A story-driven content agency built for the new screen era. From graphic-led instructional films to flagship reality franchises — we develop, write, direct and deliver. 19 years across fiction, non-fiction, branded content, and visual storytelling.
Graphic narratives, instructional films, AI-assisted visuals, explainer content — story-first, craft-led.
Brief to final frame — emotional brand films, campaign direction, and platform-native storytelling.
Format development, showrunning, writers' room, and end-to-end production across India's biggest genres.
Episodic screenplays, crime dramas, comedy series, audio originals — for OTT, broadcast and digital.
Complex ideas made visual — graphic sequences, narration, and story arcs that teach and engage.
AI image, motion and generative tools with human storytelling craft — faster, higher visual impact.
Story-boarded, visually structured content — brand films, educational series, documentary sequences.
Concept and script through graphic design integration, motion direction, and final delivery.
FMCG · Brand Film
Marico · Writer & Director
Emotional brand film — organic product integration through human storytelling. Script to screen, end-to-end.
Sports · Campaign Film
Capri · Creative Lead & Director
Identity-led campaign built on aspiration and cultural connect. Structured for digital amplification.
Institutional · Long Format
Rural Renaissance · Director
Institutional storytelling for History TV — translating a complex brand journey into compelling long-format narrative.
Factual · History Channel
Creative Direction · Long Format
Multi-location documentary — visual narrative consistency across real-world, archival and graphic formats.
Epic Channel · 48 Episodes
A 48-episode series celebrating India's most iconic figures. Written with narrative rigour and storytelling depth — proof that factual content can be as compelling as drama when the writing is right.
Epic Channel · Adventure Format
A narrative-driven adventure format combining on-ground storytelling with structured episodic writing. Delivered with the same story discipline that drives RISE's work across all formats.
Audible Original · Audio Drama
An episodic audio drama for Audible — tight tension arcs, layered characters, and cinematic dialogue. Premium scripted storytelling across emerging audio and digital platforms.
Comedy · Entertainment · Non-Fiction
Creative Director / Co-Creative Director · Seasons 1 & 2
India's biggest prime-time entertainment property. End-to-end creative ownership — writers' room to edit lock. Built the show's tonality, comic rhythm, and the format that made it distinctively Kapil's own.
Comedy · Reality · Non-Fiction
ACD → Creative Director · Seasons II, III & IV
The show that invented the comedy reality genre in India. From auditions to prime-time edit delivery, Hemant shaped the format every competitor has tried to replicate. A genre-defining landmark.
House Reality · Relationship · Non-Fiction
Reality Head / ACD / Co-Creative Director · 4 Editions
The franchise that created relationship-based reality TV in India — Rakhi, Rahul, Ratan, Mallika. Designed repeatable format architecture that scaled across four celebrity editions.
Crime · Episodic · Scripted
Episodic Screenplay & Storytelling
High-intensity, twist-driven crime narratives at volume — proof that RISE's storytelling command spans scripted fiction just as fully as non-fiction. Hook, escalation, payoff, at broadcast scale.
The Full Unscripted Spectrum
Scripted, Audio, Graphic & Branded
"When audiences have everything to watch, only high-concept ideas — beautifully executed — make them stop and care."
Founder · Director
Showrunner · Creative Director
19+ years across India's biggest unscripted formats, scripted series, branded films, and factual long-form content. Built comedy reality TV. Built relationship-format playbooks. Directed brand films for Parachute, UP Warriors, NABARD, and History TV.
Currently developing graphic-led and AI-assisted content — bringing the same story rigour from prime-time TV into the visual storytelling space.
The Kapil Sharma Show
Creative Director · S1 & S2
Laughter Challenge
Creative Director · S II, III, IV
Swayamvar Franchise
Co-Creative Director · 4 Editions
India's Laughter Champion
CD & Head Writer
Parachute · UP Warriors
Brand Film Director
NABARD · History TV
Creative Director · Long Format
Bharat Ke Ratna (EPIC)
Writer · 48 Episodes
Epic Explorers (EPIC)
Writer · Narrative Format
Palace Crimes (Audible)
Screenplay & Dialogues
Savdhaan India
Episodic Screenplay
"The discipline to execute without compromise. That's the only standard RISE has ever worked to."
— Hemant Sharma, Founder, RISE Pictures