Sundeep Singh (Bobby) Bedi

Bobby began his career in the corporate sector - first in the IT industry, with HCL and then in Entertainment Electronics and Broadcast Hardware business with Philips & Sony.

Bobby is the founder and MD of Kaleidoscope Entertainment. The company produces feature films, TV shows and content for mobile phones.

Bobby has produced over 10 feature films and has received two national awards from the President of India. His films include Bandit Queen. Fire, Saathiya, Maqbool and Mangal Pandey : 'The Rising' the story of the Quit India Movement of 1857.

Bobby owns and runs a media school (School of Convergence) in Delhi and a Joint Venture with Film Finances Inc., the world's largest completion bond company.

Bobby is one of the few professionals in the entertainment industry who is involved with several government and industry bodies and educational institutions focussing on media and entertainment.

He is advisor to the Industrial Development Bank of India and the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India.

He founded and, till 2003, was convenor of FRAMES, India 's largest Entertainment Conference and is currently Chairman of the Entertainment initiative of the Confederation of Indian Industry and on the CII National Council. He is also on the Governing Council of the Film and TV Institute of India, Pune.

Bobby's current projects include a ten film slate of diverse genre of feature films, including Lajo, a film based on Ismat Chugtai's "Gharwali" starring Aamir Khan, to be directed by Mani Ratnam; and Ghar Aaya Mera Pardesi - a comedy starring Rishi Kapoor, directed by one of India 's best known film and theatre writers. Ranjit Kapoor.

Bobby's is currently developing a film/multimedia project on India 's greatest epic - The Mahabharata along the lines of Lord of The Rings.