Aman Gill

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Aman Gill
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Years active2003–present

Aman Gill is a film producer born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia now based in Mumbai, India. He has his ancestral roots hailing from Ludhiana, Punjab. [1]

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Career

He started his career at Applause Entertainment where he was the AVP of Content from 2003 to 2006. He worked as an Executive Producer on Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Black. In 2006, he joined Viacom18 Studios where he acted as the Head of Domestic Distribution of films such as Ghajini, Golmaal Returns , Singh Is Kinng , Welcome, Jab We Met and Namastey London . In 2012, he joined the talent agency CAA-Kwan where he set up their film talent and literary business. In 2014, he joined Junglee Pictures as the Chief Content Officer where he overlooked films such as Dil Dhadakne Do and Talvar . In 2015, he joined Balaji Motion Pictures as the CEO of Films, where he was responsible for film development, creative, production, marketing, distribution, and syndication. [2] During his time at Balaji Motion Films, he produced films such as Udta Punjab , A Flying Jatt , Azhar, Kya Kool Hain Hum 3 and Great Grand Masti .

In 2022, he produced Jersey starring Shahid Kapoor. [3] [4] In 2023, he produced Shehzada starring Kartik Aaryan. [5]

Personal life

He has a twin brother Pawan Gill, who also works in the film industry as a producer and filmmaker. [6] He has produced several films including Puaada , Shadaa , Super Singh and HonslaRakh. [7]

Filmography

YearFilm [8] RoleCompany
2005 Black Executive Producer Applause Entertainment
2007 1971 Head of Domestic Distribution Viacom18 Studios
Namastey London
Awarapan
Jab We Met
Welcome
2008 Singh Is Kinng
Kidnap
Golmaal Returns
Little Zizou
Dil Kabaddi
Ghajini
2009 Short Kut
Luck
Life Partner
Road, Movie
Fruit and Nut
2010 Striker
Hum Tum Aur Ghost
2011 Jo Hum Chahein ProducerGill Pictures Entertainment
2014 Mundeyan Ton Bachke Rahin
2015 Dil Dhadakne Do SVP Content Junglee Pictures
Bangistan
Talvar
2016 Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3 Producer Balaji Motion Pictures
Azhar
Udta Punjab
Great Grand Masti
A Flying Jatt
2017 Super Singh
2019 Shadaa Brat Films
2021 Puaada
2022 Jersey
Shehzada

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