Trained at the Film and TV Institute of India and FEMIS, Paris – Sharmila began her career as a freelance editor and writer. She has donned several hats as video editor in Odyssey Video Communications, Bangalore; Associate Producer in Salon Multimedia, Hong Kong and was the Producer of ‘Pardes’ a community based TV show in San Francisco, California.

As GM for Tarantella Pictures, Sharmila executed ‘Diva’ a Malay feature film and ‘Kiss Kis Ko,’ a Hindi film shot entirely in Bali, Indonesia which starred A Band of Boys.

WilderIndia is an independent media company. WilderIndia has acquired the rights to ‘Roshan’ a family drama. The film is currently in pre-production. Also in development is ‘The Mahout‘; an elephant adventure story with an environmental twist, set in Kerala, India. ‘Pyaari Dulhan‘ a Hindi Romcom feature film for preteens and children – about a dhobi and his jealous donkey – is complete and is currently being marketed.

WilderIndia also has developed and published 10 books of modern Indian wildlife stories which are available in bookstores and online.