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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Guneet Monga<br />
| image = Gunnet Monga.jpg<br />
| caption = Monga in 2018<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1983|11|21}}<br />
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], India<br />
| occupation = Film producer,<br /> CEO of [[Sikhya Entertainment]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Guneet Monga''' (born 21 November 1983) is an Indian film producer. She is the producer of the 2023 [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-[[Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film|winning documentary short film]] ''[[The Elephant Whisperers]]''. Monga is the founder of [[Sikhya Entertainment]] a boutique film production house that produced notable films like ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1]]'', [[Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2]], ''[[Peddlers (film)|Peddlers]]'', ''[[The Lunchbox (film)|The Lunchbox]]'', ''[[Masaan]]'', ''[[Zubaan]]'' and ''[[Pagglait]]''.<ref name=mint/><br />
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In 2018, Monga was amongst the first producers from India to be inducted in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.<ref>{{cite web |title=SRK, Aditya Chopra invited to join Oscar Academy's Class of 2018 |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/lifestyle/srk-aditya-chopra-invited-to-join-oscar-academy-s-class-of-2018-610856 |website=The Tribune}}</ref> She served as an executive producer on ''[[Period. End of Sentence.]]'' which won the 2019 [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film]]. Monga was voted as one of the top 12 women achievers in the global entertainment industry by ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' and among the top 50 Indians changing India by ''[[India Today]]''. In 2023, Guneet won her second Academy Award for the Netflix documentary short, [[The Elephant Whisperers]].<br />
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In 2021, Guneet Monga was conferred with the ''[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]'' by the French Government.<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Guneet Monga was born in Delhi and received her primary education at [[Bluebells School International]] and received a degree in mass communications from Madhubala Institute of Mass Communication and Electronic Media affiliated with [[Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University]], Delhi in 2004.<ref name=mint>{{cite news |title=Guneet Monga: Sealing the deal|author=Nandini Ramnath |url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/tP9mOVFYoF0RJOSX4vCveP/Guneet-Monga--Sealing-the-deal.html |publisher=Mint (newspaper) |date=26 October 2012 |accessdate=26 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
In 2003, Monga interned with a [[production coordinator]] in Delhi, and after receiving her mass communications she started career as production coordinator for international productions, most notably [[Vic Sarin]]'s [[Partition (2007 film)|Partition]].<br />
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Monga was fascinated about film after watching her mother's friend, Anureeta Saigal, work on production for international films. She interned with Saigal and decided that this was what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. She convinced a neighbor to lend her INR 75 lacs (about US$188,000 in 2007) to make movies.[https://wow.outlookbusiness.com/guneet-monga/]<br />
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She shifted to Mumbai in 2006, when she started working in cricket film, ''[[Say Salaam India]]'' (2007). This was followed by ''[[Rang Rasiya]]'' (2008) and ''[[Dasvidaniya]]'' (2008) and later in 2009, during the making of ''[[Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai]]'' (2010), produced by [[Balaji Telefilms]], she met director-producer, [[Anurag Kashyap]], and subsequently in late 2009 she joined [[Anurag Kashyap Films]].<ref name="mint" /><br />
