Pooja Khemani majored in Journalism and started her career assisting in documentary films before she found her way into storytelling through advertising. She grew up in a joint family surrounded by cousins, uncles, aunts and grandparents. Her enthusiastic, chaotic and slightly dysfunctional family made her witness stories every living moment and before she knew it, she was using the nuances of real life in fictional characters.

Over the last five years, she has directed commercials for brands like Nescafe, McDonald’s, Ford, Ariel, Motorola, Oppo, Uber, Oreo and several more.

Her public service commercial made for a brand called Dhara on the occasion of World Heart Day won a Baby Blue Elephant at the 2022 Kyoorius Creative Awards. It garnered a lot of praise from the audiences and advertising folks alike.

When Pooja is not working, you will find her vacationing in one of the quaint European towns, learning a new skill or just chilling on a hilltop doing nothing. ‘Living Stories’ has been her Whatsapp status from the day she installed the app on her phone. She hopes to retain that status for a long time to come

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