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PMI Entertainment (India) Private Limited (PMI) started operations in June 2004 with the aim of creating, marketing and delivering meaningful & high end quality content for the rapidly emerging media and entertainment industry in India.
Team PMI comprises of highly experienced professionals involved in content creation for the firm ranging across varied streams of production, creative, post production, art direction, styling & all technical support related to the business.
PMI has operations in Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad & Thiruvananthapuram to cater to the national / regional markets. Till date, PMI has produced 10 hours weekly and over 7000 episodes of quality programmes across various languages.
PMI's vision for growth is to entertain and enrich lives of viewers with quality content across the popular Indian languages / genres.
Team
PMI has a strong team of people with many years of quality experience in the media industry in India as well as abroad. The Key personnel of PMI are:
| Gunawan Sulaiman – Chairman |
| Chairman and founder-promoter of Prima Entertainment, Jakarta. Over 15 years experience in very senior positions in Indonesia’s leading media companies / TV stations. Mr. Gunawan has to his credit an extensive and successful history of operating businesses in Singapore & Indonesia. |
| Ajay Patadia, Founder |
| Founder Promoter of PMI India. Holds Bachelors’ degree in Commerce & Law & is an Associate Member of Institute of Company Secretaries. Ajay was associated with Balaji Telefilms for around 4 years & his last executive position at Balaji was as President responsible for Business Development, Treasury & Corporate Affairs. Ajay was also on the Board of Balaji in a non-executive capacity. |
| Krishna Patadia, Director |
| Krishna is overall in-charge of IPR syndication at PMI both in domestic & international
markets. PMI owns perpetual IPR of over 4000 episodes of successful Tamil &
Malayalam serials & a blockbuster Bhojpuri Feature Film, Kanhaiya. Krishna is a
commerce graduate and diploma holder in Post Production. In the past, Krishna has
successfully run business venture in Confectionery / Retail & brings with her overall 14
years of experience in managing business. |
| Manish Patadia, Co-Founder |
| Co-promoter of PMI India. Holds Bachelors’ degree in Commerce. Manish has extensive experience in the production & distribution of TV serials / feature films. He has been actively involved in producing successful serials namely, Sukanya Hamari Betiyan on DD1, Kaalindi & Sushila Bakula on ETV Network, Kundali on ETV Network, Bhairoba on Saam TV & Bhojpuri Feature Film Kanhaiya. Before PMI, Manish was associated with the securities market as Long Term Investor for over 15 years & brings with him rich knowledge of business management through extensive studies of Companies across various sectors. At PMI, Manish looks after overall production & creative aspects of the business |
| Shailesh Dave – Group Advisor |
| Mr. Shailesh Dave is an eminent Chartered Accountant and associated with media industry for last 20 years. In the past, he has been associated with India’s prominent media companies like Creative Eye Ltd, Mid-day Multimedia, Edit II Productions, Shobhna Desai Productions,, Rainbow Productions etc… He is also currently associated with major Corporate Groups like, JSM Corporation (Hard Rock Café, California Pizza Kitchnen, Shiro Brands), Milaya Fashions, Oerlikon India etc. |
| Shahid Saiyed, General Manager – Productions, Mumbai |
| Shahid is overall in-charge of productions of all shows in Mumbai. He brings with him over 13 years of experience in Television & Film Industry. Shahid was one of the key members of Tijori Films & handled many Film & Television projects during his stint with Deepak Tijori. At PMI, he has successfully handled 4 daily serials namely, Kaalindi, Sushila Bakula, Kundali & Bhairoba.. |
| Kalady Jayan – Head of South India Operations |
| Mr. Kalady Jayan is a renowned actor of South India’s television industry. He has been associated with the television / film industry for last 35 years and brings with him years of experience in the field of production of films / television serials. His strong relationship with the artistes / technicians / broadcasters in South India will strengthen PMI’s presence in South India. |
| ANIL SUNDAR – HEAD OF OPERATIONS TAMILNADU |
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In-charge of productions of all shows in South India, excluding Kerala. He brings with him over 10 years of experience in Television & Film Industry. Anil has been associated with many large Production Houses namely, Miditech, Balaji Telefilms, Sol Production Pvt Ltd & Fremantle India for their South India operations & handled many Television projects during his stint. |
