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EXCLUSIVE! Oscar-winning producer Guneet Monga on Yo Yo Honey Singh's documentary: 'Netflix reached out to us, everything Honey Singh did was a controversy' | Not Just Bollywood

In an exclusive interview with Firstpost’s Lachmi Deb Roy for ‘Not Just Bollywood’, Guneet Monga and Achin Jain spoke about their third tryst with the Oscars, how women’s roles in cinema have changed and evolved. With Aamir Khan-Kiran Rao’s ‘Laapataa Ladies’ out of the race, all eyes on Guneet Monga to bring the Academy a third time Guneet Monga loves …

Guneet Monga Kapoor Joins the Fables: A Cinematic Journey to the Himalayas

Academy Award-winning producer and Founder, Sikhya Entertainment, Guneet Monga Kapoor, and Achin Jain have joined as Executive Producers on the Indian film 'The Fable' directed by Raam Reddy. The film, which will make its premiere at the 2024 Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image (MAMI) Film Festival, is a stunning cinematic masterpiece that offers a fresh perspective on one's self, …

Karan Johar, Guneet Monga Kapoor announce investigative fantasy series ‘Gyaarah Gyaarah’

Karan Johar’s Dharmatic Entertainment and Guneet Monga Kapoor’s Sikhya Entertainment have announced the first title under their new content partnership. According to a press note, Gyaarah Gyaarah spans across three decades and timelines – 1990, 2001 and 2016 - and blends ‘mysticism, science, and mystery’ in an investigative drama tale. Talking about the series, Karan Johar, Founder and Managing Director …

Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions enters partnership with Guneet Monga Kapoor’s Sikhya Entertainment

Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions and Guneet Monga Kapoor’s Sikhya Entertainment have announced a strategic content partnership. The alliance builds on their previous collaboration on The Lunchbox, which was produced by Sikhya’s founder Guneet Monga Kapoor and presented by Dharma Productions. “We are extremely excited to collaborate with Sikhya Entertainment,” Karan Johar, founder of Dharma Productions, said in a statement. With …

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Oscar-winning ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ producer Guneet Monga: The future for Indian cinema is audacious, the future is here and the future is truly female

Indian documentary The Elephant Whisperers bagged the Best Documentary Short Award at the 95th Academy Awards. Monga calls this win “an incredibly powerful and historical moment”. I’m so proud of this film, this moment and proud of my amazing team at Sikhya Entertainment, that an independent production house from India has made the history to be the first ever Indian …

Following success of Pagglait, Guneet Monga’s Sikhya Entertainment to team up once again with director Umesh Bist

Guneet Monga and her production house Sikhya Entertainment, have signed Umesh Bist, director of Pagglait, for the second time. Having always supported young directors, Guneet and her production house are known for picking offbeat stories and Pagglait starring Sanya Malhotra was one such success story. Guneet Monga says, “Umesh is a prolific storyteller who has a deep and delicate understanding …

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Netflix on Saturday announced they have roped in Bollywood actor Sanya Malhotra for their next film “Kathal”. Set in a small town, “Kathal” revolves around a local politician whose prized jackfruits go missing and a young police officer named Mahima is adamant to solve this bizarre case to prove herself. The film is backed by Netflix, producer Guneet Monga’s Sikhya …

Soorarai Pottru producer Guneet Monga says Hindi version of Suriya's upcoming film in the pipeline

Soorarai Pottru, produced by Suriya and Guneet Monga, is scheduled for release on 9 April. Oscar-winning film producer Guneet Monga said she plans to make a Hindi version of her upcoming Tamil production Soorarai Pottru. We are working on it, so it is still too early to say whether we will go with the same cast and crew or not.” …

Guneet Monga on Indian cinema going global, 10 years of Sikhya Entertainment, and fall of Phantom Films

Guneet Monga says Netflix is a boon for a boutique production house like hers which takes pride in the competitive budgets of their films like The Lunchbox. What Will People Say, starring Adil Hussain, was recently announced as Norway’s official entry for the Best Foreign Film at the 91st Academy Awards. What is interesting is that one of the co-producers …