How Guneet Monga Rewrote Bollywood's Rules and Won an Oscar Doing It

About this episode

Guneet Monga shares her inspiring journey in the film industry, discussing her challenges and successes as an Oscar-winning producer.

She grew up navigating a war zone of a family home, arrived in Bombay with ₹50 lakhs borrowed from a neighbour, and watched her debut film get pulled from theatres the morning after India lost the cricket World Cup. That's where most stories end. Guneet Monga's was just beginning. In this candid, far-ranging conversation with ET’s Anirban Chowdhury and in-house film journalist and critic Rajesh N Naidu, the Oscar-winning producer and CEO of Sikhya Entertainment traces a 20-year journey defined by jugaad, grit, and an unshakeable belief in the power of story. From Gangs of Wasseypur to The Lunchbox, Kill to Women in Film India — this is the real education they don't teach at film school. You can follow Rajesh Naidu on: X and Linkedin & Anirban Chowdhury on his social media: X and Linkedin Check out other interesting episodes like: How Will a Volatile ₹ Impact You in 2026? , How Quick Commerce is Triggering a Health Crisis for Gen Z , Two Women Fought to Change India's Maternity Laws...and Succeeded , Can India Truly End Naxalism? , Semaglutide Goes Generic: Big Pharma’s Moat Breaks   and much more .   Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning…

People in this episode

Hosts: Anirban Chowdhury, Rajesh N Naidu

Guest: Guneet Monga

Topics covered

• Bollywood
• Oscar-winning producer
• film industry
• Guneet Monga
• storytelling
• film education

Keywords

• Guneet Monga
• Bollywood
• Oscar
• film production
• storytelling
• Sikhya Entertainment
• Gangs of Wasseypur
• The Lunchbox

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sikhya Entertainment, Women in Film India

Books & works: Gangs of Wasseypur, The Lunchbox

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