Mr. Jeetendra Kapoor, Promoter and Non-Executive Chairman
Mr. Jeetendra Kapoor is a celebrated movie star, starring in more than 200 movies in his career of 50 years. He is particularly popular as a romantic lead and for his flair for dance. He is also a reputed TV and film producer. He has won a number of prestigious awards, including the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, Screen Lifetime Achievement Award, Guild Award for Lifetime Achievement and several other lifetime achievement awards, as well as the Legend of Indian Cinema Award in 2004, the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award in 2014 and the Raj Kapoor Lifetime Contribution Award by Government of Maharashtra in 2016 among many other achievements and awards. He also frequently attends industry events as guest of honor.
Mrs. Shobha Kapoor, Promoter and Managing Director
Mrs. Shobha Kapoor has been in charge of Company’s operational management and efficiency and in controlling ‘on set’ activity. She has won a number of prestigious awards including CEO of the Year (Indian Telly Awards), Businesswoman of the Year (The Economic Times) and numerous Best Producer awards for various TV shows produced by our Company.
Ms. Ektaa R. Kapoor, Promoter and Joint Managing Director
Ms. Ektaa R. Kapoor undertakes the day-to-day creative direction of TV shows and movies produced by our Company. She has won a number of prestigious awards including the Economic Times (Businesswoman of the Year 2002), Ernst & Young (Entrepreneur of the Year 2001) and the American Biographical Institute (Woman of the Year 2001). She was also placed at the first position among the ‘50 Most Influential Women’ in the Indian marketing, advertising and media ecosystems by IMPACT magazine in 2016. She also featured in Top 50 powerful women in India by Fortune India in the year 2014 and 2015. Ms. Ektaa R. Kapoor has also won numerous prestigious awards in the year 2017 as Business Today’s Most Powerful Women in Indian Business Awards, Khaas Rishta Award 2017, 25 Most Powerful Women in India Business, ITA Awards as Sterling Icon of Entertainment, Variety’s (500 Most Influential people in the world), was awarded with IWM (IndianWikiMedia) Digital Awards as Web Person of the year and also honored with FLO Icon Award at the 34th Annual session of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) Ladies Organization. Recently she was also awarded as the Content Creator at Economic Times Business icon awards of the year, Content Powerhouse at ET Edge Maharashtrian Awards, ‘Icon of Excellence’ at Forbes Tycoons of Tomorrow Awards, Outlook Speakout Awards for her outstanding achievements in the television and film industries and Most Powerful Business Women by Fortune 50-Most Powerful Women in Business Awards. In the year 2020, she has also won Padma Shri Award. In the year 2021, she won Hall of Fame Award at Indian Television Awards and Industry Leadership Award for ALTT Digital at Midday Hitlist OTT Awards. In May 2023, she was the only Indian to feature in the Hollywood Reporters “The 40 Most Influential Women In International Film List”
Mr. Arun Kumar Purwar, Independent Director
Mr. A.K. Purwar is the Chairman of IIFL Finance Ltd, Jindal Panther Cement Ltd, Alkem Medtech Ltd, Jindal GCC Ltd as well as ERoute Technologies Ltd. He works as Independent Director in companies in diverse sectors such as Finance, Pharma, Medical Equipment, cement, Entertainment, Engineering consultancy, Merchant Banking etc. He also acts as an advisor to Mizuho Securities, Japan. He was Chairman of the State Bank of India (“SBI”) from 2002 to 2006 and Chairman of the Indian Bank Association during 2005 to 2006. He has previously held positions such as Managing Director of State Bank of Patiala and has been associated in the setting up of SBI Life. Post his retirement from SBI, he was associated with a leading industry house in setting up the first healthcare focused private equity fund as well as a non-banking finance company focused on funding real estate projects as well as educational institutions. He has won a number of awards including the CEO of the year award from the Institute of Technology and Management (2004), “Outstanding Achiever of the Year” award from the Indian Banks’ Association (2004) and “Finance Man of the Year” Award by the Bombay Management Association in 2006
Dr. Archana Hingorani, Independent Director
Dr. Archana Hingorani serves as a Director on the Boards of 5Paisa Capital Limited, SIDBI Venture Capital Limited, Grindwell Norton Limited, Mafatlal Industries Ltd, EMA Partners India and SBI Mutual Fund Trustee Company Private Limited. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts from the University of Mumbai, a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, USA and a Doctorate Degree in Philosophy from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, USA. She has more than 30 years of experience in financial services and alternative asset management. She is currently a Managing Partner at Siana Capital, an investment firm focused on technology and innovation and a Visiting Distinguished Professor for Private Equity at the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, USA. She has been the recipient of various awards such as ‘Ten most influential women in private real estate investing’ by PERE in 2010, ‘Most Powerful Women’ in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 by Fortune India, ‘Most Powerful Women’ in 2011, 2012 and 2013 by Business Today, ‘25 Most Influential Women in Asia Asset Management’ by Asian Investor in May, 2014, and ‘Distinguished International Alumnus’ in the year 2016 by the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, USA. In sum, she has over 38 years’ experience in the financial services business, teaching and research.
