Bora plans to build Platoon One Films into a self-sustaining studio and take the core vision of championing original content to the next level. The vision is to curate engaging stories which will appeal to audiences across the board, to the masses as well as the cinephiles.

Bora had earlier conceptualised and successfully run the country’s leading indie release banner PVR Director’s Rare, during his stint with the PVR Group, India’s largest cinema company. In the last few years, he has been instrumental in the theatrical release and distribution of more than 90 independent films. Soon after being selected for the prestigious Berlinale Talents in 2015, Bora joined the award-winning studio Drishyam Films as CEO and released their critically acclaimed films such as Masaan (Cannes 2015), Dhanak (Berlinale 2015) and Waiting (Dubai 2015), as well as serving as an associate producer on Newton, India’s official entry to the Academy Awards 2018