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As one of the founding partners of Emmay Entertainment, Monisha Advani’s key responsibility is to lead the company’s overall business strategy and growth. She also mentors the succession planning at Emmay, handpicking future leaders and their career development.
Since 2011, Emmay has become one of India’s top five production houses, producing 35 titles including D-Day, Airlift, Batla House, Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway, Kaalidhar Laapata, Rocket Boys, Mumbai Diaries, Freedom at Midnight, and the recently released series, The Revolutionaries. She also produced the critically acclaimed National Award-winning documentary Bhangaar, reflecting her commitment to championing powerful, socially relevant stories.
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Prior to Emmay Entertainment, Advani began her career in HR, co-founding EmmayHR in 1996, which was acquired by Randstad Holdings NV, marking its first Asian acquisition. She later served as Managing Director of Randstad India (2005–2009).
She mentors entrepreneurs and has invested in companies including India Food Network, BOOMLive, Decision Fuel and Jombay. She has also been part of MyFirstCheque, a consortium of like-minded early stage investors that backed companies like OfferGrid and PoshVine.
Advani is a regular speaker at leading international platforms such as the graduating MBA class of Darden Business School, ISB, IITB among others. Most recently, she spoke at the Indian Global Forum’s NXT25 Summit in Mumbai and at the Arab Media Summit in Dubai, spotlighting India’s creative economy on the global stage. She addresses on business, consumerism, management and India’s creative economy globally. Her recognitions include Outlook Business Woman of the Year (2018), Inspiring Woman Entrepreneur (2019), and Jombay’s 1000 Women Leaders THE LIST (2023–2025).
A native of Mumbai, Advani credits her success to being a voracious reader. She is also a proficient cook and has developed a deep interest in food technology as a way of sustaining workforces. To this end, she is an advisor and mentor to the founders of the award-winning restaurant Masque, Sage & Saffron and Coffee by DiBella.
Madhu Bhojwani is an entrepreneur and business leader with over three decades of experience across human capital, recruitment, media and entertainment. Her career spans business building, organisational growth and strategic leadership.
As Co-Founder of Emmay Entertainment, established in 2011, Madhu oversees commercial strategy, resource planning, project management, financial and legal oversight, strategic partnerships and team leadership. She focuses on aligning creative ambition with commercial viability and sustainable growth across film and digital content.
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Madhu is Vice-President of the Producers Guild of India, contributing to industry discussions on policy, regulation and best practices. She is also a member of the Guild’s POSH Committee and serves on the Grievance Redressal Board of the Digital Publishers Content Grievances Council (DPCGC), established under the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). Appointed in June 2021, she contributes to accountability and self-regulation in the digital content sector.
Previously, Madhu co-founded EmmayHR in 1996 and helped build it into one of India’s leading recruitment, staffing and human resources companies. Its acquisition by Randstad Holdings NV in 2005 marked the Dutch global leader’s first acquisition in Asia. She subsequently served as CEO of its Executive Search and Permanent Recruitment Division before exiting in 2009.
Her entrepreneurial interests extend to early-stage investments in digital and media ventures, including Ping Digital (India Food Network), OutCue Media (BOOM) and Decision Fuel, acquired by YouGov in 2014 through a strategic sale.
Nikkhil Advani is a National Award-winning filmmaker, director, producer, screenwriter, and co-founder of Emmay Entertainment & Motion Pictures. As a director, his acclaimed filmography includes Kal Ho Naa Ho, D-Day, Batla House, Patiala House, Vedaa, Salaam-e-Ishq, Chandni Chowk to China, and the animated feature Delhi Safari.
Since co-founding Emmay Entertainment in 2011, Advani has led the creation of an acclaimed slate of films and series, including Airlift, National Award-winning Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway, Rocket Boys, Mumbai Diaries, and the epic adaptation of Freedom at Midnight. His latest release is The Revolutionaries for Prime Video. ...
Beyond filmmaking, Advani is deeply involved in India’s cultural and social landscape. He serves on the boards of the Sanctuary Nature Foundation, G5A Foundation for Contemporary Art & Culture, Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) and Women in Film, India.
He is also the founder of the Sumitra Gupta Foundation for the Arts (SGFA), which supports creative and artistic initiatives across disciplines and whose sole purpose is to champion the independent voice.
As a chartered accountant since 2011, Salil boasts of rich cross-industry experience in the field of Finance. Currently, Salil heads the Finance department at Emmay and is responsible for contributing to organization-wide projects and initiatives, implementing processes and controls, and managing key P&L and treasury management decisions for the company.
Before this, he was the Group Finance Controller and a member of the Global Finance team at a Media Conglomerate. Additionally, he has worked in External Audit, Taxation, and Financial Reporting during his six-year tenure at Grant Thornton.
Outside of Emmay, Salil is passionate about cricket and enjoys listening to and dancing to music.
With a career in the movies spanning the past 30 years, Anaita Sukeshwala, also known as Annie, currently leads production at Emmay. She is responsible for forging strategic alliances and maintaining an extensive network, nurturing enduring relationships with vendors, artists, and corporate clients alike.
Prior to her role at Emmay, Annie has had a dynamic career spanning ad films, feature films, and television productions. She has spearheaded acclaimed productions such as “Break Ke Baad” and “My Bollywood Bride” and has collaborated with industry giants in advertising like Genesis, Equionox White Light, and Corcoise, among others.
During her spare time, Annie is on the lookout for new haunts throughout Bandra.
With over two decades of experience in the Indian film industry, prior to her notable contribution as an Associate Producer at Emmay Entertainment since the last four years, Meenakshi Sharma has worked as a content creator in various corporate studios including UTV-Disney studios, Balaji Motion Pictures and Reliance Big Pictures.
She has worked on feature films spanning a range of genres from ‘Mrs.Chatterjee vs Norway’ directed by Ashima Chibber to ‘’Kai Po Che’ by Abhishek Kapoor to ‘Dirty Picture’ and ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai’ by Milan Luthria, to writing Govind Nihalani’s critically acclaimed Amitabh Bachchan starrer ‘Dev’. After an early education at the Welham Girls School, Dehradun and Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi, she started as an assistant director to Govind Nihalani at the age of 21 and has followed her passion for cinema ever since.
With a career spanning 20 years in the arts, Revanta Sarabhai is an actor, dancer, and choreographer turned filmmaker. He currently heads Content and Development at Emmay. Revanta represents the third generation of artists from the legendary Sarabhai family, following in the footsteps of his grandmother Mrinalini and mother Mallika Sarabhai. Before joining Emmay, Revanta had been performing and touring internationally as a dancer and theatre actor since 1999. He made his debut as a film actor in 2017 and has starred in five Gujarati feature films while also hosting a popular dance reality show on TV.
At Emmay, Revanta has served as an associate director on the critically acclaimed show Rocket Boys (season 2) and as a creative producer on the Amazon Prime Video film, Dry Day. Currently, he is working as an associate director on the upcoming web series, Freedom at Midnight.
In his spare time, Revanta enjoys playing badminton, dancing salsa, and cooking for friends.
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