15-621: Sikhya Entertainment is a film production and distribution company that was established by Guneet Monga and Achin Jain in 2008. They have released the films Dasvidaniya (2008), That Girl in Yellow Boots (2011), The Lunchbox (2013) and Masaan . They have collaborated with some of the filmmakers from different parts of the world including Oscar-winning Bosnian director Danis Tanovic (Tigers), French director Nicolas Saada (Taj Mahal) and British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom (Trishna), to name
30-456: A budget of Rs 2 cr., by posting the film's script on Facebook. Peddlers was selected at the Critics' Week , won rave reviews and opened new markets for Indian Cinema. She produced Monsoon Shootout as a co-production between India, Netherland and UK and The Lunchbox , a project shown at Film Bazaar (2011),; Cinemart (2012), Berlinale Co-Production Market (2012) and TorinoFilmLab (2012) as
45-565: A co-production between India, France, Germany & USA. In May 2013, when The Lunchbox (Dabba) and Monsoon Shootout both were selected for the Critics' Week and a midnight screening at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival , respectively, The Hollywood Reporter called her "most prolific producers of a new wave of cinema" while The Hollywood Reporter' s "2012 Women in Entertainment special", placed her amongst "12 international players to watch"; India Today has credited her for giving
60-460: A degree in mass communications from Madhubala Institute of Mass Communication and Electronic Media affiliated with Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University , Delhi in 2004. In 2003, Monga interned with a production coordinator in Delhi, and after receiving her mass communications she started career as production coordinator for international productions, most notably Vic Sarin 's Partition . Monga
75-427: A facelift to independent cinema, and bridging "the gap between Indian films and foreign buyers and distributors.". Say Salaam India Say Salaam India is a 2007 Indian Hindi language sports drama film, written and directed by Subhash Kapoor , and starring Sanjay Suri , Milind Soman , Anuj Pandit Sharma , and Sandhya Mridul . The film revolves around a group of four boys and their passion for
90-639: A few. In 2016, Sikhya Entertainment ventured into its first English Language film, The Ashram, starring Academy Award-winning actress Melissa Leo and Kal Penn, Norwegian-German film, What Will People Say, directed by Iram Haq which premiered at Toronto Film Festival 2017 amongst others. The range of Production Services offered by Sikhya includes- Research, Creative collaborations with local Writers, Location Scouting, Budgeting, Casting, Permits, Travel & Accommodation, Hiring of Crew, extensive Post Production services and transparent accounting practices including Third party audit system. In 2020, they released one of
105-559: A kind short-film anthology, Zindagi In Short , in collaboration with India's leading e-commerce giant Flipkart. The anthology opened to a thunderous response from both critics and audiences. In addition, Sikhya has successfully ventured into the Southern Film Industry with the blockbuster film on the life of Captain Gopinath, founder of Air Deccan, Soorarai Pottru. This article about a film production company or film distributor
120-532: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Guneet Monga Guneet Monga Kapoor (born 21 November 1983) is an Indian film producer. She is the producer of the 2023 Academy Award - winning documentary short film The Elephant Whisperers . Monga is the founder of Sikhya Entertainment a boutique film production house that produced notable films like Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 , Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 , Peddlers , The Lunchbox , Masaan , Zubaan and Pagglait . In 2018, Monga
135-534: The Student Academy Award - Narrative in 2009. Meanwhile, in 2008 she started her own production company, Sikhya Entertainment and also a line production company. With Anurag Kashyap , she went on to work on film like Gangs of Wasseypur , Part I & II (2012) and That Girl in Yellow Boots (2011), besides, Trishna (2011), Shaitan (2011), Michael (2011), and Aiyya . She also raised nearly ₹ 10 million (US$ 120,000) for Peddlers (2012) made of
150-641: The Netflix documentary short, The Elephant Whisperers . In 2021, Guneet Monga was conferred with the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government. In December 2022, she tied the knot with Delhi based fashion entrepreneur Sunny Kapoor in an Anand Karaj ceremony held in Mumbai. Guneet Monga was born in Delhi and received her primary education at Bluebells School International and received
165-413: The sport. The film begins by introducing four boys, Viru, Mahi, Shakeel and Guri, and how they fight their circumstances and lack of resources to pursue their love of cricket. Meanwhile, in the elite Royal Heritage School in the state capital, a cricket coach Hari Sadu has the task of coaching the school team to win their sixth state championship, but faces opposition to his coaching methods by players on
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#1732894922474180-472: The team, who are talented but unwilling to work hard to improve. This leads to tension between the coach and players, which leads to Hari Sadu being wrongfully accused and fired by the board of members, replaced by Harry Oberoi, a suave fixer from the cricket world who suits the image and profile of the school. Hari Sadu is determined to make a local team to compete at the Inter-School Challenge, with
195-529: Was amongst the first producers from India to be inducted in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She served as an executive producer on Period. End of Sentence. which won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film . Monga was voted as one of the top 12 women achievers in the global entertainment industry by The Hollywood Reporter and among the top 50 Indians changing India by India Today . In 2023, Guneet won her second Academy Award for
210-427: Was fascinated about film after watching her mother's friend, Anureeta Saigal, work on production for international films. She interned with Saigal and decided that this was what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. She convinced a neighbor to lend her INR 75 lacs (about US$ 188,000 in 2007) to make movies. [1] She shifted to Mumbai in 2006, when she started working in cricket film, Say Salaam India (2007). This
225-594: Was followed by Rang Rasiya (2008) and Dasvidaniya (2008) and later in 2009, during the making of Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), produced by Balaji Telefilms , she met director-producer, Anurag Kashyap , and subsequently in late 2009 she joined Anurag Kashyap Films . Monga's first major international film was the 2010 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film -nominated short, Kavi (2009), about bonded labour in India, directed by Gregg Helvey, and which won
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