Arani is an award-winning Toronto-based writer/director/producer/editor originally from India, who has grown up in the Middle East & lived in the US. He earned his MFA in Filmmaking from the New York Film Academy in LA. He has led projects across various media formats from digital to television, features and documentaries, for clients like Netflix, Warner Brothers, Lionsgate, NatGeo, Discovery, Disney, Apple TV, Dewar's, Unilever, Nissan, Lexus, Toyota and IPL (Cricket) to name a few.