Plan
ExcelBudget Master spread across 12 tabs
LensVersioned Budget with ACQ codes + change-control
Built in India · Auditor-first by design
The production finance control tower for Indian content.
Close one production audit in 30 minutes, not 3 weeks — across film, OTT, ad-film and live-event.
Turn Budget Master, Expense Master, Payment Master and Vendor Master into one governed ledger: Plan → Commit → Spend → Reconcile → Report → Audit. Every rupee traced to a source document.
GST + TDS nativeDPDPA-readyAppend-only audit trail
TEST PRODUCTIONS · FY26 Budget vs ActualSample dataReconciled
Production stage · 21,418 lines
Period 01 Apr 2025 → 11 May 2026 · ACQ heads 1000–9000
| ACQ | Head | Budget | Actual | Variance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 | Director + Writer Above-the-line · 2 vendors | ₹2,50,00,000 | ₹2,50,00,000 | ₹0 |
| 1106 | Recce Pre-production · 14 expenses | ₹15,00,000 | ₹16,40,000 | ₹(1,40,000) |
| 1302 | Executive Producer Above-the-line · payroll synced | ₹24,50,000 | ₹22,96,000 | ₹1,54,000 |
| 2204 | ACME LIGHTS PVT LTD Equipment · GST 18% claimable | ₹38,20,000 | ₹37,02,000 | ₹1,18,000 |
| 5404 | Non-Claimable GST Tax · Section 17(5) blocked credit | ₹32,66,000 | ₹32,66,000 | ₹0 |
| Total ₹45.32 Cr → ₹45.11 Cr | ₹45,32,16,000 | ₹45,11,02,000 | ₹21,14,000 |
Variance remark drafted by AI · auditor-approvedv 2026.05.11 · sha 8a4f1c
The reality today
Excel is heroic. And it is failing.
Three numbers from a sample production close — workbook Automated_Tool_v0.10.xlsx, one feature film, FY25. Figures illustrative.
Pain point: 12,259
variance remarks missing
out of 21,449 expense rows — 57% of the ledger left unexplained
Pain point: 9.93Cr
overspend found at wrap
CTC drifted from ₹45.32 Cr to ₹55.25 Cr — 22% over plan
Pain point: 3weeks
to close one audit
manual reco across 4 masters — 11 partner-hours, 38 staff-hours
ProductionLens closes the same pack in 30 minutes, not 30 days.
See how it worksWhat ProductionLens does
Four jobs. One system of record.
Plan → Commit → Spend → Reconcile → Report → Audit — end-to-end, in one place. Each row shows the Excel-era job on top and what the Lens replaces it with below.
Spend
ExcelExpense Master, 21k rows of free text
LensTyped expense lines, vendor master, GST split per line
Reconcile
ExcelManual VLOOKUPs across 4 masters
LensAuto-match invoice ↔ expense ↔ payment ↔ GSTR-2B
Audit
ExcelEmail PDFs to studio, hope nothing breaks
LensShareable variance + close pack, append-only log
How it works
From Excel chaos to audit-ready in four steps.
No re-keying. No file-naming gymnastics. Bring the workbook you have today; we do the rest.
- 1
Upload your spreadsheet
Drop your .xlsx — Budget, Expense, Payment, Vendor Master.
- 2
Auto-map & validate
We map your ACQ codes and vendors to a canonical schema. Mismatches flagged for review.
- 3
Reconcile & approve
Budget vs Actual, dues, GST claimability, variance — on one screen.
- 4
Export audit-ready reports
MIS + Variance + Close Pack. Studio-, bank- and IT-ready.
Built for the audit
Built with auditors. For auditors.
Audit-first by default
Every screen answers the auditor's question before the producer's — provenance, not just totals.
One governed loop
Plan → Commit → Spend → Reconcile → Report → Audit. One closed loop, no gaps between masters.
Every rupee traced
Each figure links back to a source document and a tamper-evident audit trail.
6-step
governed loop, Plan to Audit
4
masters unified into one ledger
Every ₹
traced to a source document
Audit-first
built for the reviewer, not the producer
Bring your workbook. Leave with a close pack.
Request a 30-day pilot on one of your own productions. No re-keying, no rebuild — your Excel goes in as-is.