Film Director · Screenwriter · World Builder

VIRAAT

I build worlds. Stories find their way through them.

Mithilesh Gowda R. · Bengaluru, India

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The Filmmaker

From mythology and action to horror and human drama — stories driven by emotion, consequence, and cinematic imagination.

I am a filmmaker drawn to stories that leave a lasting impression — whether through action, mythology, horror, or deeply human experience.

My work explores the choices people make, the worlds they inhabit, and the consequences that shape their lives. From large-scale cinematic spectacle to intimate character-driven narrative, I make films that entertain, provoke thought, and stay with an audience long after the credits roll.

For me, filmmaking is not only about telling stories. It is about building worlds that feel alive, meaningful, and unforgettable.

ViraatMithilesh Gowda R.

Selected Credits

2026 · In Production

Untitled Telugu Feature Film

Writer · Director

Feature film currently in active production.

2026

HASTHI

Writer · Director

Horror proof-of-concept showreel. Listed on IMDb.

2017 – 2022

KGF Chapter 2

Direction Department · Assistant Director

One of Indian cinema's largest productions under director Prashanth Neel.

View IMDb Profile All credits verified on IMDb · nm18569819

Currently in Production

An untitled Telugu action drama.

A feature film in active production — genre, scale, and story remain confidential until official announcement. What can be said: this is the debut theatrical feature, built over years of preparation, now being made.

Details will be announced when the time is right.

FormatFeature Film

LanguageTelugu

StatusIn Production

On Set

A director, at work.

Directing is decisions — blocking a shot, reading a monitor, shaping a performance, holding a set of dozens to a single vision. These are frames from active production.

Blocking the shot · On location

Directing the scene

Shot discussion · With crew

Reviewing the take

On the floor · Scale

Foundations

Trained inside the machine.

Before directing my own films, I learned how worlds are built at scale — inside one of the largest productions Indian cinema has ever mounted. Five years on KGF Chapter 2 placed me close to the parts most first-time directors never see until their own first budget.

How a set of hundreds is run. How action and VFX are scheduled in the same breath. How discipline holds a frame when the canvas is the size of a city. How a director's clarity — or absence of it — ripples through every department by 6am.

It shaped how I work. Ambition without control is noise. The bigger the vision, the quieter and more exact the execution must be.

Working under director Prashanth Neel on KGF Chapter 2 taught me that scale is a discipline, not a resource.

KGF Chapter 2 · Production scale

Heavy production · Craft at scale

Leadership · On the floor

The Path

From the machine to the chair.

2016

Into the industry

Entered the film industry and joined the KGF Chapter 2 journey in the Direction Department.

2016 – 2022

KGF Chapter 2

Worked across one of Indian cinema's largest productions, gaining large-scale production experience as an assistant director under Prashanth Neel.

2021

HASTHI

Wrote and directed HASTHI — an original horror proof-of-concept. Listed on IMDb.

2023 – Present

Original worlds

Developing original films and screenplays — including THE TREE and other feature concepts — built through story design and AI-assisted previsualization.

Present

First feature, in production

Directing an untitled Telugu action drama feature film, currently in active production.

Now Filming

The Lab · Story Development & AI Cinema

Worlds, before the camera rolls.

This is where a story becomes a world. Research, mythology, character, tone — developed through AI-assisted previsualization until a film can be fully seen long before it is shot. The Tree is the first project built this way, from a real observation into a complete cinematic world.

THE TREE

The land takes back what is owed.

AI-generated previsualization and world-building. All concept imagery developed by Viraat as part of the story development process — not a substitute for production design, but a new language for pitching original IP.

Inquiries

For producers, studios & collaborators.

For scripts in development, collaboration, or representation — the door is open to those building something worth remembering.

viraat5gowda@gmail.com

Hasthi Showreel IMDb Profile Instagram Hasthi on IMDb

VIRAAT

Untitled Telugu Feature Film

HASTHI

KGF Chapter 2

The Slate

HASTHI

Action Drama

Untitled Action Feature

THE TREE

An untitled Telugu action drama.

A director, at work.

Trained inside the machine.

From the machine to the chair.

Into the industry

KGF Chapter 2

HASTHI

Original worlds

First feature, in production

Worlds, before the camera rolls.

For producers, studios & collaborators.