BAFTA shares the list of Breakthrough India 2022 participants list including 'In My Shadow' dev Nakul Verma

British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has just shared the list of participants for its Breakthrough India 2022 program. This is the second iteration of the program in India where a jury panel selects ten “emerging talents” from the film, television, and games industries. The jury panel for the selection of participants this year included notable names like AR Rahman and Apurva Asrani. It also included Ratna Pathak Shah, Charu Desodt, Anupam Kher, Guneet Monga, Vishal Gondal, Siddharth Roy Kapur, and more. This program offers the participants a chance to learn and connect with the best creatives from India and Britain. Let’s check the complete list of the BAFTA Breakthrough India 2022 participants including the emerging talents from the gaming industry here.

BAFTA Breakthrough India 2022 list of participants out; details

The highlight of the 2022 edition of Breakthrough India participants for the Indian games industry is Nakul Verma, the Game Director of In My Shadow. Nakul, the only representative for the industry this time is also the Founder and CTO of the Gurugram-based independent game development company, Playbae. The rest of the list includes Tabbar Director and Writer, Ajitpal Singh, and Music Composer for Sacred Games, Alokananda Dasgupta. It continues with Cargo Director/Writer, Arati Kadav, the Director, and Writer for Maadathy, an Unfairy Tale, Leena Manimekalai, and Nirvana Inn Producer, Mathivanan Rajendran.

Breakthrough India 2022 participants list concluded with Eeb Allay Ooo! Director/Writer Prateek Vats, Cinematographer Saumyananda Sahi, Writer Shubham, and Pushpavalli performer, Sumukhi Suresh. BAFTA also shared the complete list of jurors for the selection of 2022 participants. In addition to the jury mentioned above, the panel also had Gaurav Gandhi, Krishnendu Majumdar, Monika Shergill, and Shonali Bose. Ratna Pathak Shah, Guneet Monga, and Vishal Gondal also collaborated with the initiative as “Supporters” in the television, film, and gaming industries, respectively.

As part of the support and mentor program, BAFTA will also facilitate one-on-one meetings and networking opportunities across the globe. The organization will also offer free access to its events and screening for the next 1 year along with voting membership. BAFTA will also promote all the participants as its “Breakthrough artists” on its platform for additional opportunities.

In the last two editions, Breakthrough India has selected and supported names like Shruti Ghosh, the Co-founder and Art Director for Nodding Heads Games, the developer behind Raji: An Ancient Epic. Other notable names include Arun Karthick, Akshay Singh, Palomi Ghosh, Karthikeya Murthy, Jay Pinak Oza, Renu Savant, Tanya Maniktala, Sumit Purohit, and Vikram Singh. On the international level, the program has helped nurture the careers of Florence Pugh, Tom Holland, Letitia Wright, and more.