Mr. Ashutosh Khanna, Independent Director
Mr. Ashutosh Khanna is Partner in Heidrick & Struggles’ and leads the Consumer Markets Practice in South Asia. He has more than 17 years of executive search experience. Mr. Khanna works closely with C-suite clients to find talent solutions that address increasingly complex business challenges.
Starting with FMCG and then marketing services, Mr. Khanna’s involvement has largely been within the consumer sector. His body of work includes board advisory and executive search for CEO and functional leaders. He leverages the deep relationships he formed within the Consumer and Consumer- Tech sectors to advise clients on senior-level searches in the consumer goods, retail, marketing services, travel and hospitality sectors as well as digital native companies.
In addition to executive search and advisory work, he finds satisfaction in building employer branding for start-ups with local and regional business locations.
Prior to Heidrick & Struggles, Mr. Khanna was associated with another global executive search firm for 15 years. Before that, he was COO, India at Grey Worldwide, and with Bayer, Lowe Lintas, and WPP in several P&L roles
Mr. Rohit Jain, Independent Director
Mr. Rohit Jain is a Senior Partner at Economic Laws Practice (ELP) and co-heads the tax, supply chain and regulatory practices at ELP, a Tier 1 law firm in India. Mr. Jain actively assists multinational companies in formulating their India entry strategies and makes regular representations to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Commerce in relation to various policy matters on behalf of numerous industry associations. Mr. Jain has deep expertise in tax advisory and litigation and regularly advises Fortune 500 companies and large domestic manufacturing and services companies on the full spectrum of tax related issues.
Mr. Rohit Jain is also highly respected for his expertise in trade regulations and is especially recognized for his knowledge in foreign trade policy (FTP), supply chain optimization, export controls and customs issues.
He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and LLB by qualification.
Mr. Avijit Mukerji, Independent Director
Mr. Mukerji is an experienced finance professional. He is a Chartered Accountant and was a formerly a partner with PwC India and served the firm for a period of 33 years. Prior to the commencement of his professional career, he had a brilliant academic record securing ranks both in the Intermediate (AIR 12) and Final (AIR 21) examinations of the Institute of the Chartered Accountants of India. He is presently the Managing Partner of TatvaSutra, a boutique investment and equity research firm, which he founded after serving out a non-compete agreement with PwC India.
Ms. Priyanka Chaudhary, Non-Executive Director
Ms. Priyanka Chaudhary is a Senior Vice President at Reliance Industries. Currently, she is the Chief Operations Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Jio Studios, which is the media business of Reliance Industries Limited. Her role encompasses working closely with the leadership team to build the media and entertainment business through organic growth and inorganic partnerships as well as synergizing with investee companies to consolidate Reliance’s position in the fragmented USD 25 Billion media and entertainment industry in India. Priyanka also occupies a seat on the Board of Viacom18 Media Private Limited. Prior to this, Ms. Chaudhary worked at Grant Thornton where she worked in leadership positions in finance and accounting with a specific focus on TMT. She holds graduate degrees in International Finance and Accounting from National American University, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the ACCA, UK.
Ms. Jyoti Deshpande, Non-Executive Director
Jyoti Deshpande is an industry veteran with over three decades of experience in the media and entertainment business. Jyoti joined Reliance Industries in 2018 as President – Media Business to architect and execute RIL’s organic and inorganic media strategy across content and distribution value chain. Jio Studios which she incubated ground up, has become a leading Indian content studio in just six years, with over 150 films and web series in multiple Indian languages, signifying the consolidation and ‘Jiofication’ of the fragmented content industry.
A leading content producer, Jyoti led Jio Studios’ unveiling of an unprecedented 100 plus stories across films and web shows in 2023. Notable productions include Stree, Baipan Bhari Deva, Teri Baaton Mein Uljha Jiya, Inspector Avinash, Doctors & several others; and a blockbuster 2024 with the record-breaking horror-comedy Stree2, hit cop franchise Singham Again, audience favourite Laapataa Ladies (India’s official entry to the Oscars), political drama Article 370 and supernational thriller Shaitaan. 2025 has commenced with the successful Sky Force, along with equally successful films streaming on OTT including Mrs, Dhoom Dham, Hisaab Barabar and The Storyteller. She continues to shape the landscape with highly anticipated releases like Son of Sardar 2, Dhurandhar, Aaipan Bhari Deva, Raja Shivaji, Khashaba, to name a few.
Jyoti additionally held the position of CEO - Viacom18 for two years, making her the first and only woman CEO of a ‘Big 4’ media company. An industry captain, she has served as Chairman, Media & Entertainment Committee, FICCI and worked alongside government and industry colleagues to champion relevant initiatives. She also serves on the boards of Network18, Balaji Telefilms and Jio Saavn. She is a member of the prestigious BAFTA as well as IEMMY.