“I believe the only way to make a taboo accepted is to talk about it fearlessly...” : Rishav Rastogi, Cellar Door Productions

Rishav Rastogi, Creative Director and Founder of Cellar Door Productions is an award-winning ad director who with over a decade of experience has risen above the clutter to become the youngest ABBY winner. In his interaction with Debashish Chakraborty of afaqs!, he talks about his artistic journey, his zeal for stories, and how advertising happened. He also opens up about his take on virality, taboo topics, favourite ads, what went in bringing home two ABBYs, and more.

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Find out more about Rishav Rastogi at vimeo.com/rastogirishav and cellardoorproductions.in.