Shailaja Padindala’s artistic odyssey began as a painter and sculptor. Her journey soon expanded into the world of Television and News production

Guided by her mentor, Bala Kailasam, she absorbed the discipline of storytelling with journalistic, unfiltered candor of real-world narratives, that continues to pulse through her cinematic language

Shailaja thrives to make films that rebel with purpose, centering women, queer freedom, and the unmasking of privilege. Her production company, Vivekaa Media House, attempts to emerge as a platform of opportunities for diverse voice

Proudly and unapologetically queer, Shailaja wields cinema as her instrument of activism

Her fascination with cosmology, epigenetics, politics, history, and storytelling fuels her quest to gather a tribe of free-spirited thinkers