Taking on two new clients this quarter

We started bytelling stories.Now we help brandstell theirs.

A digital marketing agency in Kochi, started by filmmakers and marketers.

Our story

  1. Short film Oru Koda Katha Where it started.
  2. Short film Paathirakallan Shot in 22 hours, during COVID.
  3. Feature film CET on Strike 100 cast & crew, crowd-funded.
  4. Two paths FTII + marketing Film editing and five years in digital.
  5. Today The Umbrella Crew Both paths, one crew.
22 Hours One short film, start to finish.
100 Cast & crew One student feature film.
₹15L Crowd-funded Raised for that film.
Kochi 
Winnipeg 

Good marketing startswith a good idea.

  • Strategy
  • Creativity
  • Content
  • Technology

How we work

Four rules wedon't bend.

  1. 01

    Strategy before pretty

    We agree the goal before anything gets designed.

  2. 02

    One voice, everywhere

    Reel, page and ad say the same thing.

  3. 03

    Plain-language reporting

    What we did, what it cost, what's next.

  4. 04

    Say the hard thing

    If the offer is the problem, we say so first.

Read the full story

The Umbrella Crew started with a simple idea: make something of our own.

It began with Oru Koda Katha, our first short film. We were starting from scratch, learning as we went, and working out how to turn an idea into something people could connect with.

We didn't know where that journey would take us. We just kept creating.

Our next short film, Paathirakallan, was made during COVID, when restrictions were part of everyday life. With limited resources and plenty of obstacles, we still brought the whole film together and shot it in just 22 hours.

Then came a much bigger challenge: CET on Strike. What started as an ambitious idea became a feature film made entirely by college students and fully crowd-funded. We brought together around 100 people across cast and crew and built a production worth around ₹15 lakh.

More than the films themselves, these experiences taught us how to build things.

How to start with an idea and make it happen. How to work with people, solve problems, adapt to limits and keep moving when things don't go to plan.

And, most importantly, how to understand what makes people pay attention and care.

As the journey continued, we grew into different sides of the same world. One of us went on to study Film Editing at FTII, Pune, while the other spent around five years in digital marketing — learning how brands communicate, connect with audiences and grow online.

Eventually, those two paths came together. That's where The Umbrella Crew found its place.

We started withstories. Now we'rehere to build yours.