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Mehul Bharti
Ordinary people, played exactly as they are.
Short films in Marathi and Hindi for an audience that recognises itself in them — and brand work that sounds like the content around it, not like an ad dropped into the middle.
The Reel
Six films that left the building.
Every number below is real and public. Watch the shares column — that is the one that decides whether a film travels past the people who already follow you.
Featured film
स्वामी अस का म्हणाले?
Played completely straight — no punchline, no wink. The piece that reached several million people and became the most-shared thing on the page.
Devotional
स्वामी अस का म्हणाले?
The straight, unironic register. Biggest piece on the page.
Friendship
कधी कधी नाही म्हणणं पण जमल पाहिजे
The friend who borrows at 2am and forgets by morning.
Family
A Man Every Woman Deserves
Brother and sister. Highest share count of any comedy piece.
Comedy
ग्रुपमधला तो एक “बकरा”
Every friend circle has one. He pays, he waits, he gets blamed.
Relationships
तुम्हाला पण आलाय का कंटाळा?
The quiet fatigue nobody in a couple admits to.
Dramatic
देव होणं सोपं नाही
Written as verse. Proof the comedy can turn serious and hold.
The Cast
One actor. A whole neighbourhood.
The work runs on four recurring archetypes every Maharashtrian household already knows — each one written, cast and played by the same person.
Role i
The Borrower
तो एक मित्र
Takes ₹500 for his mother's medicine at 2am and has forgotten by morning. Played warm enough that you forgive him — which is exactly why the video gets sent to him.
Role ii
The Fall Guy
बकरा
Every friend circle has one. He pays, he waits, he gets blamed. The most-shared character in the catalogue — 351 comments on a single appearance.
Role iii
The Mother
आई
Wins arguments without raising her voice. The role that proves the comedy can turn without warning and land somewhere serious.
Role iv
The Devotee
भक्त
Straight, unironic, no punchline. The register that produced the biggest piece on this page — 173,000 likes and 4,800 shares.
Brand Work
National brands, in a regional voice.
Concept, script and performance delivered in-house. The brief arrives in English; the film comes out sounding like the content around it.
Working together
One person, the whole production.
No agency layer, no round-trip on scripts, no waiting for a production house to schedule an edit.
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Written in-house
The script comes from the same person who performs it, in the language the audience actually speaks. Briefs are translated into situations, not slogans.
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Shot & delivered
Concept, shoot, edit and publish handled end to end. One point of contact from brief to live post.
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Built to be sent
The measure that matters is shares, not views. Every film is written so one person forwards it to another — that is what carries a brand past a paid audience.
Behind It
Written to be recognised, not to be clever.
I make short films about people every Maharashtrian household already knows.
Nothing here is written for the joke. It is written so that one specific person watching thinks — that is my brother. That is why these don't just get watched, they get forwarded to the exact person the film is about.
That instinct comes from acting, not from the internet. Every piece is cast, blocked and performed as a scene. It is the same discipline I bring to a set, to a stage, and to a brand's brief.
Currently in Mumbai. Open to campaign work in Marathi and Hindi.
मी रोजच्या आयुष्यातल्या माणसांच्या गोष्टी सांगतो — जो मित्र पैसे घेतो आणि विसरतो, ती आई जिचं मौन भांडण संपवतं, आणि ग्रुपमधला तो एक “बकरा”.
हे विनोद हुशारीसाठी लिहिलेले नाहीत. ते ओळखीचे वाटावेत म्हणून लिहिलेले आहेत. म्हणूनच लोक हे व्हिडिओ फक्त बघत नाहीत — ते ज्याच्याबद्दल आहेत त्यालाच पाठवतात.
Contact
Let's
work.
काम करूया.
Brand briefs and collaborations. Replies the same day.
- Brand enquiries
- hello@mehulbharti.com
- Phone
- +91 00000 00000
- @itsmehulbharti
- Mehul Bharti