About us

Amit Vachharajani is one of the best and most experienced fixers in India. He heads Backpack Films, the fixing and film production services company you want to work with when you are filming in India. Backpack Films provides extensive and reliable production services to international film crews that are shooting documentaries, corporate films, online videos and commercials in India.

Some of the best-known international presenters have navigated the chaos of India with Amit and his team; presenters like Morgan Freeman, Joanna Lumley, Bear Grylls, Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay, Kevin McCloud, Dynamo, Alan Yentob, Paul O'Grady, Stephen Fry, Jane McDonald, Trevor McDonald, Simon Reeve, Karl Pilkington, Theo Paphitis, Caroline Quentin, Paul Merton, Daisy Donovan and others.

We have worked with broadcasters like BBC, Channel 4, Sky TV, ITV, CBC, TV5 France, History Channel, Discovery Network, NatGeo, Arte, and corporates for clients like Google, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bloomberg, Rolex Awards, Nokia, Deutsche Bank, John Deere, Ikea, Ikea Foundation, Alstom, Unilever, Fresenius Kabi etc.

Skills

Filming

Sector Experience

Advertising, Film (Short / Documentary), Photography

Clients

Across the Pond, BBC, CNN Create, Culture Trip, Discovery Inc, Gramafilm, Guardian News & Media, ITV, Mentorn, Multistory Media, National Geographic, Novus Select, Plimsoll, Proudfoot Productions, Shiver, Twofour Broadcast, VPRO