Name | Siddharth Roy Kapur |
Biography | Siddharth Roy Kapur has been with UTV since 2005, after an MBA from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute and successful stints at The Procter & Gamble Company and Star TV across India, Dubai and Hong Kong in a variety of leadership roles. In his first role with UTV as Senior Vice President, he headed the Marketing & Communications division across Motion Pictures, Broadcasting, Television, Animation and Corporate. In this role, he led the marketing efforts responsible for taking the homegrown Hungama TV to a leadership position in the competitive kids broadcasting space, which had been earlier dominated by multinational channels like Cartoon Network, POGO, Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.Siddharth led the marketing efforts behind the cult classic Rang De Basanti, and the cult sleeper hit Khosla Ka Ghosla, both of which started new trends in the way movies are marketed in India. He also led the marketing efforts on many successful projects such as Parineeta, Taxi 9211 and Bluffmaster. In his next role, he assumed responsibility for the Revenues function at UTV Motion Pictures, and was responsible for Distribution & Syndication worldwide, in addition to his Marketing responsibilities.In January 2008, Siddharth took charge as CEO of Motion Pictures for UTV, responsible for all aspects of Creative, Development, Production, Marketing, Distribution and Syndication. In this role, he has led the studio to great heights, with an unparalleled slate of movies such as Jodhaa Akbar, Fashion, Aamir, A Wednesday!, Dev D, Kaminey, Raajneeti, Udaan, Peepli [Live], No One Killed Jessica, Delhi Belly, Rowdy Rathore, Paan Singh Tomar, Barfi!, ABCD, Kai Po Che and many more. In the time Siddharth has led the Motion Pictures division at UTV, the studio has emerged as one of the top production and distribution houses in the country both in terms of revenue and quality of content, with 4 UTV productions in the last 6 years selected as India's nominee to the Academy Awards, numerous awards and accolades including Filmfare Best Film awards and National Awards, and an annual slate of movies that has grown from 4 productions a year to 16 productions a year (12 Hindi and 6 South productions).After the integration of UTV into The Walt Disney Company India, Siddharth has taken on the role of Managing Director for the Studios business of the combined entity, and earned the title of Producer on all forthcoming Disney UTV productions, starting with Barfi!, and going forward on all upcoming productions from the studio including the forthcoming Ghanchakkar, Satyagraha and Chennai Express. |
Movies of Siddharth Roy Kapur
![]() Peter Gaya Kaam Se as co-producer |
![]() Satyagraha as producer |
![]() Chennai Express as producer |
![]() Ghanchakkar as producer |
![]() Kai po che! as producer |
![]() ABCD (Any Body Can Dance) as producer |
![]() Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana as producer |
![]() Heroine as producer |
![]() Barfi! as producer |
![]() Rowdy Rathore as co-producer |
![]() Arjun: The Warrior Prince as producer |
![]() Paan Singh Tomar as co-producer |
![]() Chillar Party as co-producer |
![]() Thank You as co-producer |
![]() No One Killed Jessica as co-producer |
![]() Phillum City as co-producer |
![]() Peepli (Live) as co-producer |
![]() Raajneeti as co-producer |
![]() Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! as co-producer |
![]() Fashion as co-producer |
![]() Welcome to Sajjanpur as co-producer |
![]() A Wednesday as co-producer |
![]() Aamir as co-producer |
![]() Jodhaa Akbar as co-producer |
![]() Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal as associate producer |
![]() Kaminey as co-producer |
![]() 7 Khoon Maaf as co-producer |
![]() Chance Pe Dance as co-producer |
![]() Guzaarish as executive producer |
![]() Udaan as co-producer |