Meet Ronnie Screwvala B’town’s wealthiest filmmaker-recent film ‘Sam Bahadur’
Meet Ronnie Screwvala B’town’s wealthiest filmmaker-recent film ‘Sam Bahadur’
It’s a well-known fact that Bollywood stars own tons of money- the names that figure are Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn and Akshay Kumar etc.
who all charge over Rs.100 crores.
But, the producer of the film ‘Sam Bahadur’ is much richer than them and he is none other than Ronnie Screwvala.
Ronnie has produced dozens of films including Vicky Kaushal’s recent film ‘Sam Bahadur’. I
In his early days, he also used to make toothbrushes and one of his decisions made him the richest person in Bollywood, whose net worth today is said to be Rs 12800 crore. He has
explored all the business possibilities inherent in the Indian film industry.
Ronnie Screwvala embarked on his professional career as an entrepreneur. He initially established a toothbrush manufacturing company and in 1981, stepped into the entertainment world.
When there was only Doordarshan in the name of entertainment in India, Ronnie Screwvala started cable TV, which transformed the cinema world forever.
Ronnie Screwvala founded UTV Software Communication in 1990, which later emerged as a big company, which also includes film studios and game studios. Disney had a major stake in UTV, which it sold for $1.4 billion in 2012.
Ronnie then floated a company called RSVP, which produces its own scripts, and screenplays, and produces films and shows in partnership with directors.
Besides this, he, along with his wife Zarina, is helping the people living in the villages of India to get out of poverty through their organisation
‘The Swadesh Foundation’.
Notably, Ronnie Screwvala has made a place in the list of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential personalities in the year 2009. and according to media reports,
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