Patakha Studio

Patakha Studio is situated over on Balak Ram Street, which is just off the main G.T. Road near the ICICI Bank branch in Khatauli. It is a small town, so everyone knows where everything is anyway. We are at number 36. It is basically a converted room where we do all our creative work. The name Patakha sounds like it should be a loud place, but the studio is actually pretty quiet most of the time unless we have the radio playing while we work. We have some cameras, some heavy backdrops, and a lot of lights scattered around the floor. The ground is covered in cables that I am always nearly tripping over. Being so close to the highway means there is a constant low hum of trucks passing by, but you stop noticing it after working here for a while. We don't have a big reception desk or a secretary. People usually just knock on the door and walk right in to talk to us. Sometimes we are out on a shoot at a different location, so the door stays locked with a little handwritten note taped to it. It is not a polished corporate studio; there are coffee stains on the work table and old photos pinned up on the walls. We do a bit of everything here. Most of our furniture is second-hand or things we built ourselves. It is a comfortable place to spend the day.