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Official Selection • Cannes Film Festival 2025

Crafting Worlds.
Writing Cinema.

Yenika Singh — Award-Winning Screenwriter, Creative Producer & SFX Character Stylist based in India.

IFMA Best Screenplay Core Team, Adanj Studios SWA India Delegate
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Professional portrait of Yenika Singh

Bhopal & Mumbai

Yenika Singh

The Architect of Story

Writing Where Human Emotion Meets Structural Precision

My storytelling begins where subconscious human struggles meet sharp narrative architecture. As an award-winning screenwriter and creative producer at Adanj Studios, I don't simply draft scripts; I craft complete cinematic ecosystems—from loglines and beat sheets to character visualization and final cut pacing.

Having co-created Metronome—a daring 39-minute psychological exploration of schizophrenia and caregiver burnout that represented Indian indie storytelling at the Cannes Film Festival 2025 and won Best Screenplay at IFMA 2025—I champion stories that dare to linger in the psyche.

Beyond the pen, my hands-on mastery of SFX prosthetics, character makeup, and visual styling gives me a unique multi-dimensional lens on set: ensuring dialogue, physical transformation, and production reality fuse seamlessly.

CANNES Official Selection '25
BEST Screenplay (IFMA)
SWA Pitch Fest & Awards
Recognitions & Festivals

Honors & Official Selections

Verified milestones celebrating independent Indian cinema on domestic and global stages.

Cannes 2025

Cannes Film Festival

Official Selection • Metronome

A bold indie psychological film from Bhopal, officially selected for the Cannes Film Festival 2025 for its courageous portrayal of mental health and raw narrative structure.

Category: Psychological Drama World Stage
Winner 2025

IFMA Awards

Best Screenplay • Yenika Singh & Nitesh Rajesh

Honored with the prestigious Best Screenplay award for crafting Metronome, turning nuanced psychological vulnerability and caregiver fatigue into cinematic poetry.

Recognized by: @official_ifma.in Screenplay
National 2026

Screenwriters Association

SWA Pitch Fest & Awards Coverage

Officially documenting and interviewing India’s finest writers and showrunners shaping the stories of modern cinema at the SWA Pitch Fest 2026 and SWA Awards.

SWA India (@swaindiaorg) Delegation
Festival Screening

PCFF Film Festival

Official Selection • Pune Premiere

Featured screening of Metronome celebrated by Maharashtra audiences and critics for its gritty realistic narrative and resonant sound design.

Venue: Pune, India May 2025
Impact Cinema

IMHS x Samarpan Mixer

Churchgate Screening & Panelist

Special curated screening of Metronome and open dialogue with Mumbai psychologists and therapists, using cinema to de-stigmatize schizophrenia and mental health.

Churchgate, Mumbai Mental Health Forum
Summit 2025

WAVES Global Summit

Studio Delegate & Creator

Represented Adanj Studios alongside top Indian filmmakers, studio heads, and international producers to explore creative partnerships and the future of storytelling.

Indian Film Community Industry Summit
Filmography & Writing

Selected Works

Narrative films, commercial campaigns, and cinematic explorations.

Metronome Film Poster
Cannes 2025

Metronome

Co-Writer • Creative Director • Makeup Supervisor

A 39-minute psychological indie drama dealing with schizophrenia, family breakdown, and silent psychological ruptures. Shot entirely in Bhopal.

Chaara Short Film

Chaara

Assistant Director • Creative Associate

A gripping short film addressing moral culpability and consequence. Official Selection at the Mumbai International Short Film Festival.

Pyaaz Short Film

Pyaaz

Creative Director • SFX Artist • Assistant Director

A dark indie thriller shot in a continuous high-intensity 7-hour sprint, featuring intricate SFX prosthetics and character-driven tension.

Birla TMT Steel Commercial
Commercial Ad

Birla TMT Steel

Screenplay • Styling & Hair Head

Full commercial ad campaign script and character styling for Birla TMT Steel, blending emotional familial storytelling with brand ethos.

