Hire India's most soulful creators.
Kalakaar is a curated marketplace for creative freelancers — designers, filmmakers, photographers, writers, illustrators — vetted by humans, not algorithms. No bidding wars. No race to the bottom. Just craft.
"We left Fiverr after losing 8 clients to lowballers. Kalakaar quoted us our worth."
— Rhea Mehra, brand designer · Indore
Browse by craft
Every discipline. Curated.
Branding
Full brand identity systems — naming, logo, voice, visual language.
Content Writing
Copywriting, scripts, blogs, captions in English & Hindi.
Graphic Design
Logos, brand identity, posters, packaging, social creatives.
Illustration
Hand-drawn, digital, character design, editorial illustration.
Photography
Product, fashion, weddings, lifestyle, events.
Video Editing
Wedding films, brand films, social cuts, reels, motion graphics.
This week's lineup
Featured creators
Each one personally interviewed by our curation team. Each portfolio audited for originality.
Karthik Rao
Wedding filmmaker. Telling Indian love stories with cinematic restraint and a documentary heart.
Aanya Iyer
Brand designer crafting soulful identities for India's most quietly ambitious brands.
Meera Bhattacharya
Bilingual copywriter — long-form English with the warmth of Hindi poetry.
Rhea Mehra
Brand strategist & visual designer. Building names, voices, and visual systems for Indian challenger brands.
Vihaan Sharma
Product & lifestyle photographer for D2C brands. Natural light obsessive.
Ishaan Kapoor
Editorial illustrator. Hand-drawn warmth, digital precision.
A different way to hire
How kalakaar works
Post your brief
Tell us your project, budget, deadline. We translate it into a structured brief in minutes — not days.
We hand-match
Our curators (real humans, not algorithms) shortlist 3 creators who actually fit your craft and vibe.
Pick, pay, create
Approve the proposal, pay safely into escrow, and start collaborating. We release funds on delivery.
Run your studio on one platform.
Agencies that book on kalakaar also get the back office: project boards, milestone invoicing, GST-ready receipts, client CRM, and a private bench of returning freelancers. Vertical SaaS, built for Indian creative shops.
- Brief → quote → booking in one flow
- GST invoicing & payment reminders
- Private talent bench (your roster, hidden from public)
- Client portal with milestone approvals
Live briefs
Open projects right now
Hindi-English landing page copy for fintech app
We're a fintech app aimed at small-town India. The current landing page reads too corporate. We need a writer who can keep the same information but make it feel like a warm conversation in both Hindi and English.
Series of 8 reels for skincare D2C launch
We're launching a new face oil and need 8 reels for Instagram + YouTube Shorts. Mix of founder talking-head, product hero, and customer testimonials. Footage already shot — we need a great editor.
Lookbook photography for sustainable clothing brand
Mumbai-based slow fashion brand. We have a new SS26 collection (12 pieces). Need: — Day-long shoot with 2 models — ~40 final retouched images — Mix of clean studio + outdoor lifestyle — We'll cover styling and location.
From our creators
A platform that pays its artists.
“On Fiverr I was charging ₹2,000 for a logo. Kalakaar got me ₹15,000 for the same brief — because the client actually saw my portfolio.”
“I get one shortlist a week, not 80 spam DMs. As a wedding filmmaker that's gold during peak season.”
“Finally a platform that understands GST, milestone payments, and how Indian clients actually behave with deadlines.”