Gautam Pemmaraju is a Mumbai-based writer, independent filmmaker and creative consultant who has over two decades worked with a wide variety of non-profits, broadcast networks and commercial clients developing and creating advertisements, policy/advocacy films, music videos, and documentaries. He has also written on the areas of history, literature and art. A Tongue Untied: The Story of Dakhani (2017) on the vernacular satire and humour poetry of the Deccan is his first independent feature documentary film, which is currently screening in venues across the world.