Saurabh Varma

Saurabh Varma

History

Director-Writer of films including Mickey Virus, 7 Hours to Go an the short film Girl in Red which has gathered more than 1.6 million hits online, Saurabh Varma has been working in the film industry for the last 20 years in areas of Film Production, Film Marketing, Writing, Film Distribution, Film Programming, Content Acquisition, Online Development, Graphic Designing, Advertising, Cinema Management, Movie Promotions, Strategy Development, Developing Film, Production, Cinema Process & Systems, Cinema Tactical Marketing, Brand Building, Cinema Launch, Corporate Communications, PR, Event Management, Visual Merchandising, Merchandise Development, Script Doctor, Line Production and Strategy Planner Saurabh Varma has worked in projects in almost all Indian languages including English (Worked with WB/Sony/Fox & Paramount), Hindi (Saheb, Biwi aur Gangster etc), Tamil (Yaavaram Nallum), Telugu (Saleem), Punjabi (Mera Pind), Gujarati (Dholi Taro Dhol Waaje), Bengali (Rituparno Ghosh & Buddhadev Das Gupta projects), Marathi (Amol Palekar's Samaantar) and Malayalam (Shaji Karun's Kutty Srank) language. Worked as Chief Marketing Officer, Reliance BIG Pictures; Vice President Distribution, Programming & Mktg, INOX Leisure Ltd; Vice President Marketing, PVR Cinemas & PVR Pictures; Distributed films of EROS International in West Bengal.; Chief Operating Officer, Serendipity Films, Hinduja Group; Also the Chairman events for Indian Film and Television Directors' Association and has designed VFX shots and Graphic designs for all his projects.

Profile

Saurabh Varma

Movies

Girl in Red
Director
A mystery writer struggling with writer's block, a garbage collector who knows too much and an enigmatic 'Girl in Red'. How do their paths cross?
7 Hours to Go
Writer
Arjun (Shiv Pandit) come to Mumbai to visit his fiancee Maya. He reaches the City court to meet her and is taken aback when he is not able to find her anywhere. He begins to search for Maya and in an unexpected turn witnesses an unlikely murder. Frantic and exasperated, he is left with no choice but take passerby's as hostages before he is framed as the killer. The cops try to tackle the situation and within no time realize that Arjun is no ordinary hostage-taker and it seems next to impossible to apprehend him. Now, with nothing to lose, Arjun lays down his terms: "I have 7 hostages! And I am giving the Police 7 hours to find out the killer...! I need progress every 60 minutes or one hostage dies every hour!!" The clock ticks and the investigation begins.
7 Hours to Go
Director
Arjun (Shiv Pandit) come to Mumbai to visit his fiancee Maya. He reaches the City court to meet her and is taken aback when he is not able to find her anywhere. He begins to search for Maya and in an unexpected turn witnesses an unlikely murder. Frantic and exasperated, he is left with no choice but take passerby's as hostages before he is framed as the killer. The cops try to tackle the situation and within no time realize that Arjun is no ordinary hostage-taker and it seems next to impossible to apprehend him. Now, with nothing to lose, Arjun lays down his terms: "I have 7 hostages! And I am giving the Police 7 hours to find out the killer...! I need progress every 60 minutes or one hostage dies every hour!!" The clock ticks and the investigation begins.
Mickey Virus
Director
When Delhi Police comes across an unusual case revolving around hacking they seek help of an expert who thinks like them only to come across a lazy hacker Mickey Arora.
Department
Public Relations
A police inspector recruits a suspended cop for a specialized task force to battle organized crime.