Dark Bird
Films
An award-winning production house built on one belief — stories should make you feel something real.
Feature Films
Awards Won
Brand Campaigns
National Awards
Pratheek Shetty
Filmmaker • Editor • Cinematographer • Director
Started editing at 19. Founded Dark Bird at 22. Edited Kantara and 777 Charlie before 30. Shot Puneeth Rajkumar's documentary. Directed Grammy-winning music videos.
Not the traditional corporate founder. A filmmaker who builds teams, breaks format, and refuses to make anything average. Every project at Dark Bird starts with one question — “does this make you feel something?”
One obsession scaled into a full-service studio.
What started as one filmmaker in an edit suite is now Dark Bird — four in-house divisions, a tight crew of obsessives, and a client list that spans India's biggest studios and the brands you use every day.
Four Divisions, One Roof
Dark Bird Films, Socials, Designs, and Labs — every department in-house. No handoffs, no finger-pointing, no waiting on vendors.
End-to-End StudioAward-Winning Pedigree
Kantara. 777 Charlie. Gandhada Gudi. A Grammy. National Awards, State Awards, and a body of work that plays in cinemas and streams worldwide.
4 National Awards · 45+ AccoladesTrusted by 100+ Brands
From Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Flipkart to Hombale Films, Paramvah, and PRK — studios and brands choose Dark Bird when the work actually has to land.
100+ Brands Shipped
Awards & Achievements
Prajavani Cine Sammana
Best Editing
Kantara
Karnataka State Film Award
Best Editing
777 Charlie
Grammy Winning Album
Directed, Shot & Edited
Divine Tides — Mother Earth
* Films edited by Pratheek Shetty have collectively won 4 National Awards and 45+ accolades
Where the
magic happens
Big cameras, bigger ambitions. From smoky studio setups with cinema-grade rigs to golden hour shoots in the Western Ghats — this is what production looks like at Dark Bird.
Orchestra in the Jungle Set
Kashmir Snow — Full Crew
Premiere Night
Misty Forest — Camera Rig
Dawn Shoot — Misty Lake
Turmeric Festival
Boat Crew — Sunset
Karakoram Jump
777 Charlie — Press Launch
777 Charlie
Forest Trek with Puneeth Rajkumar
Gandhada Gudi
Hornbill Festival — Nagaland
Team Dinner
Red-Lit Music Video Shoot
Dark Studio — Crew Behind Camera
Body Paint Sequence — Forest
Desert Crew — Jeep
Winter Forest — Drone Ops
Projection Room
Kantara
Auto-Rickshaw Shoot
Inside a Morung — Nagaland
Blue Smoke — Dance Sequence
Roadside Laptop Review
Color Grading Suite
Lakeside with Puneeth
Gandhada Gudi
French Biriyani — On Set
French Biriyani
Truck Convoy — Road Shoot
Team Portrait with Puneeth
Winter Shoot — Kashmir
Konyak Elders — Firelight
Cinematographer Silhouette
Blue-Lit Studio Setup
Editing 777 Charlie
777 Charlie
Rainforest Direction
Gandhada Gudi
Jodhpur Blue City
Village Crowd Shoot
Lakeside Crew — Monsoon Shoot
Winter Portrait — Up North
Rainforest Cinematography
Monitoring the Take
Editing Kantara
Kantara
Ladakh Festival Shoot
Snow Day — Off Camera
Wrap Day — Charlie
777 Charlie
Storytellers of Different Stripes
At Dark Bird, we have storytellers of different stripes, all flocking together — with the same hunger, the same obsession, toward the same standard of excellence. Editors, strategists, marketers, and designers who share one refusal: nothing leaves the studio unless it's genuinely exceptional.
Pratheek Shetty
Founder & Creative Director
Shraman Jain
Marketing Strategist
Trisha
Ads Manager
Rakshit
Editor
Rakesh
Editor
Athul
Assistant Editor
Raksha
Content Manager
Adarsh
Accounting Supervisor
Four specialized divisions
Each vertical has its own identity, its own team, its own obsession. One creative vision running through all of them.
Dark Bird Films
Cinematic production, feature film support, and walkthrough videos.
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AI-powered digital marketing and performance campaigns.
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Brand systems, motion graphics, and web design.
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AI-driven films, music, and marketing automation.
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Ready to Create Something Unforgettable?
Whether it's a feature film, a brand campaign, or a story that needs cinematic craft — let's talk.