1. Prahlad Kakkar is the founder and main director of Genesis Film Productions, established in 1977.
15 Facts About Prahlad Kakkar
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Prahlad Kakkar grew up in Mumbai and his father was an army colonel.
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Prahlad Kakkar did his initial schooling at St Joseph's Academy, Dehradun.
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Prahlad Kakkar joined advertising in 1971, as an Accounts Executive at ASP, and after a year, he was transferred to the company's Bombay office.
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Prahlad Kakkar is the co-founder of ReefWatch Marine Conservation, set up in 1994, which aims at creating marine-life awareness.
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In 1999, Prahlad Kakkar was one of the few Indian directors to direct international commercials for clients like Unilever and Pepsico in Burma, Vietnam, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Asia Pacific Region.
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Prahlad Kakkar started the speciality Tea House in Bombay, the first of its kind in the country.
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Prahlad Kakkar has won several awards for technical excellence, Innovation and creativity in advertising over the years in India.
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Commercials directed by Prahlad Kakkar have been nominated for Lions at Cannes.
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Prahlad Kakkar remains the Principal Director for her production houses as well.
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Prahlad Kakkar took on the initiative of reviving the culture of tea in India with a touch of sophistication, a venture which culminated in the Tea Centre, a restaurant designed by him at Churchgate, in association with the Tea Board of India.
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Prahlad Kakkar is married to Mitali Dutt Kakkar, the owner of the film companies Offspring and Offshoot.
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Prahlad Kakkar is dyslexic and so is his son Arnav.
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Prahlad Kakkar has a passion for scuba diving and in 2000 he became a CMAS 2 Star Scuba Diving Instructor.
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Prahlad Kakkar made a controversial statement about Amitabh Bachan, he said that Amitabh's name should be in the Guinness Book of world records because despite 17 flop movies he survived in the film industry, Amitabh Bachan's son Abhishek Bachan condemned his comments.