Experience in Electronic Media

(1989-2008)

Profiles
•Serials Page 2
•News & Current Affairs Programmes Page 3-5
•Image Building & Corporate Films Page 6
• Video Magazine, Business Program, Training Films Page 7
•Advertisement & Public Awareness Spots Page 8
•Election Quickies Page 9
•Broadcasting Experience Page 10-11
•Video Show reel Page 12
•Review, Comments & Award Page 13

Neeraj Mahajan
C-33 A Shastri Nagar, Ghaziabad-201002
Email: n2erajmahajan@gmail.com
Mob: 9999989066
EXPERIENCE IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA: 19 YEARS (1989- )
1989-- Producer-Director, Independent Video Films (P) Ltd.
1st film as Producer-Director-Scriptwriter-Researcher telecast on
Doordarshan in 1990.
Since then produced many programmes.
Empanelled as a Producer with Directorate of Audio Visual Publicity (DAVP),
Ministry of Human Resources Development, Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and
Ministry of Agriculture.

SERIALS:
PRODUCER-DIRECTOR-SCRIPTWRITER- INSIDE PAKISTAN—a 5 episode
programme telecast on Kashir channel of Doordarshan

PRODUCER-DIRECTOR-SCRIPTWRITER- --KYA FARQ PARTA HAI—a 9 episode

serial for Directorate of Adult Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development.

DIRECTED & organized the Production of six episodes of serial -"HUM BACHCHEY
HINDUSTAN KE re-enacting the lives of National Bravery Award Winning children on
behalf of Akash Deep Films. 2
PRODUCED & DIRECTED
• CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION -- AT WHOSE COST?
• CURSED BY CUSTOM/ SUBAH KI TALAASH
• TALAASH JARI HAI (DELHI POLICE)
• WOMEN IN COMBAT
• CONVERSION OF DRY LATRINES INTO WET LATERINES
• DIRECTOR & SR. ASSISTANT PRODUCER of MANDIR, MASJID--KUCH
AHEM SAWAAL --a current affairs programme on Ram Janam Bhoomi-Babri
Masjid dispute, telecast twice on Doordarshan on 4th & 5th Dec 1992. For the
first time in print or electronic media, this program predicted that the shrine was
likely to be damaged and the days of the UP government were numbered. In
this program four Union Minister's-- PP Kumaramanglam, Rajesh Pilot, V C
Shukla and NKP Salve went on record to say that their government would
dismiss the BJP government in UP in case of any damage to the Babri Masjid.
The program also had views of top BJP leaders like L K Advani on the party's
stand and likely strategy in case the UP government was dismissed. True
enough within two days of telecast of this program, Babri Masjid was raised to
the ground and UP government was axed. 3
• SENIOR ASSISTANT PRODUCER-- INDIA V/s SOUTH AFRICA series on
Indian Cricket team's tour to South Africa telecast on ATN.

• DIRECTED & coordinated the production of 4 episodes of PRAGATI KE PATH

PE profiling Shahnaz Hussain, Kiran Bedi, `Tiger' Pataudi and Dr R K Gupta on
behalf of Rashtriya Advertising Agency

• DIRECTED & organized the Multi-Camera shooting of KHULA MANCH- a panel

discussion program on 100 Days of Delhi Government on behalf of Rashtriya
Advertising Agency

• DIRECTED a 15-minute film on life styles of prostitutes for INSIGHT a Video

News Cassette launched by Jain Studios.

• Associated with Hindustan Times Television for the pilot issues of their Video
News cassette AAJ. Was also associated with KAL CHAKRA video magazine
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NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMMES: (3)

LOCATION DIRECTOR, RESEARCH & INTERVIEWS-- HIGHWAYS OR

KILLERWAYS, a 30 minute documentary produced for Doordarshan
by Asian Films.

LOCATION DIRECTOR, RESEARCH, SCRIPT & INTERVIEWS for a two

part documentary on INDIA’S ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
produced for Doordarshan by Asian Films.

Was involved with a unique experiment in PARTICIPATORY

COMMUNICATION conducted by Indian Institute of Mass
Communications at Ghasera, a Muslim dominated village where
people did not educate their children because of `religious beliefs'.
A video film was made incorporating messages from the Quran like
"Ilam hasil karo chahe iske liye `Cheen' tak jana pare" and "Ilam
hasil karna har Musalman mard wah aurat par farz hai" were
incorporated in a script drafted with the help of the locals in their
own dialect. People from the village were made to act in the film,
which had a tremendous impact.

Freelanced as RESEARCHER with K. Bikram Singh (Cine Arts India)

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for over a dozen projects- "Year of the Girl Child", "Population- a
PRODUCED & DIRECTED (also Research & Script):

• SILVER OAK - WORLD CLASS PRODUCTS FROM THE LAND OF

BEAUTY & BRAINS
• 50 GLORIOUS YEARS -- INDIAN INFANTRY
• MERI VARDI MERI SHAAN (DELHI POLICE)
• PRESIDENTIAL BODYGUARDS - THE SAGA OF GLORY
• TORNADOES -- MUSCLES OF IRON, NERVES OF STEEL
• INFANTRY DAY -- LEADERSHIP, VALOR & SACRIFICES
• ASC CENTRE (S)-NAYE AASHAYAIN NAYE UMMEDAIN
• SIGNALS -- CONNECTING ANYWHERE, ANYTIME  
• EME - EK SUNHERE BHAVISHYA KI OORE
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VIDEO MAGAZINE:
PRODUCED & DIRECTED (also Research & Script):
RAKSHAK- VIDEO MAGAZINE FOR INDIAN ARMY 1999-2004

BUSINESS PROGRAMMES:
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER -75 episodes of BUSINESS AGENDA on
STAR TV.

