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Priyanka Himani is often mentioned in Indian entertainment circles as the face of an upcoming blockbuster or Netflix series debut, but her company Khimani & Associates is expanding the spectrum of entertainment, especially music. A significant portion of his legal career has been spent on high-profile product launches, technology and entertainment mergers and acquisitions. To take an interesting example, Ximani and his team were instrumental in signing AP Dhillon for the Indian debut of popular global music festival Lollapalooza this weekend.
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The plethora of tools to create, distribute, legally defend and market music has dramatically expanded the number of ways artists can grow their record business today, empowering powerful music labels to artists themselves. themselves, helping Ximani. relieve
However, her association with the entertainment world began before she began to practice law, when she was active in the theater scene in various capacities, such as an actress, director or producer. He wrote screenplays for television, having received his first such commission at just 15 years old for a series on Zee TV. In fact, she tried her hand at a lot of things, like modeling, which she pursued even when she was in law school because it was important to her to be able to support herself. After college, Ximani worked for a law firm that paid her a fixed salary at the end of each month.
Entertainment clients followed, none other than the legendary Lata Mangeshkar, who became his first client, and by word of mouth he went on to work with a list of other music industry clients. Cinema and television followed in the following years.
The company recently launched a new digital licensing platform called Fairplay. It's a foray into the uncharted territory of online music licensing. Himani also advises on landmark deals in the NFT ecosystem, including NFT forays by iconic brands Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle.
In a candid Instagram Live, Himani discussed all of this and more, including how she is focusing on the HR experience as a key part of her overall business strategy and taking steps to ensure her corporate culture is pro-professional. their personal and mental health and well-being at work.
The author can be contacted at bkabir@entrepreneurindia.com and Instagram.com/kabirsinghbhandari .
