Guneet Monga
| Guneet Monga | |
|---|---|
| Born |
21 November 1983 New Delhi |
| Residence | Mumbai |
| Occupation | film producer, line producer, former CEO Anurag Kashyap Films |
Guneet Monga (born 1983) is an Indian film producer, BAFTA nominee and line producer and the co-founder of Sikhya Entertainment, a film production company, and also CEO at Anurag Kashyap Films Pvt. Ltd. (AKFPL), which she joined in 2009, producing notable films like Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 (2012), Peddlers (2012) and The Lunchbox (Dabba) (2013).
Monga grew up in Delhi.She received her primary education at Bluebells School International, and received a degree in mass communications from Madhubala Institute of mass communication and electronic Media affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi in 2004.
In 2003, Monga intern with a production coordinator in 2003 in Delhi, and after receiving her mass communications she started career as production coordinator for international productions, most notably Vic Sarin's Partition. She shifted to Mumbai in 2006, when she started working in cricket film, Say Salaam India (2007). This 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 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$150,000) for Peddlers (2012) made of a budget of Rs 2 cr., by posting the film's script on Facebook.
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