Started in 2017, honto88 is a full-service production company that makes film, TV and content in the scripted and unscripted space.
We are based between New York, Oslo, and Mumbai, with productions capabilities around the world - from India and Argentina, to Kenya, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Mexico, France, China and Hong Kong.
Our clients and partnerships include:
Our film and TV work have premiered and been featured in festivals and publications around the world including:
We work with our clients in a collaborative way to realize their vision as it needs to translate to the screen. We take great pride in making videos that get media attention and views and work with those whose vision and work we admire. Whether a beekeeper in rural Gujarat or a female rickshaw driver in Ghaziabad, to Bella Hadid and Daniel Radcliffe, we treat each talent with the same respect and care, making them feel like they are an important part of the process and that their stories matter.
Meet the founder
SHRUTI GANGULY
Shruti Ganguly is a filmmaker and writer based between New York City and Oslo. Shruti was a member of Obama’s ECCO committee of 30 leaders and creators in entertainment, chairing its Asian Caucus, and is on the Creative Council for Emily's List. She has produced several feature films (including Spirit-winner H., and the Nora Ephron Prize-winner INITIALS SG) that have premiered at Sundance, Venice, Tribeca, Telluride, and Berlin.
Shruti recently directed TRIPPED UP, starring Leah Lewis, Ariel Winter and Vanessa Williams, which will be distributed by Decal (North America) and Universal Pictures (Global). Shruti sold DEATHSPA, a psychological horror film about a bachelorette party that goes wrong to Sony International, and is currently writing SECRET DAUGHTER for Amazon Studios, a feature drama which will star Priyanka Chopra and Sienna Miller, directed by Cannes-winner Anthony Chen. Her coming-of-age feature comedy, PRIYA, AT 12, will be produced by Nikki Silver, and Meena Harris’ Phenomenal Media.
On the TV front, Shruti is a writing-EP on the half-hour TV series BROWN BABY (based on the eponymous memoir by acclaimed British novelist, Nikesh Shukla), which will star Himesh Patel, set up at Apple UK, and has been developing FLOSSY, a half-hour with comedian and writer Kerry Coddett.
Shruti has directed and produced commercials, branded content, short docs, and music videos, for clients like Nike, Netflix, Unilever and Michael Kors through her production company honto88. and she recently started Prism Entertainment with producers Megha Kadakia and Priya Giri Desai to craft South-Asian focused films and television series. Previously, she was an executive at NYLON, MTV, and Conde Nast, producing the CLIO-winning 73 Questions series for Vogue.
Shruti is a co-founder of the Resistance Revival Chorus, a collective born out of the Women's March that brings together artists and activists to use music and joy as an act of resistance. Shruti is a published writer (Nevertheless They Persisted, Penguin) and has written for Vogue UK, Vogue India, Harper’s Bazaar India, The Juggernaut and more. She is on the board of New York Women in Film and TV (NYWIFT), Neutrogena Studios, and Commit2Change. She is also an artist ambassador for the NYCLU. Shruti received her Bachelor's degree from Northwestern University, and went to NYU's dual MFA (Tisch Grad Film) and MBA (Stern) program . She hails from India, by way of Oman.