Sakett Saawhney
- Production Manager
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Early on 1996-97 Sakett Saawhney worked with Vivek Agnihotri as an Assistant Director on Saturday Suspense, Love Story and X Zone Episodic series. Later worked as an Executive Producer on a Lawrence Desouza film which unfortunately never made it to the theaters. Moved onto Balaji as an Executive Producer in 2003 and left in late 2009 as GM Production - Television.. Gathered a great experience while working on all major hit shows like Kusum, Kasauti, Kavyanjali, Kasturi and many others and also a film C Kkompany as an Executive Producer.
In early 2010, he formed a company Flying Turtle Films with Shabir Ahluwalia and produced 2 Daily soaps Ganga Ki Dheej for Sahara One and Savitri for Life Ok. He also setup and produced the Bilingual film (Hindi and Telugu) Zanjeer (remake of the 1973 blockbuster) with South Super Star Ram Charan, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt and Mahie Gill and directed by Apoorva Lakhia. The film however didn't fare well at the Box office and life had other plans.. He got back to Balaji as the Head of Motion Picture Production and was part of films like Ek Villain, Ragini MMS2, Kya Kool 3, Azhar and the recently released web series X.X.X. Uncensored as an Associate Producer. In 2016, he quit the job and took a sabbatical, having worked for almost 2 decades.. Early 2018, he got back on his feet to being a producer albeit independently and presently producing a web series for ALT Balaji which is currently in pre-production stages.. Simultaneously, developing content for digital and films and working on biopic.
In early 2010, he formed a company Flying Turtle Films with Shabir Ahluwalia and produced 2 Daily soaps Ganga Ki Dheej for Sahara One and Savitri for Life Ok. He also setup and produced the Bilingual film (Hindi and Telugu) Zanjeer (remake of the 1973 blockbuster) with South Super Star Ram Charan, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt and Mahie Gill and directed by Apoorva Lakhia. The film however didn't fare well at the Box office and life had other plans.. He got back to Balaji as the Head of Motion Picture Production and was part of films like Ek Villain, Ragini MMS2, Kya Kool 3, Azhar and the recently released web series X.X.X. Uncensored as an Associate Producer. In 2016, he quit the job and took a sabbatical, having worked for almost 2 decades.. Early 2018, he got back on his feet to being a producer albeit independently and presently producing a web series for ALT Balaji which is currently in pre-production stages.. Simultaneously, developing content for digital and films and working on biopic.