Namaskar! You found the studio.
We paint walls,
shoot films and
shape brands.
Ziva Studios is a creative studio in Pune. Designers, filmmakers, painters and sculptors work at one table, so a brand film, a mural and a logo can all start from the same idea.
This wall is yours.Paint your dream canvas.
Things we have made
with our hands
Six shelves of work. Pick one and we'll show you the full set.
Paintings
Oil · LinenPortraits, historical and devotional works in archival oils, made to outlive the people who commission them.
Sculptures
Clay · Fibre · BronzeBusts, figures and full stage sets, modelled in clay and cast for indoors or out.
Murals
Relief · AcrylicRelief walls, festival gates and medallion walls for public spaces, scaled up from a sketch.
Miniature Statues
GiftingSmall hand-finished figures made as keepsakes, awards and corporate gifts.
Miniature Models
ArchitecturalScale models of halls, temples and campuses for presentations and display.
Photography
Stills · AerialProduct, people and places, shot on the ground and from the air.
Three rooms, one studio
Most projects walk through at least two of them.
Design LabIdentity, graphics and data turned into something people can read at a glance.
- Brand identity
- Graphics & social
- Data visualisation
- Infographics
- Reports & publications
FilmmakingAds, short films and songs, from script to drone shot to final grade.
- Ad films
- Short films
- Music videos
- AV & documentaries
- Aerial cinematography
Arts StudioPaint, clay and plaster. Work you can walk around and touch.
- Paintings
- Murals
- Sculptures
- Miniature gifting
- Scale models
How a Ziva mural gets made
Every wall starts as a scribble on paper. Here is the route it takes before the scaffolding comes down.
- ScribbleA pencil idea, shaped with the client over chai and a few rounds of sketches.
- Square upThe sketch is gridded and scaled to the wall, square by square.
- Block inBase colours go on first, broad and flat, so the composition reads from across the street.
- Detail & sealFaces, lettering and fine work, then a protective coat so the wall lasts through the monsoon.
Painters, filmmakers, designers and writers who like working in the same room
Ziva Studios was started in Pune by Pradnyesh Molak (Saaku), a filmmaker and traveller who wanted one place where art, film and design could feed each other.
The team brings decades of practice in painting and sculpture, cinematography and drone work, motion graphics, newsroom writing in English and Marathi, and data visualisation.
The people at the table
Hover to say hi“Saaku”. Creative director, art curation & concepts
Editor, graphic designer & motion graphics
Painter & sculptor. JJ School of Arts
Graphic designer, illustrator & visual storyteller
Data visualisation & infographics
Director of photography & aerial drone operator
Content writer, editor & Marathi translation
Ideation, fiction & brainstorming
Reels & humour
Operations
Poet, scriptwriter & orator
We like meeting artists, editors and makers. Say hello.