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The Most Famous

PRODUCERS from India

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This page contains a list of the greatest Indian Producers. The pantheon dataset contains 89 Producers, 5 of which were born in India. This makes India the birth place of the 3rd most number of Producers behind United States and United Kingdom.

Top 5

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Indian Producers of all time. This list of famous Indian Producers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Gauri Khan (1970 - )

With an HPI of 40.56, Gauri Khan is the most famous Indian Producer.  Her biography has been translated into 27 different languages on wikipedia.

Gauri Khan (née Chhibber; born 8 October 1970) is an Indian film producer and fashion designer who works in Hindi films and the designing industry. She has produced films including Main Hoon Na, Om Shanti Om, RaOne, and Chennai Express under the production company Red Chillies Entertainment that she co-founded in 2002 with her husband, actor Shah Rukh Khan. Khan is also an interior designer who has designed spaces for high-profile individuals such as Mukesh Ambani, Roberto Cavalli and Ralph Lauren, among other celebrities. In 2018, Gauri was named one of Fortune magazine's "50 Most Powerful Women".

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2. Gulshan Kumar (1956 - 1997)

With an HPI of 35.94, Gulshan Kumar is the 2nd most famous Indian Producer.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Gulshan Kumar Dua (5 May 1951 – 12 August 1997), was an Indian film and music producer and businessman who was the founder of the Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series) music label in the Bollywood industry. After founding T-Series in 1983, Dua established it as a leading record label in the 1990s. After his death, T-Series has since been run by his younger brother Krishan Kumar and son Bhushan Kumar. His daughters Tulsi Kumar and Khushali Kumar are also playback singers.

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3. Yash Johar (1929 - 2004)

With an HPI of 35.55, Yash Johar is the 3rd most famous Indian Producer.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Yash Johar (6 September 1929 – 26 June 2004) was an Indian film producer and the founder of Dharma Productions. His films featured lavish sets, were often set in "exotic" locations, and incorporated Indian traditions and family values. He was the father of Karan Johar, now a noted filmmaker himself.

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4. Ekta Kapoor (1975 - )

With an HPI of 29.54, Ekta Kapoor is the 4th most famous Indian Producer.  Her biography has been translated into 28 different languages.

Ekta Kapoor (born 7 June 1975) is an Indian television producer, film producer and director who works in Hindi cinema and soap opera. She is the joint managing director and creative head of Balaji Telefilms Limited, which was founded in 1994. In 2001, Balaji Motion Pictures was launched as a subsidiary company of Balaji Telefilms Limited which is a film production and distribution company. She launched ALT Balaji in April 2017. In 2017, Kapoor also launched her biography, Kingdom of the Soap Queen: The Story of Balaji Telefilms.Kapoor was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2020 for her work in the field of arts.She is also honoured with the 2023 International Emmy Directorate Award at the 51st International Emmy Awards.

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5. J. P. Dutta (1949 - )

With an HPI of 28.57, J. P. Dutta is the 5th most famous Indian Producer.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Jyoti Prakash Dutta (born 3 October 1949) is an Indian Bollywood film producer, writer and director, best known for making patriotic action war films.

Pantheon has 5 people classified as producers born between 1929 and 1975. Of these 5, 3 (60.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living producers include Gauri Khan, Ekta Kapoor, and J. P. Dutta. The most famous deceased producers include Gulshan Kumar and Yash Johar. As of April 2022, 2 new producers have been added to Pantheon including Gulshan Kumar and J. P. Dutta.

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