Hemant Bhandari

Creator Context

Summary

Hemant Bhandari is a director, producer and co-founder of Chrome Pictures, with a long career in advertising and a smaller feature-film producing record. His commercial work spans brands including Pepsi, Amazon, OYO, Britannia, Spotify, Surf Excel, Quaker Oats and Titan, while his film credits include Badhaai Ho and Trial Period. Bhandari’s advertising is frequently described as emotionally grounded and focused on everyday people, with campaigns such as The Silent National Anthem and other work using inclusive or community-oriented framing. He has discussed authenticity, emotional connection and bringing people together, including in connection with a Surf Excel Holi campaign. However, there is no strong evidence of partisan advocacy, activist organizing, repeated public statements on social-justice causes, or a clearly ideological personal brand. His record reflects occasional inclusion-conscious and socially warm storytelling within a predominantly commercial, client-driven career, warranting a modest score rather than a high activist or representation-first rating.