Siddharth Roy Kapur

Star TV

After P&G, he moved to Star TV in the strategic planning division.^[12] Following a brief stint in Hong Kong as part of the News Corp Executive Development Program, he moved back to Mumbai to work on the launch marketing of the first season of the landmark TV show Kaun Banega Crorepati on StarPlus.^[12] In recognition for the groundbreaking marketing efforts behind the success of the show, he was nominated for the Team News Corp Global Excellence Awards.^[12] He then moved to Star TV's Middle East operations, based in Dubai, where he was Regional Marketing Manager for the network. In 2002, Roy Kapur joined the Star headquarters in Hong Kong, as Director (Marketing) and later was promoted to vice-president, leading the Central Marketing & Creative Services team across all Asian markets for the Star TV network.^[12]

UTV Motion Pictures

Roy Kapur joined UTV Motion Pictures in Mumbai in 2005, as Senior Vice-President, Marketing & Communications.^[13] Notable films during his tenure include the BAFTA-nominated blockbuster Rang De Basanti and the sleeper hit Khosla Ka Ghosla, both of which released in 2006.^[13]

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.^[13] Successful films such as Taare Zameen Par, Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, Jodhaa Akbar, Fashion, Aamir, A Wednesday!, Dev.D, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Kaminey, Wake Up Sid, Raajneeti, Udaan, Peepli Live, Welcome to Sajjanpur, No One Killed Jessica, Delhi Belly, Paan Singh Tomar, Shahid, Rowdy Rathore, Barfi!, ABCD: Any Body Can Dance, Kai Po Che!, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, The Lunchbox and Chennai Express were released in that period.^[13]

The Walt Disney Company

In January 2014, Roy Kapur was promoted to managing director of Disney India,^[13] Under his leadership from 2014 to 2016, Disney produced India's highest-grossing film of all time, Dangal (2016)^[14] and India's then highest-grossing English film of all time The Jungle Book (2016), as well as a host of other successful movies like PK, Kick, 2 States, ABCD 2, Haider, Heropanti, Highway, Khoobsurat and Filmistaan.^[15]

Roy Kapur produced the first-ever broadway-scale theatrical in India, the Beauty and the Beast, which released in 2015.^[16]

Roy Kapur Films

In 2017, Roy Kapur moved on from Disney to set up his own production house, Roy Kapur Films (RKF). RKF's first feature film production, The Sky Is Pink, starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas, had its Gala Premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.^[17] In 2020, the Netflix original film Yeh Ballet, produced by RKF, released to great acclaim.^{[18][19][20][21]}

RKF's first streaming series, the crime thriller Aranyak, streamed in 2021 and broke into the Global Top 10 list of non-English Series on Netflix in its first week of launch.^[22][23] 2022's Rocket Boys, a SonyLIV original series about the establishment of India's space and atomic programmes, also attained huge success.^[24] The second season of Rocket Boys was released in 2023.

The Gujarati film Last Film Show (Chhello Show) was selected as India's official submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 2023 Academy Awards,^[25] making it to the official shortlist for the category, becoming the fourth Indian film to reach this stage.^[26][27] It also won the National Award 2023 for Best Gujarati Film.^[28]

RKF's most recent releases, "Tumse Na Ho Payega," ^[29] a comedy-drama film, and the war drama Pippa,^[30][31] are currently available for streaming on Disney+ Hotstar and Amazon Prime Video, respectively and the action-thriller Deva,^[32] that released in theatres on 31 January 2025 and is available on Netflix.

The upcoming series Matka King,^[33][34] and the official series adaptation of William Dalrymple's 2019 best-seller The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company,^[35][36] which is to be directed by Oscar-nominated British director Stephen Frears.^[37]

Films

Web series