Episode 8 - Meet Seema Mohapatra, someone who loved Cinema enough to make it her Ikigai

Seema  Mohapatra was happily heading the South Asian operations of BBC Advertising for BBC Worldwide when, post 25 plus years of work experience - she decided to follow her heart and choose the path less travelled, and forayed into her passion for cinema. After completing a short course in Film Making from the New York Film Academy, she worked as an AD with Amol Gupte, dabbled in some more marketing work related to films, and  also played an active role in reviving the Mumbai Film festival . From being a member of the Board of Directors of BBC Worldwide India Private Limited and trustee of the BBC World Service Trust in India, Seema went on to becoming a co-founder of a production company Ten Years Younger Productions and has already produced 3 critically acclaimed feature films for Zee 5.

Enjoy listening to her exciting journey as she gives us an insight into her reason for jumping out of bed everyday and how she got there eventually.