Achin Jain

Biography

Achin Jain is an Oscar-winning producer and Co-Founder of Sikhya Entertainment, one of India’s leading independent production houses. He has been instrumental in building Sikhya’s acclaimed slate, spanning films such as Kill, The Lunchbox, Masaan, Pagglait, Kathal, Dorothy and The Elephant Whisperers, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film. A strong advocate of a writer-first approach, Achin focuses on discovering distinctive voices and developing original stories across mainstream Hindi cinema, genre films and international collaborations. He is passionate about taking Indian stories and filmmakers to audiences around the world while building Sikhya into a globally relevant Indian studio.