Bhushan Kumar | |
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Born | Delhi, India | 27 November 1977
Occupations | |
Years active | 1998–present |
Title | Chairman and managing director of T-Series |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Father | Gulshan Kumar |
Relatives | Krishan Kumar Dua (uncle) Tulsi Kumar Khushalii Kumar (sisters) |
Family | Kumar family |
Bhushan Kumar Dua (born 27 November 1977) [1] is an Indian film producer and music producer. He is the chairman and managing director of Super Cassettes Industries Limited, also known as T-Series. He is known for his work in Bollywood.
On the Hurun India Rich List 2022, he and his family were ranked as the 175th richest Indian with a net worth of ₹10,000 crores (around US$1.2 billion). [2]
Kumar took control of the music company T-Series in 1998, along with his uncle Krishan Kumar, after the murder of his father, Gulshan Kumar. He went on to become the chairman and managing director of the company. [3] [4]
After firming his company's presence in the music market, Kumar ventured into making films. Kumar has made financially successful films such as Tum Bin , Bhool Bhulaiyaa , Patiala House , Ready and Lucky: No Time for Love .
Kumar donned the producer's cap in 2001 for Tum Bin , a film that ran successfully and marked the debut of the lead star cast along with the film's director Anubhav Sinha.
In 2013, Kumar produced Nautanki Saala . [5] The same year, Bushan Kumar released a remake of Aashiqui , Aashiqui 2 . [6] Aashiqui 2 proved to be a turning point for Bhushan's production house as it was considered to be one of the Super Hits of 2013.
Kumar's subsequent projects included such films as Yaariyan , a youth-based film helmed by his wife Divya Khosla Kumar. In 2014, Kumar revived B.R. Chopra Films with Bhoothnath Returns . He then entered the genre of horror thriller with Creature 3D , starring Bipasha Basu and Imran Abbas and directed by Vikram Bhatt.
T-Series has worked with directors such as Madhur Bhandarkar, [7] Milan Luthria, [8] Anurag Basu and Mohit Suri.
On 3 April 2017, Kumar signed a contract with Akshay Kumar for the film Mogul, which is an official biopic based on the life of his father. [9] However, Akshay Kumar quit the film and Aamir Khan agreed to do the part, only to quit and return later. [10]
Bhushan Kumar was born in a Punjabi family [11] in Delhi to the founder of T-Series, owner Gulshan Kumar and his wife Sudesh Kumari Dua. Kumar married Divya Khosla [12] on 13 February 2005 at the Maa Vaishno Devi shrine in Katra. They have a son born in October 2011. [13]
In June 2018, Bhushan Kumar was accused of sexual harassment by Marina Kuwar. [14] [15] [16]
In December 2018, Kumar was accused by the Income Tax Department of evading taxes and of moving hundreds of crores to foreign countries to purchase properties using benami means. [17]
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | Best Film | Hindi Medium | Won | [25] |
2021 | Thappad | Won | [26] | |
Tanhaji | Nominated | |||
Ludo | Nominated | |||
2023 | Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 | Nominated | ||
2024 | Animal | Nominated | ||
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