Deepak Dhar is an Indian Producer and Director, who predominantly works in Television Industry. He has produced many popular shows for TV channels like Star TV, MTV and Channel V. He is the founder and group CEO of Banijay Asia and Endemol Shine India. Under his banner, Dhar has produced the popular reality TV show ‘Bigg Boss’.
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Wiki/Biography
Deepak Dhar was born on Tuesday, 23 April 1974 (age 49 years; as in 2023) in Mumbai, Maharashtra. His zodiac sign is Taurus. He completed his schooling from Activity High School, Mumbai. After completing his schooling, he joined the University of Mumbai to pursue his bachelor’s degree.
a young lamp dhar
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 6′ 2″
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper (dyed black)
Eye Colour: Black
Family
parents and siblings
There is not much information about his parents.
A picture of Deepak Dhar’s parents
He has a sister named Madhu Dhar.
Deepak Dhar’s sister Madhu Dhar with her family
wife and kids
Deepak Dhar was married to Bakul Dhar on 2 December 1999. The couple has a daughter named Anushka Dhar.
Deepak Dhar with his wife and daughter
livelihood
the creator
In February 1998, Deepak Dhar started working at MTV as a senior producer and continued till December 2001. Thereafter, he joined Star Network in January 2001 as a Group Head and worked there till January 2006. In February 2006, he joined Endemol Shine India as a creative director. In 2006, Deepak Dhar along with Rajesh Kamat started Endemol India (which later became Endemol Shine India in 2015) in a small office in Andheri, Mumbai. In January 2008, he was promoted to the position of Managing Director in the company.
Young Deepak Dhar during the making of a television show
In the first week of starting Endemol India, Kamat gave Dhar a CD of the famous American television show Big Brother and asked Deepak to create such reality show programs in India. Dhar then presented and produced the reality show Bigg Boss in 2006.
A scene from Bigg Boss 2006
Later, Dhar created a market for comedy shows and found talented comedians like Raju Srivastava and Kapil Sharma. Sameer Nair, CEO of Star TV India at the time, supported Dhar’s comedy programmes.
Poster of The Kapil Sharma Show
In 2008, Kamat went to work for Viacom18, where he started a new TV channel called Colors. Later, the TV show Bigg Boss started airing on Colors for its next season. In April 2012, Deepak Dhar became the CEO of Endemol Shine India. However, he later decided to step down from his position as Managing Director in December 2017. When he was at Endemol Shine India, he produced several shows and web series such as Bigg Boss (2006-2018) on Colors, The Kapil Sharma Show (2018-2020) on Sony Entertainment, Anamika (2014) on Sony Entertainment, Bigg Boss Kannada on Colors Kannada Channel, Bigg Boss Telugu on Colors Telugu Channel, The Trial (2023) on Netflix. ,
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entrepreneur
In April 2018, Deepak Dhar started his own production house named ‘Banijay Asia’. He has produced various web series under his production house such as Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi (2008) on Colors Channel, The Voice (India) (2015) on &TV, Hostages (2019) on Netflix, Bombers (2019) on ZEE5, Roar of the Lion (2019) on ZEE5, and Parchhai: Ghost Stories by Ruskin Bond (2019) on ZEE5.
Poster of the singing reality show The Voice (India) (2015)
Roar of the Lion (2019) is a documentary about the Indian Premier League team, Chennai Super Kings. The Bombers (2019) is a television series about football that premiered on ZEE5 platform. In April 2022, Deepak Dhar produced the show ‘Into the Wild with Bear Grylls’. The show premiered on Disney Plus.
Deepak Dhar with Bear Grylls on the sets of Into the Wild with Bear Grylls
On July 17, 2023, Banijay Asia Group announced that they have acquired Endemol Shine India. In the same month, Deepak Dhar joined Banijay Asia and Endemol Shine India as founder and group CEO. As CEO of the company, his focus was on leading the group’s content strategies, partnerships, new businesses and alliances. Additionally, he also worked on building the reputation of both the companies.
A post by Deepak Dhar on Instagram after the acquisition of Endemol Shine India
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- In 2015, Deepak Dhar was named among the ‘Hottest 40 under 40 Business Leaders’ by The Economic Times Spencer Stuart India.
- In 2016, Deepak Dhar was honored as one of ‘Asia’s Most Promising Leaders’ at The Economic Times Asian Business Leaders Conclave for displaying outstanding leadership qualities.
facts/common sense
- According to Deepak Dhar, he is good at digital strategy, broadcasting, creating videos, managing production and making music videos.
- He has been featured in many renowned magazines and tabloids. In 2017, Forbes magazine featured her in one of its editions.
Deepak Dhar’s picture in an article in Forbes magazine
- Deepak Dhar is often seen consuming alcoholic beverages on various occasions.
Deepak Dhar enjoying beer
- In his spare time, Deepak Dhar enjoys traveling and exploring new places while experiencing diverse cultures. He often shares pictures of his travels on social media.
Deepak Dhar enjoying his vacation
- Deepak Dhar is a cricket lover and spends his free time watching matches and reading about players.
Deepak Dhar posing with Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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