Siddharth Roy Kapur was born on 2 August 1974 and is an Indian film producer and the founder and managing director 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 an unprecedented six consecutive terms.
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Siddharth Roy Kapur has featured for six 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 along with numerous other awards in the media and entertainment industry.
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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 renowned dance choreographer.
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Siddharth Roy Kapur is the daughter of Sam and Ruby Aaron, who were pioneering teachers of ballroom and Latin American dance forms in India.
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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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Siddharth Roy Kapur led the marketing efforts responsible for taking Hungama TV to a leadership position in the competitive kids broadcasting space.
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Siddharth Roy Kapur then went on to lead the marketing efforts behind multiple pathbreaking films, including the cult BAFTA-nominated blockbuster Rang De Basanti and the sleeper hit Khosla Ka Ghosla, both of which released in 2006 and started a new trend in the way movies were marketed in India.
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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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Siddharth Roy Kapur led the studio to commercial success and critical acclaim, producing and releasing some of the most important and successful films of the decade, such as Taare Zameen Par, Jaane Tu.
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In January 2014, Roy Kapur was promoted to managing director of Disney India, with the responsibility for driving the strategy and growth for the company across broadcasting, movies, consumer products, digital experiences and live entertainment, represented through multiple brands like Disney, UTV, Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, ABC, bindass, Indiagames and Hungama TV.
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Roy Kapur pioneered a new format of entertainment in the country, producing the first-ever Broadway-scale theatrical show to be mounted in India with a completely local cast and crew, Beauty and the Beast, which opened to huge commercial and critical success in Mumbai and Delhi 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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Roy Kapur married actress Vidya Balan on 14 December 2012.