been in the "fixing" business for more than 20 years now. That's two decades of making sure international documentary and corporate crews filming in India don't just survive their shoot — they actually get something worth watching.

Most people have never heard of what I do, even when they're glued to that travel doc, wildlife film or reality show they can't stop watching. But here's the thing: without fixers, half those productions would be train wrecks.

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What the hell is a fixer anyway?

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The word FIXER makes some people nervous. Sounds dodgy, right?

I love the term because that's literally what we do — we fix stuff. Problems, disasters, impossible situations. We make things work in places where nothing should work.

International film crews work with us when they're filming in countries that are tricky, bureaucratic, or just plain confusing. We're the people who make miracles happen. Legally, safely, on schedule and with a smile.

A good fixer is part detective, part travel agent, part government whisperer, part accountant, part bodyguard, part tech support, part translator, and part therapist.

When filming in India, you might need to be all of these before lunch.

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What we actually do (and why your shoot would be a disaster movie without us)

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• Story Detective: We know where the real stories live because we didn't find them on page two of Google. We fact-check your wild ideas, connect you to people who actually matter, and save you from making the 847th film about snake charmers. (And yes, we'll explain why those cows are just chilling in traffic.) We figure out your show's vibe and hunt down exciting stories. That unknown expert, that perfect oddball tale, that location so good it doesn't look real — we find what Googling from a London TV production office never could.

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• Permit Whisperer: India's filming permission manuals were written by Kafka. Want to shoot in that Mughal fort? That tiger reserve? That insanely busy train station? We know exactly which bureaucrat to charm, which forms to fill up in triplicate and which exact word on the application can lead to a six-month delay.

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• Logistics Wizard: Flights, cars, 47 cases of camera gear that customs wants to inspect piece by piece, hotels that suddenly "lost" your booking — we make disaster look like choreography even when we're internally screaming.

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• Budget Wrangler: We know where to splurge (good drivers who won't kill you), where to save (that fancy hotel that's actually a dump), and how to make your Executive Producer delirious without your film looking like it was shot with a green-screen backdrop.

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• Safety Net: From festival stampedes to monkeys with attitude problems ( I have taken one for the team - have been bitten by a rabid rhesus), we keep everyone breathing without turning your adventure into a boring talking-heads video. Sketchy locations, curious crowds, salmonella samosas, drivers with death wishes, angry elephants, corrupt cops — been there, handled that.

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• Culture Translator: Speaking English doesn't mean understanding India. We make sure nobody accidentally insults someone's grandmother or shows up to a religious ceremony in shorts. Our team can speak more than 20 dialects and will dissuade you from using Bhangra pop track BGM on a film shot in Kerala backwaters.

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• Crew Babysitter: People get cranky when things go sideways. Cameras die, plans implode, the presenter has a Delhi-belly, the DP hasn't eaten in six hours and is about to murder the sound guy. Sometimes you just need someone to tell everyone to chill and locate cold beer before someone goes loco.

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Bottom line

After 20 years, I know this: a great fixer is as crucial as your director or DP. You only notice us when we screw up. When we're good, everything just flows.

You won't see "fixer" in the credits, but you'll see our work on every smooth day, every impossible location you actually got to film at, and every moment when your crew had exactly what they needed instead of a complete meltdown.

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Making films in India is definitely an adventure.

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And every good adventure needs a solid guide.

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