Kiss Films

Award nahi, reward chahiye 😄
Now that two big award shows are done and dusted, my phone’s been ringing non-stop. Producers calling with that one big question…
“Bro, will awards change that director/producer's fortune?”
Winning metals is not easy. It takes craft, hustle, and a lot of belief to pull something off, especially when the budgets aren’t always in your favour.
At the same time, our industry does work in its own familiar structure:
A-list
B-list
Beauty / Car / Style specialists
And then that “magic” category, where budgets are tight but expectations are Oscar-level.
So when someone from that space wins, it’s a big deal. It deserves to be celebrated.
Now the real question is, what happens next?
Does the phone start ringing with bigger scripts and better budgets?
Not always at the level one would expect after a big win.
If award-winning work consistently translated into more trust, stronger budgets, and better scripts, it would genuinely shift the ecosystem.
You’d see more producers and directors pushing harder for this kind of work, not just for the metal, but for the momentum it brings.
Because awards already prove one thing clearly: the talent is there. The craft is there. The thinking is there.
Now imagine if the back-end matched the front-end.
That’s when awards don’t just sit on shelves or feeds…
They actually start opening doors. 🚀

Some producers give up way too fast, man.

They show up to Goa Fest once, don’t see instant traction, and they’re like “yeah, this ain’t working” and just disappear.

I get it with Cannes. That place will burn a hole in your pocket real quick 🤑🔥

But Goa Fest? You can literally drive down from Mumbai. Low risk, high upside. No excuses.

Last year at Cannes, I met these two young women. Both under 30, running their own agency. I told them straight up, “the real connections? They happen at Goa Fest.”

And sure enough… saw them here this year. That’s how you play it.

Me? I camped out in the CEO lounge like it was my office.

CCOs, clients, decision-makers.

Everyone passes through there. It’s a whole ecosystem.

Are you walking out with a film? Probably not 😂

But you walk out loaded. Knowledge, inside gossip, how people actually crack business, kaun kiske saath khel raha hai… full download milta hai.

And the real win?

Next time you see them, it’s first-name basis. No formalities 😏

You’re not an outsider anymore. You’re in the mix.

That 70K–1 lakh spent?

That’s not an expense… that’s your entry ticket into the room where things actually start moving.

We had to shoot a waterfall. So we went to Slovenia.