Siddharth Roy Kapur has been re-elected as President of the Producers Guild of India (PGI) at the 67th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the association, held virtually on September 29. He was re-elected unanimously by the Guild’s Council of Management.

Siddharth, after serving for six consecutive years as Guild President, announced that he would not be making himself available for re-election next year.

At the AGM, members were apprised of key activities and developments during the year. The Guild has been steering the industry’s response to the pandemic by formulating SOPs for safe shooting, advocating for shoot resumptions, organizing vaccination camps for members and facilitating financial aid to daily wage-workers. 

Another development at the Guild’s AGM was an expansion in the ranks of women producers in leadership roles. Madhu Bhojwani of Emmay Entertainment & Motion Pictures LLP and Ambika Khurana of Netflix India joined Incumbents Apoorva Mehta, Manish Goswami and Sunjoy Waddhwa as Vice Presidents of the Guild. Additionally, Fazila Alllana of Sol Productions joined incumbent Ashim Samanta as Treasurer. Shibahish Sarkar of Reliance Entertainment was also elected as Vice President.