Education
Workshops, certificate programmes, institutional learning and skill-based modules across film and media disciplines.
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Where Learning
Meets Storytelling.
Future Story CineLab is a film education, production and talent ecosystem connecting creative learning with real-world industry practice.
Who we are
Not a classroom apart from the industry. A place where learning and making belong together.
We bring education, production, talent development and collaboration into one connected creative environment. The focus is practical: understand the craft, make meaningful work and build the readiness to participate in professional media.
Our mission
Build accessible pathways between creative education, professional production and industry opportunity.
What we do
One ecosystem.
Many ways in.
Production
Concept-to-delivery support for film, television, digital, corporate, institutional and branded content.
Production services →Talent
Identification, screening, readiness and relevant industry connections without placement guarantees.
Talent ecosystem →Technology
Additional production planning, content, scheduling and training tools that serve the creative process.
Media technology →Our approach
What we believe shapes
what we build.
Craft First
Strong storytelling begins with a strong understanding of the craft.
Learn by Doing
Concepts become useful through practical exercises, production environments and real creative challenges.
Industry Connected
Learning gains relevance when it understands professional environments, production needs and opportunity pathways.
Creativity + Technology
Traditional craft and emerging technology can coexist when tools serve the story rather than replacing judgement.
Leadership
The People Behind
Future Story CineLab.
Founder & Director
OpenFrame AI Lab
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Rajesh Bhatia
Founder & Director · OpenFrame AI Lab · FTII Alumnus
Rajesh Bhatia is a director, producer, writer, and educator with over 35 years of experience across television, documentary, and socially conscious cinema. An alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune (1987–90), he has built a career that bridges popular storytelling with historically rooted documentary work.
His television credits include directing Kkusum, Kutumb, and Kabhi Sautan Kabhi Saheli for Balaji Telefilms — among the most-watched shows of their era. His documentary work includes Voice of Cinema for the National Museum of Indian Cinema and the acclaimed Unparalleled, which documents the endangered Rudra Veena tradition across India.
As faculty at FTII, NID, and NMIMS, Rajesh has shaped the careers of hundreds of filmmakers. He is now a pioneer in AI-enabled filmmaking methodologies — bringing the same rigour and craft that defined his traditional work to the emerging frontier of generative cinema.
- 🏆 Best Short Film · 19th MIFF 2026 · The Last Shelter
- 🏆 Best AI Film · IFFD 2026 · The Echo Monastery
- FTII Alumnus · 1987–90 · Film & Television Institute of India, Pune
- Faculty · FTII · NID · NMIMS
- Director · Kkusum, Kutumb, Kabhi Sautan Kabhi Saheli (Balaji Telefilms)
Co-Founder & Cinematographer
OpenFrame AI Lab
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Bharat Arora
Co-Founder & Cinematographer · OpenFrame AI Lab
Bharat Arora is a cinematographer, colorist, and AI film director with over 25 years of experience across commercial, industrial, narrative, and generative filmmaking. An instrumentation engineer by qualification and a diploma holder in Camera and Lighting Techniques, he represents a rare combination of technical precision and cinematic instinct.
Professionally trained under the late Shri Dharam Chopra at B.R. Films, Mumbai, Bharat worked on major television productions before establishing himself as a cinematographer. His IMDb credits include Geetiyan, Khalil, and Main Dilli Hoon.
Today, Bharat works at the intersection of traditional cinematography and generative AI — using Sora, Veo 3, Higgsfield, Seedance and other advanced tools to build cinematic worlds frame by frame, with the same intentionality he brings to a live-action set. He serves as an Official Canon India Mentor and as Course Director for FTII’s AI Cinema Masterclass programme. Based in Jammu, J&K.
- 🏆 Best Short Film · 19th MIFF 2026 · The Last Shelter
- 🏆 Best AI Film · IFFD 2026 · The Echo Monastery
- Official Canon India Mentor
- FTII Course Director · AI Cinema Masterclass
- Trained under Shri Dharam Chopra · B.R. Films, Mumbai
Learn. Create. Produce.