ORIGIN . 2024
Hello there, I’m Piyush. My journey into video editing started with a video that, quite honestly, sucked. While working with the United Nations through the Millennium Campus Network, I was given the responsibility of creating a video for Project Zora, a project I had co-founded, targeting SDG 3 and SDG 5. Confident that I could make a masterpiece, I took it upon myself to create the video. The result was horrible. The video sucked, my confidence shattered, and I realised I had a lot to learn. So, I started learning editing.
Soon enough, I found myself applying for an internship as a Video Editor at GStudios India. I’m grateful to Gourav Singhla, Founder of GStudios India, who didn’t just push me but also took the time to teach me, including software like Premiere Pro. My time at GStudios India was filled with learning, fun, experimentation and, most importantly, guidance. It was where I began understanding that editing wasn’t just about knowing software; it was about learning how to tell a story.
In the autumn of 2024, I found a new place to work — Urban Talkies. On my first day, I couldn’t even find the office building. I asked someone where it was, and he simply replied, “In the basement! There are a bunch of youngsters doing crazy stuff.” He wasn’t wrong. I found a bunch of youngsters doing crazy stuf. It was at Urban Talkies that I truly realised that what I knew wasn’t enough. Almost everyone around me was better at something than I was. Strangely, though, I never felt intimidated. I tried learning from them. I watched, experimented, failed, and tried improving. During my time there, a reel edited by me was nominated for the Meta Reels Impact Awards, standing alongside work from brands like BMW and Tata.
In the summer of 2025, I said “Alwidaa” to Urban Talkies and the amazing people I had met there. But leaving the place didn’t mean leaving the people. Soon after, I found myself working with some of the same people again, creating a short film that would go on to win multiple film awards. It was a reminder that the best things you take away from a workplace aren’t always the projects — sometimes, it’s the people.
Later that year, I started taking on freelance work with different brands and companies. It turned out to be incredibly dynamic, unpredictable and, most importantly, the right kind of food for my creativity. With every project came a new challenge, a new visual language and a new opportunity to experiment. Somewhere along the way, I also started finding people I could proudly call a team. I didn’t know then that this team would eventually have a name of its own — or that we would share a common emotion, a common zeal and a common ambition: to deliver nothing but the best.
And honestly, I think we’re just getting started.
