About

An eminent film producer, President of the Film and Television Producers Guild of India and an erstwhile Managing Director of the Walt Disney Company India, Siddharth, needs no introduction in the Bollywood fraternity. Siddharth began his career with the Procter & Gamble Company in Mumbai in brand management. From P&G, Siddharth moved to STAR TV in the strategic planning division. In 2008, Siddharth took over as CEO of UTV Motion Pictures. It has been under Siddharth’s leadership that Disney emerged as one of India's leading media and entertainment companies where he led the studio to incredible commercial success and critical acclaim across a six-year period, producing and releasing some of the most important and successful films of the decade such as, “Taare Zameen Par”, “Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na”,”Jodhaa Akbar”, “Fashion”, “Dev D”, and “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani”. His films have won numerous awards including the prestigious National Awards and Filmfare Awards. Siddharth has produced and released India's highest and second highest-grossing movie of all time, “Dangal” and “PK”. He moved on from Disney in January 2017 to set up his own production house “Roy Kapur Films”. His production house produces movies and digital video content across all scales and genres. Siddharth has been featured in “The Economic Times: Top 40 Indian Business Leaders Under 40" and "the Hollywood Reporter: Next Generation Asia Inaugural Class of Young Leaders” and so on.