Dharlin Entertainment is an award winning independent American production company founded in December 1989 by husband and wife team – Dharan & Linda Mandrayar. Independent and passionate they are committed to producing entertaining, thought provoking and inspiring films. With Dharan’s extensive connections with Sivaji Productions and within the film industry in India, Dharlin Entertainment produces high quality films at a fraction of what it would cost elsewhere.

Director of photography and visual effects supervisor Mark Weingartner, ASC began his career as a theatrical lighting designer in New York. Weingartner has worked on every continent but Antarctica, and on projects ranging from studio tent-poles to indie films, TV shows, and documentaries, working in formats from 16mm to IMAX. His work can be seen, if not recognized, in the films Dunkirk, Inception, the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight films, the G.I. Joe films, the last three Hunger Games, the last two Twilight films, The Passion of the Christ, and Apocalypto among many others. Weingartner previously collaborated with Dharlin Entertainment on the feature film Ele, My Friend, photographed entirely in Tamil Nadu.

Michael Mason has been producing music for TV and Film for over 35 yrs. Either as a producer, mixer or music editor, he has worked alongside some of the best talent in the entertainment industry. While working with James Newton Howard, he co-produced the music for over 30 films including Pretty Woman, The Fugitive, and Waterworld. With John Debney, he went on to co-produce or perform on the scores for Liar Liar, The Scorpion King, Spy Kids, Iron Man 2, and The Replacements. Currently he’s been mixing the music on the CBS show NCIS LA for the past 8 seasons and supervising the music for a few indie films and documentaries.

Jeremy Nathan has produced filmed content over 30 years across the entire audio-visual spectrum, including feature films, television series, feature documentaries and short films. Both a creative and financial producer, Jeremy works across the entire ecosystem, from concept creation, through development, production and post-production. He has produced films across Africa. Recent films he has serviced and line produced in Mauritius, through his Film Studios Mauritius, include Kandasamys: The Baby for Netflix Africa (2023), Honeymoon with my Mother (Netflix, Spain 2020) and Resort to Love (Netflix, USA, 2021).

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Todd currently runs a startup focused on connection and communication. Prior to that, he ran the family office of a Japanese multinational focused on numerous industries throughout the world.  After doing practically every role on a film set in physical production during college at UCLA – he moved into legal and business affairs during law school. On graduation from law school, Todd partnered with Steve McEveety (Braveheart, Passion of the Christ, Anna Karenina, We Were Soldiers) and John Shepherd in Mpower Pictures and advised numerous funds and individuals in their media investments. Todd managed British Adventurer Bear Grylls among others. Todd received a JD, MBA from Pepperdine and a BA from UCLA.