Pooja Kohli

Pooja Kohli grew up in New Delhi, surrounded by Bollywood movies, bhangra music, and spicy chaat. Pooja Kohli has more than 20 years of experience in content and media production/operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and India. After graduating with a business degree from Delhi University, she produced and directed thirteen documentaries on Shia Muslims in India for I.R.I.B. (Iran TV). She went on to Emerson College in Boston for her master's degree in film. She went on to work with the Independent Feature Project as the Managing Director of the IFP Market after graduation. She is passionate about storytelling. She taught several writers and directors and served as the Festival Director of the Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival in New York City. She has also worn the hat of a producer since 2010.

With the premiere of Golden Karavan, an Asian-focused television mini-series, she has pushed this responsibility one step further. Thanks to a comprehensive development slate, the company will deliver engaging content from the region for a straight-to-digital distribution on premium global streaming platforms and broadcasters worldwide. Florence Sloan, Jeff Sagansky, Aaron Kaplan, and Sanjay Bachani Sanjay Bachani is an executive producer in Bollywo >> Read More... were the founding members of Golden Karavan. Their debut project, Delhi Crime, was written and directed by Richie Mehta and starred Shefali Shah, Rasika Dugal, Adil Hussain, and Rajesh Tailang. It is based on the Delhi gang rape. Its first two episodes premiered in the Indie Episodic category at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. On March 22, 2019, Netflix released the series. With the main cast returning, the show got renewed for a second season. Delhi Crime won Best Drama Series at the 48th International Emmy Awards on November 23, 2020. This is India's first victory.

She was the executive producer of two short films for Payal Sethi, a writer and filmmaker. Leeches (2017) got the National Award for Best Music in India, and Grant St. Shaving Co. (2010) won multiple accolades at film festivals. Pooja is also the Managing Director and CEO of FilmKaravan, a streamlined aggregation and delivery solution house that aggregates, encodes, packages, and delivers high-quality content across digital platforms such as iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Netflix, Tatasky, Mubi, and Facebook, alongside her business partner Sanjay Bachani. She had also worked with Yash Raj Films, Dharma Productions, Excel Entertainment, Arka Productions, and Salman Khan Films.