ATIKA FAROOQUI – Artist, Celebrity Host, Actor, Poet

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✓ 2 decades of Creative Leadership experience
✓ 100 Mn+ views on Social media
✓ 80,000 minutes of being on Tv & Digital
✓ 19 years of being on screen

Atika is a revered, multi-award-winning artist and celebrity personality, captivating audiences worldwide for over two decades with her diverse talents. As an accomplished artist, talk show host, creative head, film critic, curator, prominent poet, and trained actor, she excels in oratory skills, notably showcased in her acclaimed Celebrity Chat Show featuring Bollywood’s top talent. Her videos have cumulatively garnered over 100 million views across social media platforms.

Atika has studied and analyzed over 50,000 films, gaining deep insights into both the creative and commercial aspects of the movie industry. She understands which types of films flourish and which falter at the box office. With her keen sense for quality scripts and a strong grasp of what resonates with Indian cinema audiences, she has an expert eye for successful filmmaking.

Her expertise spans the creative, technical, and commercial realms of film and OTT content, evident in her articulate insights shared on television. Notably, she recently collaborated as an actor with acclaimed artist Manoj Bajpayee in a Netflix film directed by the National award-winning Abhishek Chowbey, produced by Viacom18.
Atika has been featured prominently on leading TV channels and websites including NDTV, CNBCTV18, The Quint, BBC, EasternEye ( London ),CNN News18 Dainik bhaskar andand Dainik Jagran.

Recognized as one of the Best 40 Media Persons Under 40, Atika boasts extensive connections within the film, TV, and news industries nationwide.

As a sought-after keynote speaker and panelist, Atika has graced esteemed media events such as Goafest, Ficci Frames, Exchange for Media, Impact, and Rekhta.

Her talent and influence have been celebrated on international stages including the IIFA Awards, International Film Festival of India, and Filmfare events in New York, Spain, Abu Dhabi, and Macau.

Deeply rooted in Indian culture Atika represents her country globally, advocating for various causes and organizations, embodying the essence of a true World Citizen.

Currently, Atika serves as an in-house creative lead, host & producer for a prominent celebrity chat show on Colors Cineplex, Viacom18.

Industry Speaks

Dilip Kumar

‘Such a young girl and writes so well’

Javed Akhtar

‘She is a pleasure to speak to...'

Irfan Khan

‘Kamaal ladki hein...’

Shabana Azmi

‘Brilliant on stage’.

Saif Ali Khan

‘I must say, she prepares too well’.

Vidya Balan

‘I always learn something new from her. She speaks so well’.

Rajkumar Hirani

‘Aisi Hindi, English, Urdu sunne ko kahan milti hein’.

Vicky Kaushal

‘Just meeting her is such a pleasure’.

Celebrity Chat Shows

Awards and Recognitions

Atika was featured on the cover of Britain’s most read entertainment magazine focusing on South Asia called ‘Eastern Eye’.
Atika Farooqui was invited to be a part of CNBC-TV18’s mega initiative ‘Future Female Forward’. She performed as an artist and poet along with a jazz guitarist.
Was a panelist of “Young Thinker’s Conference 2018” by the ‘British Deputy High Commission Mumbai’ in partnership with ‘Observer Research Foundation’.
With the reputation of an inclusive, cosmopolitan world citizen; she was the chief guest at Mumbai heroes; a prestigious annual conclave for the leaders of Mumbai.
Organized by Canadian Red Cross and Government of Canada,
Atika Farooqui was a part of Artists and Artisans initiative ‘Breaking the Silence in Covid-19’. She spoke alongside the members of parliaments in Canada.
Atika was on the panel of Goa Fest as a speaker at Film and Advertisement Industry’s most prestigious annual summit.
Atika is a regular speaker at Indian Film Festival of India (Goa) organized by the Directorate of Film Festivals of India under the patronage of the Government of India.

Atika was awarded as one of the Best 40 media persons on TV under 40 by ‘Exchange for Media’.
Invited as a Speaker in Niti Ayug and FICCI’s ‘Road to Global Entrepreneurship Summit India’.
In the last 7 years Atika has amassed a humongous fan following at Rekhta; the annual festival of culture and languages in Delhi.
Invited by International Advertising Association (IAA), a summit on gender sensitization in media. She conversed with Vidya Balan on
gender in Cinema.
Chosen as one of the top faces that lead and drive the entertainment content across India by INDIA WEB FEST
Featured alongside top businesswomen and CEOs by Sodexo on ‘Empowerment of women in the workplace’.
Atika was on the panel with Shabana Azmi, Raveena Tandon and
Nandita Puri in the ‘Marketing Whitebook Summit’ by Business
Wold.
Atika was invited multiple times as a guest by the cultural society of
IIT Bombay and IIT Rorkee for their annual cultural festivals.

Songs and Lyrics by Atika

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