Bauddhayan Mukherji aka 'Buddy' is an award-winning filmmaker, based in Mumbai, India. He is the co-founder, along with this wife, Monalisa, of Little Lamb Films, which has produced three feature films, namely, Teenkahon, The Violin Player, and Marichjhapi; and 1 documentary, Kiske Liye.
Personal life
Bauddhayan Mukherji, popularly known as Buddy, is an Indian filmmaker known for his advertising films and indie features. He was born and brought up in Kolkata. His father Banaj Mukherji was a poet while his mother Mira Mukherji was a school teacher. At 11, he was gifted a copy of the book “Ekei Bole Shooting” written by Satyajit Ray. The book changed his life and Bauddhayan decided to become a filmmaker! He studied in South Point School and later St. Xavier's College, Kolkata where he majored in Economics. Later he studied at the Clarion College of Communication, eastern India's first advertising college. Bauddhayan lives in Mumbai with his wife Monalisa and daughter Aarsha.
Professional life
Bauddhayan Mukherji's work life began with Shyamanand Jalan's Kolkata based production houseAudio Visual Arts and later he joined Black MagicMotion Pictures where he joined as the assistant director but rose up the ranks to become a partner of the company. He was part of the team that created Patalgharthe cult Bengali film in 2002. Today Bauddhayan runs his own production house called Little Lamb Films which he founded with wife Monalisa in 2007 and is considered a path breaker in Indian advertising filmmaking. He has directed more than 400 TVCs and has helped create brands like Procter & Gamble, Nokia, Unilever, Honda, GlaxoSmithKline, Coke, Colgate, Heinz, Johnson & Johnson, Hyundai Motor Company, to name a few. In 2010, Bauddhayan directed the Bell Bajao campaign for Breakthrough which went on to win the prestigious Silver Lion at Cannes – the Oscars of advertising films. He also became the first Indian filmmaker to win two back to back One Show merits at New York and Spikes Asia Golds at Singapore. In 2015, the Haathipaon Mukt Bharat campaign for Sabin Vaccine Institute landed him with another Silver Lion at Cannes Health. In 2013, Bauddhayan ventured into feature films and over the last few years has directed two of India's most awarded and internationally acclaimed indies under the banner of Little Lamb Films – Teenkahon & The Violin Player. These films have been screened at more than 85 film festivals across five continents. In 2015, Bauddhayan went on to win the Aravindan Puraskaram, an award by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy for the Best Debutant Director in the country, for Teenkahon. The Violin Player also became the first Indian film ever to be represented by the French Sales Agents, Alpha Violet. Marichjhapi, his next directorial venture for Little Lamb Films has already created a buzz in the international co-production market when it was chosen to represent India at the prestigious Asian Project Market at Busan 2019 and Cinéfondation L'Atelier at the Cannes Film Festival 2020.
