A founder-led studio for founders, experts and institutions who want to be understood. Strategy, photography, identity and podcasts, all led by one person from start to finish.
The name
Shandar means magnificent. My parents' names are inside it, and so is the promise I make on every project: it has to be good enough to carry their name.
What we do
Three ways we help people be seen and understood. Most clients begin with one and grow into the others.
Strategy and words
The thinking underneath everything else. What you stand for, how you say it, and why people should believe it.
Photography and identity
How you look when someone meets you for the first time, on a screen, on paper or in a room.
Podcasts and video
Your voice, in long form. We design, shoot, edit and launch shows that build standing over time.
Pitch decks, investment narratives, proposal documents and investor-facing websites, built around one clear thesis so every conversation with an investor starts well.
Long, unhurried conversations with people whose work and thinking deserve more than a soundbite. Recorded, edited and published by our own studio, which is also how we know what a good show takes.
Hosted by Narasimha Rao
We plan the show, shoot it, edit it and launch it. You bring the voice and the people worth talking to.
Selected work
Fisheries · Investor Communications
A complete investor-readiness package for a Lakshadweep fisheries consortium: investment platform website, 25-slide pitch deck, teaser deck and proposal document, built around a single investment thesis.
Retail · Brand and Local Digital
Brand identity, a complete web presence and local search visibility for a Hyderabad optical retailer. A neighbourhood institution became easy to find and modern, with its character intact.
Wellness · Podcast Production
Production design for a three-episode series with a global meditation teacher: research, scripting, visual and audio identity, platform strategy and a full recording-day system.
Signature engagements
Most clients start with one of these. Each is fixed in scope, begins with a written proposal, and is led personally by our founder.
For founders raising capital
Your complete investor-facing set, built around one investment thesis.
You walk into every investor conversation with a story that holds.
For new ventures and rebrands
Strategy, identity and presence, so you launch looking established.
A brand that looks like it has been here for years, from day one.
For experts and founder-led brands
A podcast or interview series that makes you the voice in your field.
A platform that grows with every episode.
For lasting momentum
A monthly engagement that keeps your brand sharp after launch.
A senior brand mind on your side, without a full-time hire.
How it runs
A free 30-minute call to understand where you are and what you need.
A written, fixed-scope proposal: what we will do, what you get and what it costs.
We make the work, with you in the loop at each stage and one person accountable.
We hand over, publish and stay close while it settles in.
You speak to the person who does the thinking. Specialists join where a project needs them, all directed under one vision.
About
I'm a brand strategist and creative director in Hyderabad. My work spans brand strategy, design, documentary photography and podcast production, and I have run a studio practice for years serving founders, healthcare professionals, retailers and institutions across India.
On every engagement I keep the strategy and creative direction myself. Specialist designers, developers and producers join as the project needs, so you get senior thinking without agency overheads and one person to hold accountable.
Narasimha Rao · Founder and Creative Director
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