Ronnie Lahiri

Ronnie Lahiri
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	St. Edmund's College, Shillong
Occupation	Film producer
Years active	1999-present

Ronnie Lahiri is an Indian film producer from Shillong, Meghalaya, India.

Lahiri graduated with an MBA in business management from St. Edmund's College, Shillong.

Lahiri met ace director Shoojit Sircar in 1999 and they formed Red Ice Films in Delhi to make small ad films. The duo shifted to Mumbai where they continued to make small ad films and naturally progressed to making full-length feature films by forming Rising Sun Films in 2007. Lahiri is one-half of "Bollywood's most successful content-driven producer-director duo Ronnie Lahiri and Shoojit Sircar" which stands together through thick and thin. Their film Shoebite with Amitabh Bachchan is stuck in litigation for six years between Hollywood studios Walt Disney (India) and Twentieth Century Fox over ownership.

He discovered Andrea Tarlang who acted in Pink.

Films released under the Rising Sun banner are Vicky Donor, Piku, Madras Cafe, Pink in Hindi and Aparajita Tumi and Open Tee Bioscope in Bengalee. Films under production include Running Shaadi, Banana. Earlier films released under the Red Ice banner (co-produced) are MP3 – Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar, Yahaan, Samay: When Time Strikes.

His film Vicky Donor won three National Film awards including for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the 60th National Film Awards.

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