The Story Behind
the Storytellers

This is the tale of storytellers who refused to interrupt culture and decided to create it instead.

Origin Story

Performena

Full Service Advertising Agency

Born in 2017 under UAE's desert sun, PERFORMENA began with a vision to revolutionize digital brand connections. As audiences increasingly skipped traditional ads, we pivoted toward a bold hypothesis: what if brand content was so compelling that audiences chose to watch it?

Enter Mediagist—crafted for India's vibrant entertainment landscape and staffed with filmmakers, strategists, and cultural insiders who were tired of interrupting culture rather than creating it.

Our breakthrough came with an ask as ordinary as they come—create a winner testimonial for Emirates Draw, UAE's prominent online draw-based gaming brand operating across continents. We saw an opportunity to elevate a moment into a movement—transforming a testimonial into a cinematic brand narrative that celebrated human aspiration.

What emerged wasn't just a video, but a story that sparked ideas for its own dedicated campaign across social platforms, setting the creative tone for everything Mediagist stands for. This wasn't just content—it was proof that entertainment value drives brand advocacy better than any sales message.

Back to Present

Spanning the Middle East and India, our team of 35+ creatives crafts narratives at the intersection of entertainment and strategy. From our Mumbai studio, we've engineered cultural moments for brands across multiple industries, measuring our success not just in metrics but in cultural conversation and perception shifts.

The Next Chapter

We're creating a future where advertising and entertainment converge completely—where brands don't sponsor culture, but help create it. Our roadmap includes developing original entertainment properties with brands woven into the narrative DNA, nurturing scriptwriting talent that understands both entertainment value and brand strategy, and establishing distribution channels that blur marketing and media boundaries.

The most exciting scenes in our story are still ahead.

Meet the Cast & Crew

Sachin Wawdhane

Sachin Wawdhane

Co-Founder & CEO

Nikhil Tendulkar

Nikhil Tendulkar

Co-Founder & COO

Sachin Meher

Sachin Meher

CTO

Srivinay Salian

Srivinay Salian

Head - Brand & Content

Avantika Bhattacharya

Avantika Bhattacharya

Executive Producer

Pushkar Soni

Pushkar Soni

Creative Producer

Mukesh Tharali

Mukesh Tharali

Head of Operations

Chandan Jaiswal

Chandan Jaiswal

Production Head

Ayaan Khan

Ayaan Khan

Screenwwriter

Harsh Jain

Harsh Jain

Screenwwriter

Nikita Singh

Nikita Singh

Social Media Manager

Keshav Umtol

Keshav Umtol

Sr. Graphic Designer

Sharvari Sawant

Sharvari Sawant

Illustrator

Rupesh Khoda

Rupesh Khoda

Video Editor

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