Siddharth Roy Kapur

Siddharth Roy Kapur is an Indian businessman, film producer and managing director of Disney India. He hails from a film background; his mother was a film choreographer and his brothers being well known film actors. His father was a Punjabi and mother, Salome Roy Kapur Salome Roy Kapur is a famous Indian former actress >> Read More... , was a Jew and former Miss India Miss India was a TV serial that was aired on Doord >> Read More... . He is a two time divorcee and is currently married to actress Vidya Balan Vidya Balan is an award winning Bollywood actress >> Read More... . He finished his Bachelors in Commerce from the Sydenham College in Mumbai and got his MBA from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), where he was a part of the hallowed Placement Committee.

 He joined UTV in 2005 as a senior vice president and headed the Marketing and Communications divisions. He let marketing programs for many cult classics and successful projects such as Rang De Basanti Click to look into! >> Read More... , Khosla Ka Ghosla and ‘ Parineeta Click to look into! >> Read More... ’. In January 2008, Siddharth became the CEO of Motion Pictures for UTV; he was responsible for all aspects of creative, development, production, marketing, distribution and syndication. In this role, he delivered top quality motion pictures such as Jodhaa Akbar Click to look into! >> Read More... , ‘ Fashion Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘ Aamir Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, A Wednesday!, Dev D, ‘ Kaminey Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘ Raajneeti Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘ Udaan Udaan is a Hindi Daily series which aired on 18th >> Read More... ’, Peepli [Live], No One Killed Jessica, Delhi Belly Click to look into! >> Read More... , Rowdy Rathore Click to look into! >> Read More... , Paan Singh Tomar Click to look into! >> Read More... , ‘ Barfi! Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, and many more.

After the integration of UTV into The Walt Disney Company India in 2012, Siddharth took on the role of managing director for the studio business. His first movie as a producer for Disney UTV productions was Barfi!, which was followed up with ‘ Heroine Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, Kai Po Che! Click to look into! >> Read More... , ABCD: Any Body Can Dance, ‘ Ghanchakkar Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, Chennai Express Click to look into! >> Read More... , ' Satyagraha Click to look into! >> Read More... ', The Lunchbox Click to look into! >> Read More... , ‘ Shahid Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘P.K.’, ‘ Kick Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘ Pizza Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, 2 States, ‘ Highway Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘ Filmistaan Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘ Khoobsurat Click to look into! >> Read More... ’. The list of upcoming releases from the studio includes Jagga Jasoos, ‘ Fitoor Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘Shaatir’, ABCD 2 and many more.

From 1st January 2014, Siddharth has become the managing director of The Walt Disney Company India. He is now responsible for all the businesses & operations of the company in India, including Studios, Consumer Products, Media Networks and Interactive.

Kapur Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)