Jyoti Deshpande

Jyoti Deshpande is an Indian businesswoman and film producer and former CEO of Viacom 18. She was formerly the Group CEO and managing director of Eros International.^[1][2][3] Jyoti is also the former co-chair of the Media & Entertainment Committee, FICCI.^[4][5]

Jyoti Deshpande
Born	Mumbai, India
Nationality	Indian
Organization	Viacom 18
Known for	Former CEO, Viacom 18 Former Co-Chair, Media & Entertainment Committee, FICCI
Spouse	Sanjay Deshpande

She has been featured in Fortune India as well as Business Today's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business lists.^[6]

Early life and education

Deshpande was born in 1972^{[citation needed]} in Mumbai, India.

She earned a Bachelor of Commerce and Economics degree from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics. She gave tuitions during college to finance her education and went on to do MBA in 1993, from Mumbai University's SP Jain Institute of Management and Research.^{[7][8][9][10][11]}

Career

After finishing MBA, Jyoti Deshpande acquired a position with Mindshare Media, a UK-based firm. She was a senior consultant at that time. She then was the Sales & Marketing Head for the Zee Network. She went to work for James Walter Thompson, an advertising firm, after working for Zee. She was a senior management team member that formed the B4U Television Network between 1999 and 2001.^[12] In 2018, she joined Reliance Industries as president of Media Platform & Content and reported directly to Mukesh Ambani.^[13][14]

She is the former CEO of Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd.^[15] She was formerly the Group CEO and managing director of Eros International.^[16][17][18]

She is also President of Reliance Industries Limited Media and Content Business.^[19][20]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Language	Notes
2011	Desi Boyz	Hindi	[21]
2016	White	Malayalam
2017	Sniff	Hindi	[22]
2020	Angrezi Medium	Hindi	[23][24]
2022	Vaahlam Jaao Ne	Gujarati	[25][26]
	Laal Singh Chaddha	Hindi
	Bhediya	Hindi
2023	Boo	Tamil Telugu
	Kacchey Limbu	Hindi
	Mumbaikar	Hindi
	Zara Hatke Zara Bachke	Hindi	[27][28]
	Bloody Daddy	Hindi	[29]
	Gulaam Chor	Gujarati
	Blind	Hindi
	Sergeant	Hindi
	Ishq-e-Nadaan	Hindi	[30]
	Trial Period	Hindi
	Appatha	Tamil
	Bachubhai	Gujarati	[31]
	Dawshom Awbotaar	Bengali
	Dunki	Hindi
	Jhimma 2	Marathi
2024	Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya	Hindi
	Article 370	Hindi	Co-producer with Aditya Dhar, Lokesh Dhar
	Laapataa Ladies	Hindi
	Shaitaan	Hindi
	Pon Ondru Kanden	Tamil
	Kotee	Kannada
	Stree 2	Hindi
	Singham Again	Hindi
	Baby John	Hindi
2025	Sangeet Manapmaan	Marathi	Co-producer with Sunil Phadtare
	Sky Force	Hindi