Happy Birthday Siddharth Roy Kapur: Bollywood’s famous film producer Siddharth Roy Kapur is not interested in any identity. Siddharth Roy Kapur, husband of film actress Vidya Balan, is also a successful businessman. Today is his birthday. Born on 2 August 1974 in Mumbai, Siddharth belongs to a film family. His mother Shalomi Roy Kapur is a former Miss India. He has two brothers- Kunal Roy Kapur, Aditya Roy Kapur. Both are active in Bollywood as film actors.
He is the founder of Roy Kapur Films. Along with this, he has also produced many successful films like ‘Pihu’, ‘Dangal’, ‘Satyagraha’, ‘Chennai Express’, ‘Heroine’, ‘Barfi’ etc. Siddharth started his career as an intern but today he is the owner of billions.
Started career as intern
Siddharth Roy Kapur’s first job was with UTV. This is from the year 1994. At that time this company was in the hands of Ronnie Screwvala. Siddharth applied here as an intern. He started getting Rs 2000 per month. With Ronnie Screwvala, he worked in the strategy related to moving the company forward. After that he did MBA. After MBA, Siddharth joined Procter & Gamble and then started working in Star TV’s Hong Kong office. Here he became one of the youngest Vice Presidents of Star’s team.
An example set in the world of film marketing
After this, Ronnie Screwvala himself called him to join UTV again. Siddharth came back and worked in the marketing of films like ‘Rang De Basanti’ and ‘Khosla Ka Nesta’. Siddharth’s contribution is also said to be important in the success of Hungama TV. He gave a tough competition to Disney Channel through this. Meanwhile, Siddharth joined UTV Motion Pictures in marketing as well as distribution and revenue generation. In 2008, he became the CEO of the company. The profit that UTV Motion Pictures gained from his arrival has now become an example.
Siddharth did three marriages
Please tell that Vidya Balan is the third wife of Siddharth Roy Kapur. Siddharth married his childhood friend Aarti Bajaj for the first time. However, this marriage did not last long and both of them divorced each other. After Aarti Bajaj, Siddharth married TV producer Kavita. Their marriage also did not work out and in the year 2011, Kavita and Siddharth got divorced and separated. After this Siddharth’s heart fell on Vidya. Siddharth had to work very hard to convince Vidya to get married.
How did Vidya and Siddharth meet?
Vidya Balan and Siddharth Roy Kapur first met at the backstage of the Filmfare Awards. After this, Karan Johar also got both of them to meet. Karan Johar is a common friend of both. Both Siddharth and Vidya were famous in the film industry, so it was not possible to meet much outside. This was the reason that both of them met less, but talked more. In this way, the closeness of both gradually increased. Vidya took 7 rounds with Siddharth on December 14, 2012. Both were married in a bungalow named Green Gift located in Bandra area of Mumbai. They were married in a private ceremony, in which only both the family members and some close friends attended.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : August 02, 2022, 06:00 IST
