Manish Mundra
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Manish Mundra | |
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| Born | 22 April 1973 Deoghar, Jharkhand, India |
| Occupations | Businessman, Film producer |
Manish Mundra (born 22 April 1973) is an Indian film producer who has produced numerous Bollywood films like Ankhon Dekhi, Masaan, Kadvi Hawa and many more to his credit.[1][2][3]
Manish Mundra was born in Deoghar, Jharkhand in a Marwari family from Jodhpur, Rajasthan. As a child, he sold cold drinks and saris to help his family. He later moved to Jodhpur to do his Master of Business Administration.[4]
From 2000 to 2002, he first moved to Bombay for a job. After some time, he moved to Indonesia, Thailand and then Nigeria where he joined Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals as the CEO (Africa) and MD.[5]
After few years he moved to India to become a film producer, In 2014 he started Drishyam Films, Production House.[5] Since then, he has produced movies like Masaan (2015), Waiting (2016), Umrika (2016), Dhanak (2016), Newton (2017), Rukh (2017) Kadvi Hawa (2017) .
In 2017 Dhanak won the National Award for Best Children's Film,[6] Newton was chosen for India's entry into the Oscars[7] and Kadvi Hawa received a Special Mention at the National Film Awards this year.
Philanthropy
He is a philanthropist and in 2014, he donated Rs 50 lakhs to bail out the Mumbai Film Festival.[5]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, he helped hospitals in India with PPE kits, ventilators and oxygen concentrators.[4][8][3][9][10][5][11] He also helped migrant workers leaving the cities to return to their native places with rations and financial help.[4]
He has also donated bicycles to the Mumbai dabbawalas to help them distribute food.[4]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Producer | director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Ankhon Dekhi | Yes | No |
| 2015 | Masaan | Yes | No |
| 2015 | X: Past Is Present | Yes | No |
| 2016 | Waiting | Yes | No |
| 2016 | Dhanak | Yes | No |
| 2016 | Umrika | Yes | No |
| 2017 | Newton | Yes | No |
| 2017 | Rukh | Yes | No |
| 2017 | Kadvi Hawa | Yes | No |
| 2019 | Aadhaar | Yes | No |
| 2020 | Kaamyaab | Yes | No |
| 2022 | Love Hostel | Yes | No |
| 2022 | Siya | Yes | Yes |
