1. Siddharth Roy Kapur was born on 2 August 1974 and is an Indian film producer and the founder of Roy Kapur Films.
14 Facts About Siddharth Roy Kapur
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Siddharth Roy Kapur is the former managing director of The Walt Disney Company India and the former president of the Producers Guild of India in a tenure lasting six terms.
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Siddharth Roy Kapur has featured for eight consecutive years on Variety's annual list of the Top 500 Most Influential People in Global Entertainment, has been part of The Economic Times Top 40 Indian Business Leaders Under 40 and The Hollywood Reporter Next Generation Asia Inaugural Class of Young Leaders.
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In 2023, Siddharth was invited to be a member of the prestigious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Siddharth Roy Kapur is a managing trustee of the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image and co-chairman of the CII Media and Entertainment Committee.
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Siddharth Roy Kapur was born in Bombay on 2 August 1974 to Kumud Roy Kapur and Salome Roy Kapur who is a former Miss India and a dance choreographer known for her forte in Western Dance forms including Ballroom, Latin American, Tap; and Indian dance forms including Bharatnatyam, Kathak and Kathakali.
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Siddharth Roy Kapur is the daughter of Sam and Ruby Aaron, attributed to have introduced the Samba dance form in India.
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Roy Kapur received his bachelor's degree in commerce from Sydenham College, then obtained a master's degree in Management Studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.
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Siddharth Roy Kapur then moved to Star TV's Middle East operations, based in Dubai, where he was Regional Marketing Manager for the network.
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In January 2008, Roy Kapur took over as CEO of UTV Motion Pictures and after the integration of UTV with The Walt Disney Company India in 2012, he became the managing director of Studios.
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In January 2014, Roy Kapur was promoted to managing director of Disney India, Under his leadership from 2014 to 2016, Disney produced India's highest-grossing film of all time, Dangal and India's then highest-grossing English film of all time The Jungle Book, as well as a host of other successful movies like PK, Kick, 2 States, ABCD 2, Haider, Heropanti, Highway, Khoobsurat and Filmistaan.
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Roy Kapur produced the first-ever broadway-scale theatrical in India, the Beauty and the Beast, which released in 2015.
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In 2017, Roy Kapur moved on from Disney to set up his own production house, Roy Kapur Films.
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Siddharth Roy Kapur then married actress Vidya Balan on 14 December 2012.