Popular Bollywood producer Ektaa R Kapoor, the co-founder of Balaji Telefilms, is all set to be honoured with an International Emmy Directorate Award, this year.
Founded in 1994 along with her parents Jeetendra Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor, Balaji Telefilms has been the production house behind several soap operas in India. Having become the most prolific TV producer, she also opened Balaji Motion Pictures in 2001, to bankroll films. Their most recent production is Netflix's Kathal starring Sanya Malhotra.
Almost 17,000 hours of TV streaming and 45 films have been backed under the Balaji banner to date. Ektaa also launched Alt Balaji, an OTT platform in India. Ektaa Kapoor will receive the Internation Academy's special Emmy trophy at the 51st International Emmy Awards Gala, which is set to happen in New York City on November 20.
“Ektaa R. Kapoor has built Balaji into one of India’s foremost entertainment players with market leadership in the television content industry reaching mass audiences across India and South Asia with their long-running series and OTT platform,” Bruce Paisner, president and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, said in a statement on Tuesday.
“Television has been instrumental in helping me discover my identity, particularly as a woman working to make stories for women. This award allows me to represent them and our shared accomplishments on an international level,” Kapoor said in her own statement.
