Ronnie Screwvala

Ronnie Screwvala is an Indian film producer, and CEO and Founder Chairman of 'UTV Group' (UTV Software Communications, UTVi and UTV Motion Pictures). The company partnered with Walt Disney, Fox Searchlight, Sony and Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment Production company, expanding the global reach of UTV. In September 2008, he was named amongst, 'Esquire's List of the 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century'.

Career

Ronnie (Rohinton) Screwvala started his career by launching the first organised cable TV venture in Mumbai, in June 1981. The Network provided three-hours service, of video channel showing movies, to homes in Maker Towers in the posh Cuffe Parade, Mumbai, at a monthly rate of Rs 200. Within a few years, the Network had thousands of households in the area subscribing to the...