LOK is an arts collective of more than 1000 independent artists and arts entrepreneurs spread out over various parts of the world along with several international collaborators like the coveted Global Changemakers’ Network. Formed by artistically inclined high school-college students back then and revered for pioneering the youth-in-arts movement in Kolkata, India LOK was launched on 3rd January, 2010 ( Gyan Manch, Kolkata).

LOK Arts Collective's maiden feature film production #Homecoming ,written and directed by LOK Founder-Director Soumyajit Majumdar ,is streaming worldwide on Sonyliv since Feb 18,2022, India's topmost subscription based OTT platform, successfully as their first feature film content from Bengal.

Comprising of an eclectic cast with the best of young Bollywood and Tollywood talents like Sayani Gupta, Hussain Dalal, Soham Majumdar, Tushar Pandey, Plabita Borthakur ,Tuhina Das along with national-international award winners in the crew, #Homecoming has become the most watched Bengali feature film on national OTT. The film trailer too is the most watched Bengali feature film trailer by far after crossing 1.5 cr views cumulatively on digital media. #Homecoming was the only feature film from Bengal to be screened at the London Bengali Festival 2022 (rest were from Bangladesh) and the film was also screened as the Central Section Special at the Washington DC South Asian Film Festival 2022.

LOK has curated more than 50 art events and festivals including Indian Youth Arts for Change festival which started in 2011 and was hailed by the Washington Bangla Radio as India’s first social media driven arts movement .LOK has produced more than 20 plays with over 300 theatrical performances including performances at national and international festivals like Thespo ( Mumbai) .Sahabhaga International festival (Bangalore) , Mulakaat ( Indo-Pak cultural relations Festival,Delhi) and Atelier Theatre festival (Delhi) . The performances have been across 12 Indian cities in auspicious venues like Prithvi theatre and NCPA( Mumbai) ,Akshara theatre and LTG auditorium (Delhi), G.D.Birla Sabhagar (Kolkata) , EZCC(Kolkata) as well as in alternative spaces like campuses,bookstores,art galleries,shopping malls, cafes, lawns, parks, streets and amphitheatres . More than 50000 students have been part of LOK workshops across more than 100 campuses around the country.

What started as a youth movement, has over the years taken shape of a broader umbrella encompassing 360-degree arts and entertainment through LOK’s following sub-brand extensions:

Project Yuva ( launched on Jan 3,2011)- Youth talent, artpreneurs and changemakers management network

Lok Indie Studio ( launched on 16 April, 2014) - 360 degree content creation facilitation studio including casting and line production services

Lok Caravan ( launched on 4th Nov, 2017) - co- working space, incubation centre and writers' room

Lokal Content Lab ( launched on 15 April , 2019 ) - Writer’s and Curator's /Showrunner’s Collective

Lok Cartel ( launching in 2022) - 360 degree branding and marketing ,content acquisition and syndication agency

Lok School of Arts ( launching in 2022)- Arts education, workshops and training facilitation

Currently , Lok has operation centres in Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune Lucknow, London (United Kingdom) and Chicago (United States of America)