YOUR STORY.OUR OBSESSION.
Rivayate grew out of Hexareel Studios, eight years of filmmaking pointed at the one day that matters most. Led in-house by two masterminds, joined by daring creatives who chase your story.
FROM THE SHOOTSbehind the scenes, between the takes
THE MASTERMINDS
Every wedding we film passes through these two pairs of hands.
AHMAD BADSHAH
the one who started it all
Ahmad is the reason Hexareel shoots weddings, and he is the brains behind the photographs. Nine out of ten frames in our portfolio came off his camera, including the ones couples end up printing on their walls. On the day he leads the photography, reading the light and the room, and the film team borrows his eye whenever a frame needs it.
HASAN NULWALA
the director's eye
Hasan sees the film before it exists. He knows which detail matters, which glance to wait for, and when to simply let a moment run. He is also the one sitting across from you in the interviews, getting you comfortable enough to say the things that make a film worth crying at. Every final cut carries his signature.
Skill gets you beautiful frames. Caring gets you the ones that make your mother cry. We look for both, and we check the second one twice.
THE CREW
Daring creatives who chase your story, each with their own corner of the craft.
TAHER KALAWAD
editor
Turns Hasan's vision into the film you keep. Every shot has a reason, every effect earns its place, and the music is chosen like it was written for you.
HOZEFA KASARAWALA
editor
The second pair of steady hands in the edit room. Keeps the timeline honest while the big cuts take shape.
SIDDHANT JAYAKAR
direction & cinematography
Directs and shoots alongside Hasan. The second eye on every big moment, and the reason nothing gets missed.
BRIAN RODRIGUEZ
production planning
Plans the shoot day by day: crew calls, timings, backups. The reason a wedding never waits for us.
ALEFIYA TANDIWALA
social coverage
A social marketing whizz. She documents the day phone-in-hand, posts stories while the wedding is still happening, and catches the moments the big cameras miss.
FATEMA RANGWALA
photographer
Leads the coverage in the women's spaces and the functions where the male crew steps out. Nothing beautiful goes unphotographed.
MARIYA PATANWALA
photographer
Shoots alongside Fatema on the bride's side of the day, with an eye for the in-between moments.
IBRAHIM NAJMI
the man behind the scenes
Co-founder of Hexareel. You may never see him at the wedding, but the reason the crew, the gear and the schedule all arrive on time is him.
For bigger weddings we bring in trusted specialists we have worked with for years, so the crew grows with your celebration without the standard ever slipping.
HOW WE THINK
THE STORY LEADS
We film the love story, not just the event. If a moment tells us who you two are, it makes the cut.
CANDID OVER STAGED
The frames you will love in ten years are the ones nobody posed for. We hunt those relentlessly.
EVERY FRAME EARNS ITS PLACE
No filler montages, no recycled templates. If a shot is in your film, there is a reason it is there.
MADE TO BE REWATCHED
We cut for the fiftieth viewing, not the first. A film you return to every anniversary.
COME MEETTHE CREW.
Pune, Mumbai, or a call from wherever you are.