Writer · Director · VFX director

Akhil Kumar Yadav (InsideAKY), film director, writer and VFX director

stories, frames & visual effects.

Akhil Kumar Yadav (InsideAKY), film director and VFX director
Coming soon · Dhriti Season 1
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YearsSince 2014
12
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Range

One face. Every character.

Acting is where it started. Move across the frame and watch the expression change.

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My story

From a village to the frame

Self-taught, a B.Tech dropout, and still learning on every set. Nine chapters from Dhani Faizabad to my own originals.

011994

A small village near Narnaul

I was born on 16 January 1994 in Dhani Faizabad, which locals also call Dhani Chudeli, near Narnaul in Haryana's Mahendragarh district.

When I was five, my father got a government job and the family moved to Panchkula. That move decided everything that came after.

A childhood birthday party with friends
02School years

Music first. Then B.Tech, because that was the safe path.

I studied at Holy Child School in Panchkula up to class 10, then at the Model Senior Secondary School in Sector 8, Chandigarh. Music was my first love, but no one at home knew what kind of career that was, so my parents asked me to do a B.Tech first.

I joined CGC Landran. After one year I knew it wasn't for me, and I dropped out. My parents weren't happy. I had no plan B, only the two things I loved: music and films.

032014

I came to act. I stayed to make films.

I went to Chandigarh looking for an institute and learned the basics of editing and VFX. A friend had a camera, and I had grown up loving films and documentaries, so we started shooting.

We named our little group Inside Motion Pictures, opened a YouTube channel and kept making short films with whatever we had.

Shooting with a camera rig in the woods
042016–17

Maths and science paid for the films

To fund the shoots I taught tuition, maths and science to students from class 8 to 10. Every rupee went into the next film.

Those years gave us Watch Out and The Paradox (2016), and The Agony (2017).

Editing at a desktop computer in a small room
05VFX

VFX took the budget out of the equation

VFX was hard and unusual, and that is exactly why it pulled me in. Anything I could imagine, I could now build on a computer.

After I learned VFX, budget was never a problem again. That was the power I always wanted.

Flying AKY: an early VFX photo
A neon AKY sign on the studio wall
A VFX composite photo
062020 · Punjab

The call from the Punjabi music industry

Directors started reaching out, among them Jashan Nannad, Agam Mann and Rahul Chahal, the director of Old Skool. I did VFX on Sidhu Moose Wala's Famous but wasn't credited, so I made a rule: no more music videos without proper credit.

Old Skool gave me that credit, and it was my big break. I shot Sidhu Moose Wala's portions and did much of the VFX. After that came Mexico Koka, Taaron Ke Shehar, Mera Na, Chorni and many more.

The big break · 384M views Old Skool Prem Dhillon ft. Sidhu Moose Wala ↗
07Sector 11

Teaching it the way I learned it

I had been making Photoshop tutorials for a while. After the Sidhu videos I started VFX tutorials, and people began reaching out. I already loved teaching, and I remembered what was missing at my own institute: no lights, no camera, no real projects.

So I started Inside Film Institute in Sector 11, Panchkula. Students interned on live music videos and VFX jobs while they learned.

Students and crew on a film set
08Sector 21

Bigger campus, real equipment, real sets

As the institute grew we moved to Sector 21 and launched the Pro courses, so every student had proper cameras, lights and a studio. With them we shot cover music videos, and students worked on projects for Karan Aujla, Sidhu Moose Wala, Jubin Nautiyal and Neha Kakkar.

Together we also made Dada Ka Khazana, our first self-produced feature.

The Inside Institute of Filmmaking wall of student work
A clapperboard on set
09Now · 2026

Now we make our own stories

In 2026 we started building our own IP: eight original short films and our first series, Dhriti: The Goddess Child, all crewed by Inside students. Love is OTT won Best Short Film (Drama), The Situation was an official selection, and Bukharo was selected at ISFFA.

Today I work as a writer and director on original stories, with Keti (InsightKeti) beside me since November 2024.

AKY with the Inside team, all in black
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In frame

In front of the lens

Before the edit bay and the institute, I wanted to be in front of the camera. I still do.

AKY: Close-up, intense stare
AKY: Finger to lips, dramatic light
AKY: Suit and sunglasses
AKY: Light blue shirt
AKY: Martial arts uniform
AKY: Sweater, hand at temple
AKY: White polo, arms crossed
AKY: Profile in black t-shirt
AKY: Seated, relaxed
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Lights. Camera. Action.

Every frame on this page is mine to shoot, cut and build. This one is mine to perform.

Martial artsStuntsOut now: Bruce Lee
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Written & directed

Inside Originals

Our own stories, crewed by the students of Inside Film Institute.

Dhriti posterSeason 1 · Coming soon

Dhriti

The Goddess Child · Episode 1 out now

Love is OTT key artBest Short Film · Drama

Love is OTT

Romance · 2026

The Situation posterOfficial selection

The Situation

Sci-fi thriller · 2026

Bukharo posterISFFA selection

Bukharo

Mystery comedy · 2026

Gordon posterShort film

Gordon

Crime thriller · 2026

Zigidi key artShort film

Zigidi

Crime thriller · 2026

On the set of Dada Ka KhazanaFeature · 2027

Dada Ka Khazana

Our first feature film

Short film · 2026The Taxi Driver
Painkiller character stillComing soon

Painkiller

Short film · In the works

Out nowBruce Lee

Earlier: Tea Fight · Late on Time (2026) · The Last Wish · Worth (2022) · The Agony (2017) · Watch Out · The Paradox · Agent (2016)

VFX & music videos

Three billion views

Music videos my team and I have worked on, from VFX direction and supervision to compositing and shooting. View counts from each official upload.

What I built

Two houses, one roof

Inside Motion Pictures makes the work. Inside Film Institute trains the people who make it with us.

Akhil Kumar Yadav raising a toast with the Inside Motion Pictures team
Production house · Panchkula

Inside Motion Pictures

Films, web series, music videos, post and VFX from Panchkula.

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Inside Film Institute students on a film set
Film & VFX school · Sector 21, Panchkula

Inside Film Institute

Practical filmmaking on real productions. Students crew our originals and get credited on IMDb.

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Let's make a film.

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