Subhash Ghai
Chairman & Managing Director
Born in Nagpur, India, Subhash Ghai a son of a dentist in delhi and a Punjabi family completed his higher secondary in delhi and further did his Commerce Graduation from Rohtak, Haryana. Thereafter he took admission in Film & Television Institute of India, Pune to graduate himself in Cinema.
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Parvez Farooqui
Executive Director
Born in Pune, Parvez A. Farooqui is graduated in Commerce from Mumbai University. He started his career even before completing his studies by joining a textile dyes and chemicals manufacturing firm in 1975. This small scale firm which had only two executives at the start, grew to have 84 employees in 1984 when Parvez quit the firm to join Mukta Arts Limited (then Mukta Arts Private Limited) as Executive Director. During his career span at both the places, he acquired vast experience in various fields like marketing, sales, purchases, accounts, taxation and legal. At Mukta Arts Limited, he is mainly looking after the Distribution and Exhibition business apart from finance, accounts, taxation and legal matters. He was also actively involved in framing the Film Insurance Policy which was later named by United India Insurance Co. Ltd as “Cine Mukta” policy.
Rahul Puri
Executive Director
Rahul Puri spent almost 3 years at UBS Warburg in London in corporate finance, working on international transactions worth up to US$10 billion. After moving to Mumbai in 2002, he joined Ambit Corporate Finance followed by Nimbus Communications. In 2003, he joined Mukta Arts Limited and has been involved in the development of the company and the production and release of numerous films.
Anil Harish
Director
Anil Harish started off with an education from Mumbai’s premier schools and colleges and finally obtained his LLM from the University Of Miami, USA. Today he is one of the leading legal experts on matters relating to taxation, property transactions, and the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act. A member of CII construction and Real Estate Sub-Committee, he is also the former President of the American Alumni association and the former President of Cathedral & John Connon Alumni Association.
Vijay Choraria
Director
Vijay Choraria, a Chartered Accountant and Bachelor in General Law, has been actively involved in the real estate and the financial markets for the last 16 years. He is Promoter/Director of Sharyans Resources Ltd. (Real Estate Development, Project Management, Property & Financial Services), providing solutions to companies with developmentprojects in Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata and is Promoter/Director of Prebon Yamane (India) Limited (Debt, Interest Rate Swaps & Foreign Exchange Broking), a premier broker in India, empanelled with over 150 banks and institutions Additionally, he is Promoter/Director of Oracle Stocks & Shares Ltd. and of V.J.Finsecurities Pvt. Ltd.(Brokers in the Equity & Derivative Markets).Vijay is a Director of Mukta Arts Ltd. (Motion Picture Production, Film Distribution & Studios) and of Siddant Cinevision Ltd. (Software & Post Production for Television). Managing Director - Film City, Government of Maharashtra
Pradeep Guha
Director
Mr Pradeep Guha, the former CEO of Zee Telefilms Limited has recently floated an outdoor entertainment division called Street Culture through The Culture Co., of which, he is the owner and promoter.
Mr. Guha was the President of Bennett Coleman & Company Ltd. (Times of India Group) as well as on its Board of Directors. He was the publisher of Femina (India's leading women's magazine) and Filmfare (India's premier film magazine), and responsible for the two major events associated with them, the Femina Miss India Contest and with the Annual Filmfare Awards. Pradeep Guha is also associated with many bodies in the field of advertising, marketing and publishing. He is the Deputy President of the Indian Newspaper Society (the nodal body for newspapers in India). He is the also Deputy Chairman of the Steering Committee of the National Readership Studies Council, immediate past President of the Advertising Club Bombay and an Executive Committee Member of the Advertising Council of India among his many professional affiliations. Most recently he helmed the conceptualization and execution of Asia's largest biennial advertising congress, AdAsia, held in Jaipur. Additionally, Mr. Guha has a film production house of his own, which has produced the critically acclaimed film Fiza.
