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Harshal Pandhe

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Director - GenAI Content @jiostar
National Gold Award winner @wavesummitindia CIC 2025 Winner | Official Indian delegate for Berlinale 2026

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A new chapter. 🌟

Excited to share that I’ve joined @jiostar
as Director – Gen AI Content.

I’ll be leading work across generative AI, 3D, filmmaking and creative technology - building new creative workflows, shaping how GenAI is used in production, and working with teams to turn emerging technology into real storytelling tools & pipelines.

It’s a space I’ve been deeply invested in for a while, and I’m excited to see what we build from here. ✨

#GenAI #Filmmaking #CreativeTechnology #3d #jiostar taken in Mumbai, Maharashtra by @hp_films

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Good conversations. Strong belief. Clear direction.

For Road to Jinji, I’m honoured to have the support of Adv. Ashish Shelar ji - Minister of Information Technology and Culture.

And grateful to CV Rao sir - CTO of Annapurna Studio and K.K. Senthil Kumar sir - DOP for Baahubali, for taking the time to discuss the film, their perspective truly adds value at this stage.

Onwards.

#indianfilmindustry #chhatrapati #IndianCinema #MarathaHistory #animationfilm by @hp_films

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7 months ago

Grateful for the invitation to meet the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mumbai. 🇮🇳🇩🇪 @germanyinmumbai

Thanks to General Hallier and the whole embassy team for the warm welcome and meaningful exchange on strengthening creative ties between our nations. Cheers to Berlinale 2026.

Here’s to stronger cultural bridges.

#IndiaGermany #IndianCinema #GlobalStorytelling #berlinale2026 #indianfilmindustry taken in Mumbai, Maharashtra by @hp_films

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8 months ago

“Infinite Diamonds” is a luxury diamond ring commercial built around one idea: Love that survives the test of time.

A ring begins in another world, survives destruction, travels through history, and eventually finds its way back to two souls destined to meet again.

In a world full of AI slop, I wanted to try making something with intent.

Something cinematic.
Something emotional.
Something that uses AI not just to generate random content, but to tell a story with meaning.

It’s Imperfect but I’m still learning. Still testing. Still getting into the AI mud.

#animation #unrealengine #ai #visualeffects #cinematic by @hp_films

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4 months ago

Hello everyone, ✨
I’m happy to announce that I have won the 1st prize at the ‘Unreal Cinematic challenge’ under ‘Create in India’ category at the World Audio visual & entertainment summit ‘Waves Summit 2025’.

900 Participants, 11 finalists and 1st prize winner. 🏆
Another feather in the cap! 🪶

Also got a wonderful opportunity to present my work to the Honorable Prime minister ‘Narendra Modi’, Maharashtra Chief Minister ‘Devendra Fadnavis’ and Deputy Chief minister ‘Ajit Pawar’.

Cheers to @_diptangshu @mss_animation @_remon06 👏🏼 They’re Absolutely brilliant and have a bright future ahead. Lookout for these future 3D stars.✨

#wavessummit2025 #waves2025 #Mumbai #tvaga #NarendraModi #DevendraFadnavis #AjitPawar #Mumbai #unrealengine #UE5 #epicgames #realtimerendering #cinematic #unrealcinematicschallenge #animation #visualization taken in Jio World Convention Centre by @hp_films

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a year ago

COMING SOON…

#metatailor #animatedfilm #unrealengine5 #ue5 #cinematic #marathaempire #chhatrapatishivajimaharaj #sambhajimaharaj #rajarammaharaj #maratha #indiananimation #featurefilm #lighting #3danimation #indianfilm #indiananimation #cinematography #visualeffects #epicgames #bollywood #tollywood taken in Mumbai, Maharashtra by @hp_films

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🏆 Winner – Professional Category | Unreal Cinematics Challenge
Harshal Pandhe from Mumbai emerged as the winner in the professional category, showcasing exceptional storytelling and real-time cinematic craft.
He was awarded a ₹50,000 cash prize, with the challenge powered by ARK.
Mr. Madhava Reddy(mike) , CEO of Rotomaker & General Secretary of TVAGA, and Mr. Shaik Khaja Vali, COO of TVAGA, shared the stage during the celebration—recognizing the creative excellence on display.

#UnrealCinematicsChallenge #WAVES2025 #TVAGA #HarshalPandhe #PoweredByARK #VirtualProduction #VFXIndia #CreativeLeadership #digitalinnovation by @hp_films

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a year ago

Hey guys! ✨
Sharing the new campaign project for #americanexpress for the launch of their new mirror cards. 🇺🇸
And as usual, rendered in @unrealengine

#amex #amexplatinum #amexbusiness #unrealengine #ue5 #productvideo #unrealengine5 #3danimation #cinematic #lighting #cinematography #3dstudio #visualeffects #epicgames #realtimerender #amexlife #niceshoes by @hp_films

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The whole environment, lighting along with the characters and cameras were set up in @unrealengine 5. Metahumans dressed up with @metatailor . The animation was driven with Kling AI, making it one of my very first tests with driving body animations with AI tools. The test was also to try and bring natural emotions and finer details which matter a lot in storytelling.

#unrealengine #animation #ai #3drendering #epicgames by @hp_films

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In a world full of AI slop, I wanted to try making something with intent. Here are some screens from what I’m about to release tomorrow.

Something cinematic.
Something emotional.
Something that uses AI not just to generate random content, but to tell a story with meaning.

“Infinite Diamonds” is a luxury diamond ring commercial built around one idea: ‘Love that survives the test of time.’

A ring begins in another world, survives destruction, travels through history, and eventually finds its way back to two souls destined to meet again.

It’s Imperfect but I’m still learning. Still testing. It was time to get my hands dirty.

#aifilm #adfilm #visualeffects #animation #3dart by @hp_films

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4 months ago

Hello All! ✨
With the whole excitement around @wavesummitindia #waves2025 , I’m excited to present my winning submission for the final round of the ‘Unreal Cinematic Challenge’🥇

My topic was Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj’ and the real challenge was to try and marry a 1 minute story around the ‘6 seconds’ 1st round submission. More exciting stuff coming up based on Maratha History in the realm of Film and OTT. Stay tuned!

Do share if you like it & thank you all so much for all the praises and support 🙏🏼 🤍

#unrealengine5 #telangana #cinematic #chhatrapati_shivaji_maharaja #animation #realtimerendering #marathaempire #marathifilm #wavesummit2025 #ue5 #bollywoodfilms #chatrapati_shivajimaharaj #shivajimaharaj #sambhajimaharaj by @hp_films

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Been silent about AI for a while.
Mostly because I wanted to spend time actually experimenting with the tools instead of blindly reacting to them.

And honestly… this whole shift has been exciting, overwhelming, inspiring, and a little scary all at once.

But the truth is, as an individual creator, AI has given me wings. It has filled massive gaps in the pipeline and helped me bring ideas to life faster than I ever could before.

At the same time, I’ve also realized that tools alone mean nothing. The real value still comes from the artist behind them, their taste, emotions, perspective, and storytelling.

Still learning. Still experimenting. But I think it’s finally time I start talking about it here.

#ai #thoughts #animation #film #vfx by @hp_films

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