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21K Followers, 89 Following, 11 Posts - Ronnie Screwvala (@ronnie.screwvala) on Instagram: "A jack of all trades is oftentimes better than a master of one. Dog lover, author, storyteller & lifetime-entrepreneur @upgrad_edu @swadesfoundation".
- Early Life and Education
- Personal Life
- Early Days
- United Television (UTV) 1990-2012
- 2013 Onwards
- Filmography
Screwvala was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) into a Parsi family. His father was an executive at the British firm J L Morrison and Smith & Nephew. Screwvala schooled and went to college in Mumbai at Cathedral and John Connon School and Sydenham College. Screwvala had a keen interest in theatre while in school and acted in professional plays with Bomba...
Screwvala is married to Zarina Mehta, his second marriage. Zarina has been a co-founder in the media company UTV they founded, and now is the co-Trustee of their Philanthropic foundation; The Swades Foundation. They live in Breach Candy, South Mumbai. His first wife, Manjula Nanavati and Screwvala have one daughter, Trishya Screwvala, who runs her ...
Opportunistic in the early days of his entrepreneurship, Screwvala founded a toothbrush manufacturing company. Screwvala's is also credited with pioneering Cable TV in India (1981) at a time when there was a single terrestrial channel (Doordarshan) and grew that to multiple cities and most of the hotel chains in India. He hosted a quiz show Mashoor...
Screwvala founded UTV and over the period grew it into a media conglomerate spanning a leading movie studio, a Games Studio and creative content company that went public and listed on stock exchanges in 2005 and into which Disneygradually took a substantial stake until he divested the whole company to them in 2012.
The Swades Foundation
Along with his wife Zarina, Ronnie has founded The Swades Foundation, named after the acclaimed film he produced, whose goal is to lift a million people out of poverty. Presently, Swades is active in Raigad district in the state of Maharashtrain two thousand villages and involving half a million people. It is working on Water, Sanitation, Health, Education and the main focus is on Livelihood opportunities.
upGrad
Screwvala co-founded upGrad, which is one of the largest Online Education companies in India - focused on the higher Education and Specialization sector. They focus majorly on Digital Marketing, Data Analytics, Digital Technology Management, Data Driven Management and Product Management.upGrad has tie-ups with several colleges including MICA.
USports
Screwvala co-founded U Sports with a focus on three sports, Kabaddi a popular sport in India and around Asia (his team U Mumba is one of the top teams in the 12 team ProKabaddi League), E Sports and in Footballwhere under the brand U Dreams the focus is to train and manage talent under various years of age for a sustained duration, and then manage their careers for the long term to play professionally in India and globally.
Films
The following is a list of films produced/ co-produced by Screwvala
Feb 5, 2024 · Ronnie Screwvala sold his 23% stake and left the company after two years to launch another film production brand, RSVP Movies.
Jul 30, 2021 · Ronnie Screwvala's RSVP forays into series space with espionage thriller 'Panthers!'. Directed and showrun by Rensil D'Silva, this multi-season series stays raw and rooted to the Indo - Pak...
Feb 13, 2024 · They took to Instagram to share pictures from the wedding. Earlier, a photo of the couple from their mehendi ceremony had emerged on social media. Sonakshi and Zaheer have reportedly dated for seven years.
Feb 25, 2024 · Ronnie Screwvala transformed India's Edtech ecosystem through the founding of UpGrad, offering industry-relevant online courses to bridge the skill gap in the workforce.
Oct 29, 2021 · Ronnie Screwvala’s in-depth understanding of the Indian entrepreneurship space, especially in the post-liberalisation era, spanning over three decades and multiple sectors, makes him an ideal...
