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| alma_mater = [[SVKM's NMIMS]]
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'''Gautam Shiknis''' is the Founder and MD of '''[[Palador Pictures]]''', a company incorporated in 2005 for acquiring award-winning foreign language films called [[World cinema]] and distributing them via DVD, TV and Theater in the Indian Subcontinent.


'''Gautam Shiknis''' is the Founder and MD of [[Palador Pictures]], a company that acquires award-winning foreign language films called [[World cinema]] and distributes them via different modes including DVD,<ref>{{cite web |title=Moser Baer to bring Kurosawa, Bergman for movie buffs |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Media__Entertainment_/Entertainment/Moser_Baer_to_bring_Kurosawa_Bergman_for_movie_buffs/articleshow/2563225.cms|work=Economic Times|date=23 November 2007}}</ref> TV and Theater in the Indian Subcontinent. The company owns close to 1000 of these [[World cinema]] titles and claim it to be ...the world's greatest cinema selection...
Gautam is an MBA and started his career with [[Saatchi and Saatchi]] where he helped launch a number of MNC brands into India, including Head & Shoulders and Hyundai Santro.


In September 2000 founded Theory M, a data analytics company with Bharat V Patel, T.V.Shivkumar and Vinay Pinto. He was the CEO of Theory M but quit to form '''Goldfish Consulting Pvt. Ltd.''' and '''Frequency Entertainment'''. He also consulted for '''A Little World Pvt. Ltd.''' during this period.
Gautam is an MBA and started his career with [[Saatchi and Saatchi]]. In September 2000 founded Theory M, a data analytics company which used technology for the first time in direct marketing. His next ventures were to form Goldfish Consulting Pvt. Ltd. and Frequency Entertainment. He also consulted for A Little World Pvt. Ltd. during this period.


Gautam began work in 2005 on a concept called '''Reeload Film Festival''' <ref>{{cite web |title=Reeload brings world cinema to Mumbai|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/tag/reeload+film+festival/|site=IBNLive.com|date=[[09]] [[May]] [[2006]]}}</ref> a year round film festival for [[World Cinema]]. Later he founded '''[[Palador Pictures]]''', to bring the then almost non-prevelant [[World Cinema]] and foreign language films into India. The company is promoting them via DVD, Television and Theatrical Releases in the country.
Gautam began work in 2005 on a concept called Reeload Film Festival <ref>{{cite web |title=Reeload brings world cinema to Mumbai|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/tag/reeload+film+festival/|work=IBNLive.com|date=9 May 2006}}</ref> a year-round film festival for [[World Cinema]]. Later he founded [[Palador Pictures]] with [[Mohan Polamar]], to bring the then almost non-prevalent [[World Cinema]] and foreign language films into India. The company is promoting them via DVD, Television and Theatrical Releases in the country.


Gautam has travelled extensively in India and abroad to popularize the concept of [[World cinema]] and has participated in a number of international film festivals.
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Gautam is also a writer having written '''Meet Moriarty''' <ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Moriarty by Gautam Shiknis|url=http://books.rediff.com/bookshop/bkproductdisplay.jsp?MEET-MORIARTY-by-gautam-s-shiknis&prrfnbr=80018985|site=Rediff.com|date=[[2004]]}}</ref> a collection of short stories in 2004.


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Gautam is also a writer having written Meet Moriarty <ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Moriarty by Gautam Shiknis|url=http://books.rediff.com/bookshop/bkproductdisplay.jsp?MEET-MORIARTY-by-gautam-s-shiknis&prrfnbr=80018985|work=Rediff.com|year=2004}}</ref> a collection of short stories in 2004 which was critically well received.
He is also a visiting faculty for technology in marketing and direct marketing at the NMIMS University for the past four years along with being on the panel of judges and advisor to Eureka, the annual business plan competition held by The Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, for over three years.
<ref>{{cite web |title=IIT Bombay, The Entrepreneurial Cell|url=http://www.iitbecell.org/associates/corporate.php|site=MyPalador.com|author=IIT Mumbai|date=[[2007]]}}</ref>


He is also a visiting faculty for technology in marketing and direct marketing at the NMIMS University.
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== Also See ==
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[[Palador Pictures]]


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== See also ==
==Citations and Footnotes==
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* [[Palador Pictures]]
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==References==
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*{{cite book
|last=Shiknis
|first=Gautam S.
|title=Meet Moriarty: {{notatypo|Elleven}} Tales of Deviance
|edition=1st
|year=2004
|publisher= Inde Press
|location=Pune
|oclc=62594080
|pages=151 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
|lccn=2005389568
}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.mypalador.com Palador Pictures' Website]
* [http://www.mypalador.com Palador Pictures' Website]
* [http://www.mypalador.com/content/view/200/51/ Gautam's Profile on MyPalador]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080310193741/http://www.mypalador.com/content/view/200/51/ Gautam's Profile on MyPalador]
* [https://archive.org/details/AMusingRodentMeetMoriartypresscon Press Conference Footage of Gautam's Book Meet Moriarty]

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Latest revision as of 18:40, 4 January 2023

Gautam S. Shiknis
Gautam Shiknis, November,2007
Born (1971-09-25) 25 September 1971 (age 53)
Mumbai, India
Alma materSVKM's NMIMS
Occupation(s)Founder and Managing Director, Palador Pictures
Websitewww.mypalador.com

Gautam Shiknis is the Founder and MD of Palador Pictures, a company that acquires award-winning foreign language films called World cinema and distributes them via different modes including DVD,[1] TV and Theater in the Indian Subcontinent. The company owns close to 1000 of these World cinema titles and claim it to be ...the world's greatest cinema selection...

Gautam is an MBA and started his career with Saatchi and Saatchi. In September 2000 founded Theory M, a data analytics company which used technology for the first time in direct marketing. His next ventures were to form Goldfish Consulting Pvt. Ltd. and Frequency Entertainment. He also consulted for A Little World Pvt. Ltd. during this period.

Gautam began work in 2005 on a concept called Reeload Film Festival [2] a year-round film festival for World Cinema. Later he founded Palador Pictures with Mohan Polamar, to bring the then almost non-prevalent World Cinema and foreign language films into India. The company is promoting them via DVD, Television and Theatrical Releases in the country.

Gautam has travelled extensively in India and abroad to popularize the concept of World cinema and has participated in a number of international film festivals.

Gautam is also a writer having written Meet Moriarty [3] a collection of short stories in 2004 which was critically well received.

He is also a visiting faculty for technology in marketing and direct marketing at the NMIMS University.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Moser Baer to bring Kurosawa, Bergman for movie buffs". Economic Times. 23 November 2007.
  2. ^ "Reeload brings world cinema to Mumbai". IBNLive.com. 9 May 2006.
  3. ^ "Meet Moriarty by Gautam Shiknis". Rediff.com. 2004.
  • Shiknis, Gautam S. (2004). Meet Moriarty: Elleven Tales of Deviance (1st ed.). Pune: Inde Press. pp. 151 p. : ill., 23 cm. LCCN 2005389568. OCLC 62594080.
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