Jyoti Deshpande


Jyoti Deshpande is an Indian film producer, and President - Jio Studios. She is also the former CEO of Viacom 18 and before that she was the Group CEO and managing director of Eros International. Jyoti is also the former co-chair of the Media & Entertainment Committee, FICCI.
She has been featured in Fortune India as well as Business Today's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business lists.

Early life and education

Deshpande was born in 1972 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.

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. In 2018, she joined Reliance Industries as president of Media Platform & Content and reported directly to Mukesh Ambani.
She is the former CEO of Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd. She was formerly the Group CEO and managing director of Eros International.
She is also President of Reliance Industries Limited Media and Content Business.

Filmography

YearFilmLanguageNotes
2011Desi BoyzHindi
2016WhiteMalayalam
2017SniffHindi
2020Angrezi MediumHindi
2022Vaahlam Jaao NeGujarati
2022Laal Singh ChaddhaHindi
2022BhediyaHindi
2023BooTamil
Telugu		Bilingual film
2023Kacchey LimbuHindi
2023MumbaikarHindi
2023Zara Hatke Zara BachkeHindi
2023Bloody DaddyHindi
2023Gulaam ChorGujarati
2023BlindHindi
2023SergeantHindi
2023Ishq-e-NadaanHindi
2023Trial PeriodHindi
2023AppathaTamil
2023BachubhaiGujarati
2023Dawshom AwbotaarBengali
2023DunkiHindi
2023Jhimma 2Marathi
2024Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha JiyaHindi
2024Article 370HindiCo-producer with Aditya Dhar and Lokesh Dhar
2024Laapataa LadiesHindi
2024ShaitaanHindi
2024Pon Ondru KandenTamil
2024KoteeKannada
2024Stree 2Hindi
2024Singham AgainHindi
2024Baby JohnHindi
2025Sangeet ManapmaanMarathiCo-producer with Sunil Phadtare
2025Sky ForceHindi
2025MaaHindiCo-producer with Ajay Devgn, Kumar Mangat Pathak
2025Son of Sardaar 2HindiCo-producer with Ajay Devgn, N. R. Pachisia, and Pravin Talreja
2025Bhagwat: Chapter One – RaakshasHindiCo-producer with Harman Baweja
2025BaramullaHindiCo-producer with Aditya Dhar and Lokesh Dhar
2025DhurandharHindiCo-producer with Aditya Dhar and Lokesh Dhar