Client: SMT Ad Agency / Birla Production: Adanj Studios
GIS 2025 Production
State Documentary

GIS 2025 Documentary

Creative Direction & Production

Official making trailer and after-movie for the Global Investors Summit 2025 (MPIDC / Invest MP), highlighting state-level innovation and industrial growth.

Client: MPIDC Adanj Studios
Editorial Visual Styling
Concept & Styling

Editorial & Concept Campaigns

Concept • Costume Head • HMUA

Visual storytelling for luxury hospitality and fashion campaigns, including Kasauli Hills Resort and Maeri Collection with muse Unnati Davara.

@makeup_by_yenikasingh Editorial
Conversations & Insights

Industry Dialogue

In-depth creative interactions hosted and curated by Yenika Singh with leading Indian cinematic voices.

In Conversation with Kiran Rao
Special Feature • Bhopal

In Conversation with Kiran Rao

Director, Laapataa Ladies

An exclusive creative dialogue exploring the reality of writing: discarding endless drafts, embracing failure as part of the polish, and navigating indie filmmaking resilience.

Role: Creative Director Watch Feature
In Conversation with Shree-NJ
Masterclass Interview

Kota Factory S3: Technical Decisions

Guest: Shree-NJ (Cinematographer)

Hosted by Yenika Singh, breaking down the monochrome visual texture, lighting psychology, and shoot challenges behind TVF and Netflix's hit show Kota Factory Season 3.

Host: Yenika Singh View Dialogue
Behind The Screen

Life On Set & Production BTS

Real moments captured during screenwriting labs, film shoots, SFX stations, and film festival stages.

Screenwriters Association Pitch Fest
SWA Pitch Fest '26

Interviewing India's Leading Screenwriters

Directing creator conversations at the Screenwriters Association of India pitch lab.

Filming short film Chaara
On Set • 'Chaara'

Directing & Production Workflow

High-stakes indie storytelling in action with director Adarsh Gupta.

SFX Prosthetics on set of Pyaaz
SFX Lab • 'Pyaaz'

Cinematic Prosthetics & Blood Works

Hands-on special effects application for the 7-hour thriller shoot.

Metronome production set
Set of 'Metronome'

Translating Script Beats to Screen

Creating the silent psychological atmosphere behind Cannes-selected Metronome.

Adanj Studios Production Crew
Adanj Studios Crew

Collaborative Film Collective

Filmmakers, writers, and sound designers powering Central India's indie scene.

Screenwriters Association Awards
SWA Awards Night

Celebrating Indian Screenwriters

Honoring the minds who turn human imagination into cinema.

Disciplines

What I Bring to Every Set

Screenwriting

Feature screenplays, short films, and episodic bibles built with disciplined structure, rich thematic depth, and authentic Indian subtext.

Creative Producing

Bridging artistic vision with executable production logistics. Guiding projects from early ideation and casting through to festival strategies.

SFX & Prosthetics

Cinematic special effects makeup, character prosthetics, cuts, wounds, and aging that serve narrative truth and camera realism.

Script Doctoring

Analytical breakdown of dialogue rhythm, character arcs, pacing bottlenecks, and structural tension for scripts readying for pitch or production.

"Stories are empathy machines. They are the vessels through which we can explore the silent ruptures inside the human mind, challenge our biases, and linger long after the final credit sequence."

— Yenika Singh

Common Queries

Frequently Asked Questions

My primary wheelhouse lies in psychological dramas, character-driven thrillers, and slice-of-life narratives exploring mental health, complex relationships, and societal nuances (as in Metronome and Chaara). I also craft commercials and brand screenplays.
Yes. I collaborate on original feature scripts, series writers' rooms, and short film creative production with studios and independent directors across Bhopal, Mumbai, and globally.
It allows me to write with an intuitive understanding of physical visual execution on set. Rather than treating makeup or wardrobe as an afterthought, I build character psychology through physical appearance, prosthetic aging, or distress marks directly into the screenplay beats.
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Let’s Tell Stories That Resonate.

Whether you’re seeking an award-winning screenplay, a creative producer to steer indie production, or a dialogue on cinema—reach out directly.