Veteran production executive, Ram Mirchandani has been hired by Sony Pictures Entertainment (India) as its head of creative development. He will be responsible for executing the studio’s recently announced move into local film production.
With production credits including “Rang De Basanti,” “Vicky Donor,” and “Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye,” Mirchandani has won a National Award as a producer. Sony described him as “a trailblazer in high content cinema in India.” He will report to Vivek Krishnani, MD of Sony Pictures Entertainment, India.
Mirchandani was recently COO at Endemol, India and headed its motion pictures division. Before that he led the creative team at Eros International where he was responsible for films like “Rockstar,” “Anjaana Anjaani,” “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara,” and “Desi Boyz.” At an earlier role with Utv Motion Pictures he oversaw titles including “Fashion,” “Aamir” and “Life in a Metro.”
“We are looking at expanding our studio footprint into local-language production in India.
With production credits including “Rang De Basanti,” “Vicky Donor,” and “Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye,” Mirchandani has won a National Award as a producer. Sony described him as “a trailblazer in high content cinema in India.” He will report to Vivek Krishnani, MD of Sony Pictures Entertainment, India.
Mirchandani was recently COO at Endemol, India and headed its motion pictures division. Before that he led the creative team at Eros International where he was responsible for films like “Rockstar,” “Anjaana Anjaani,” “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara,” and “Desi Boyz.” At an earlier role with Utv Motion Pictures he oversaw titles including “Fashion,” “Aamir” and “Life in a Metro.”
“We are looking at expanding our studio footprint into local-language production in India.
- 8/23/2016
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety - Film News
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