↘ ABOUT
Bhavesh Katwale.
Director–DOP studio, Nagpur.
PORTRAIT · MANAROLA, ITALY
↘ STUDIO
The short version.
I direct and shoot documentaries, brand films, and civic campaigns from Nagpur. Journalism (BMM, Pillai's College, Mumbai University) and photography came before film — so the story leads, then the frame.
CINEBHAV. is an AI-augmented one-person studio: direction, cinematography, and post oversight on most jobs, with crew scaled when the brief demands it — one accountable director, lean turnaround.
Portfolio highlights include Aditya Birla Capital's Bharat Series, celebrity TVCs for Oraimo and Jeevansathi, Lokmat Times reportage, Nagpur civic campaigns, and the in-production documentary The Amazing Bob.
↘ PROCESS
How I work.
Concept to delivery.
01
Discovery
Listen first. What's the brief actually trying to do? Who is the audience that matters? What does success look like in views, leads, or recognition.
02
Concept & script
Story spine, treatment, shot logic. AI accelerates research and reference; the editorial choices stay mine. You sign off before any camera turns on.
03
Production
Direction and cinematography. Lean crew on most shoots, scaled up for talent days. Daily rushes, no surprises.
04
Post & delivery
Edit, sound, color, and format-specific cuts. Always paired with short-form social cuts so the film actually travels after launch.
↘ COLLABORATION
The Lokmat
partnership.
An ongoing collaboration with Lokmat Times — one of Maharashtra's largest legacy media houses — has produced a stream of regional ground reports across conservation, infrastructure, and culture. The world of Tadoba documented the man-animal conflict and the history of tigers in India, co-sponsored by Lokmat. Lakes of Nagpur investigated a city losing its 100+ year-old water sources.
The relationship has produced over 1.1M combined views and counting — a model of long-form journalism paired with viral short-form distribution that very few independent directors in India are running.
↘ RECOGNITION
Festival selections.
Press & partnerships.
FESTIVALS
Zoetrope Film Festival
1st Prize · Best Short
For Azaadiyaan
Frames Film Festival, Mumbai
Most Suspenseful Narrative
For Hurtle
National Science Film Festival
Official Selection
For Hurtle
PARTNERSHIPS & PRESS
Lokmat Times
Co-sponsorship and ongoing collaboration on regional ground reports.
Aditya Birla Capital
End-to-end direction across two seasons of Bharat Series.
Indian Film Project
Participating director, 50-Hour Filmmaking Challenge.
↘ KIT
In the studio.
CAMERA
Cinema-grade bodies, prime & zoom kits, gimbal, drone. Owned and operated.
POST
DaVinci Resolve, Premiere, motion graphics, color. AI-augmented research and rough-cut.
CREW
Solo on most shoots, with a trusted assistant. Larger team assembled for talent days and multi-cam.
↘ NEXT
Let's make
something.
Brand films, docu-series, campaigns, and original work. Currently booking projects from May onward.