Have you always wondered how a film makes money? Are you the one in your friends group who is always talking about box office numbers? You’re curious to know what goes on, in and around a producer’s mind, surrounding the release of a film? Author & an expert on the world of entertainment business, Vanita Kohli-Khandekar will chat with producers, studio heads, trade analysts, directors - deep diving into who spends the money, who makes the money, film budgets, profits and the works

In our second episode, we sit with Siddharth Roy Kapur (Founder and M.D - Roy Kapur Films.) We delve into his journey from being one of the top management members at UTV Motion Pictures with Ronnie Screwvala, to moving on to being MD at Disney India and finally starting his very own production house. He talks about the business of Bollywood, why he thinks we’re prospering as an industry, and the scope of making this larger. He discusses what went through in producing films like the Aamir Khan blockbuster ‘Dangal,’ the much loved Rang De Basanti, and the Ranbir Kapoor-Katrina Kaif starrer ‘Jagga Jasoos.’

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00:00 - Beyond The Box Office with Siddharth Roy Kapur
01:51 - Growing on, and with the system of film industries
04:23 - “Modes of distribution impact content”
06:10 - No premium television concept in India
08:05 - Learning on the job in UTV, Disney, and then getting the same to Roy Kapur Films
11:33 - Investing in projects such as Rang De Basanti and Barfi
14:15 - The Jagga Jasoos story
14:57 - Getting protected by the Friday
16:05 - How much has the business changed since 2017?
17:58 - Where is RKF right now?
21:05 - How happy is Siddharth with how RKF is placed right now?
21:55 - How does Siddharth measure success?
24:23 - Having Dangal and Mohenjo Daro in the same year
27:01 - How dependant is a producer on the non-theatrical business of a film?
29:36 - The film industry’s per capita income, and screen count just being NOT it
32:09 - The Indian Film Industry getting its due respect
34:35 - Creating content that appeals to an international audience
38:05 - The changes streaming has forced on Cinema
39:41 - Measuring success on streaming vs on the big screen
43:20 - RKF’s future lineup
45:35 - How does RKF green-light a project?

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