Shubhashish Bhutiani is an Indian writer and director, who graduated from New York Citys School of Visual Arts and has since then worked on a short film, Kush (2013). His short film went on to win the National Award for Best Promotional Film and also the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film. The film premise is based on the horrendous 1984 anti-Sikh riots. His 2016 movie Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation in English) premiered at the Dubai Film Festival. The starcast includes prominent actors like Adil Hussain, Palomi Ghosh, Navnindra Behl and Geetanjali Kulkarni.