TRAINING FILMS:
PRODUCED & DIRECTED (also Research & Script)- CRIME
DETECTION SERIES of films for the CENTRAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION:
•SEARCH & SEIZURE
•SEARCH IN WHITE COLLAR CRIMES
•LAYING OF TRAP Part 1 & 2
•RAJIV GANDHI ASSASINATION- SCENE OF CRIME TO CRIMINALS - 5 7
PARTS
PRODUCED & DIRECTED (also Research & Script):
• FEMALE FOETICIDE – a 30 Sec public awareness spot for Min of
Women & Child Development & Hindi and 17 Indian languages
• CHILD MARRIAGE– a 30 Sec public awareness spot for Min of
Women & Child Development & Hindi and 17 Indian languages
• MINISTRY OF HEALTH – Series of 10 & 30 Sec spots for National
Rural Health Mission on various health issues like breast feeding,
polio drops, NSV etc
• HIMACHAL- A Tourist Paradise (30 Sec spot)
• HIMACHAL- The Land Of Adventure (30 Sec spot)
• GARCENIA ORAL SPRAY (30 Sec advt spot)
• YEH DANGE KYON" (Pub. Awareness Spot)
• APNE MUNNA KO PEHCHANIYE (P A Spot)
• ICE PACK (Two-advt spots-20 Sec each)
• YEH ICEPACK--AAKHIR HAI KYA?-A 10-minute Demo film granted
Censor Certificate under Advertisement category. 8
• DIRECTED: APNA MATDATA PEHCHAN PATRA BANVAYEN"
(20,30,40 Secs)
• DIRECTED: ELECTORAL ROLL

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• KYON AUR KAB TAK? -- A radio documentary produced for Yuva Vani
Service of AIR represented as the best program of Delhi station in the ALL
INDIA AKASHVANI AWARDS – 1985 and bagged the Second prize in the
prestigious Nation wide contest.

• REPORTED for BBC (London) from New Delhi during the 1989 General
Elections and also during Home Minister Mufti Muhammad Syed's daughter
Rubia's kidnapping incident.

• Produced over two dozen-radio features for the General Overseas Service,
Delhi station (A & B both) and Yuva Vani services of All India Radio.

• PRESENTED many episodes ON THE EXPORT FRONT for General

Overseas Service, All India Radio

• Continue to freelance with different stations of AIR

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Produced & Directed over 15 advertisement

  spots (Audio) for
products like NATRAJ TEA- a Tea Trading Corp of India product,
ICE PACK, IMAGE REAR VIEW MIRROR,
  IMAGE AUTO SWITCH,
and LOOKWELL MIRRORS in Hindi, Tamil, Malyalam and
Bengali.

Some of the audio productions include

•ICEPACK – 2 advertisement spots 20 sec each in Hindi, Tamil,

Malyalam & Bengali

•NATRAJ TEA – 20 sec advertisement spot for this Tea trading

Corporation product

•Image Deluxe Rear View Mirror, ( 20 Sec Spots in Hindi, Tamil,

Malayalam and Bengali) 

•Image Auto Switch, ( 20 Sec Spots in Hindi, Tamil, Malyalam and

Bengali)
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•Lookwell Auto Switch ( 20 Sec Spot in Hindi) 
 Public Awareness Spots
• Female Foeticide
• Child Marriage
 Advertisement Spots:
• Himachal- A destination for all seasons and reasons
• Himachal – A paradise for Adventure seekers
 Corporate Films:
• Silver Oak Assurance- World Class Products: From the Land of Beauty and Brains
• Oriflame Natural Swedish Cosmetics: The Silver Oak Edge
 Image Building Films:
• 50 Glorious Years-Indian Infantry (Telecast Twice)
• Presidential Bodyguards-The Saga of Glory
 Documentaries:
• Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case- Crime to Criminals
• Tornadoes- Muscles of Iron, Nerves of Steel
 Films for Government Departments :
• Waqt ki Pukar- film on low cost sanitation for Min.of Social Justice & Empowerment
 Video Magazine:
• Rakshak Video Magazine for the Indian Army (1993-96)
 Serials:
• Kya Farq Parta Hai- A nine episode serial
• Hum Bachche Hindustan Ke- A 6 episode serial on National Bravery Award Winning Children
 Training Films
• Rajiv Gandhi Assassination- Crime to Criminals
• Seven Keys of Success in Trap Cases 12
Reviews in the Press
Hindustan Times India Today Tribune Brand Equity
Asian Age TV Today Pioneer The Week
Statesman Times of India Samachar Mail Amrit Bazar Patrika

Comments & Compliments from Clients

UN Ops Somalia Bangladesh High commission Infantry Directorate
CBI Academy DSSC Willington DG Ordinance Services
CO 15 Mahar Army Training Command 10 Armd Regt

Award
2nd Prize in All India Akashwani Awards 1985

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