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Monga's first major international film was the [[82nd Academy Awards|2010]] [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film]]-nominated short, ''Kavi'' (2009), about [[bonded labour]] in India, directed by Gregg Helvey, and which won the [[Student Academy Awards#36th Annual Student Film Awards.C2.A0.E2.80.93+ June 13.2C 2009|Student Academy Award – Narrative]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Student Film Award Winners |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/saa/winners/winners.pdf |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |accessdate=26 May 2013 |archive-date=29 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229173821/http://www.oscars.org/awards/saa/winners/winners.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Meanwhile, in 2008 she started her own production company, Sikhya Entertainment and also a [[line production]] company.<ref name=mint/> With [[Anurag Kashyap]], she went on to work on film like ''Gangs of Wasseypur'', Part I & II (2012) and ''That Girl in Yellow Boots'' (2011),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/tP9mOVFYoF0RJOSX4vCveP/Guneet-Monga--Sealing-the-deal.html |title=Guneet Monga &#124; Sealing the deal |publisher=Livemint |date=26 October 2012 |accessdate=6 May 2013}}</ref> besides, ''Trishna'' (2011), ''Shaitan'' (2011), ''Michael'' (2011), and ''Aiyya''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.torinofilmlab.it/person.php?id=686 |title=TorinoFilmLab &#124; Network &#124; Guneet Monga |publisher=Torinofilmlab.it |accessdate=6 May 2013 |archive-date=14 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514042346/http://www.torinofilmlab.it/person.php?id=686 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She also raised nearly {{INRConvert|10|m}} for ''[[Peddlers (film)|Peddlers]]'' (2012) made of a budget of Rs 2 cr., by posting the film's script on Facebook.<ref name=today/> ''Peddlers'' was selected at the [[Critics' Week]], won rave reviews and opened new markets for Indian Cinema.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}<br />
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She produced ''[[Monsoon Shootout]]'' as a co-production between India, Netherland and UK and ''[[The Lunchbox (film)|The Lunchbox]]'', a project shown at Film Bazaar (2011), Cinemart (2012), Berlinale Co-Production Market (2012) and [[TorinoFilmLab]] (2012) as a co-production between India, France, Germany & USA.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}<br />
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In May 2013, when ''[[The Lunchbox (film)|The Lunchbox (Dabba)]]'' and ''[[Monsoon Shootout]]'' both were selected for the [[Critics' Week]] and a midnight screening at the [[2013 Cannes Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dearcinema.com/article/why-guneet-monga-is-the-most-successful-indie-producer-at-29/2055 |title=What makes Guneet Monga the most successful Indie producer at 29 |publisher=DearCinema.com|date=11 May 2013 |accessdate=11 May 2013}}</ref> respectively, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' called her "most prolific producers of a new wave of cinema" while ''The Hollywood Reporter'''s "2012 Women in Entertainment special", placed her amongst "12 international players to watch";<ref>{{cite web |title=Cannes: India's New Wave Producer Guneet Monga 2:00 AM PDT |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-indias-new-wave-producer-524945 |date=22 May 2013 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=26 May 2013}}</ref> ''[[India Today]]'' has credited her for giving a facelift to independent cinema, and bridging "the gap between Indian films and foreign buyers and distributors."<ref name=today>{{cite web |title=Parallel Queen: Guneet Monga, has managed to bridge the gap between Indian films and foreign buyers and distributors|author=Prachi Rege|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20121224-guneet-monga-helped-give-independent-cinema-a-facelift-761047-1999-11-29 |date=14 December 2012 |publisher=India Today |access-date=26 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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* ''[[Say Salaam India]]'' (2007)<br />
* ''[[Rang Rasiya]]'' (2008)<br />
* ''[[Dasvidaniya]]'' (2008) <br />
* ''[[Kavi (film)|Kavi]]'' (2009)<br />
* ''[[Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai]]'' (2010)<br />
* ''[[That Girl in Yellow Boots]]'' (2011)<br />
* ''[[Shaitan (film)|Shaitan]]'' (2011)<br />
* ''[[Trishna (2011 film)|Trishna]]'' (2011)<br />
* ''[[Michael (2011 Indian film)|Michael]]'' (2011)<br />
* ''[[Peddlers (film)|Peddlers]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Aiyyaa]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Shahid (film)|Shahid]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[The Lunchbox (film)|The Lunchbox]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[Monsoon Shootout]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[Mickey Virus]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[White Lies (2013 Indian film)|White Lies]]'' (2014) <br />
* ''[[Vakratunda Mahakaaya]]'' (2015)<br />
* ''[[Masaan]]'' (2015)<br />
* ''[[Zubaan]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[Haraamkhor]]'' (2017)<br />
* ''[[Period. End of Sentence.]]'' (2018)<br />
* ''[[Soorarai Pottru]]'' (2019) (Tamil)<br />
* ''[[Pagglait]]'' (2021)<br />
* ''[[1232 KMS]]'' (2021) (executive producer)<br />
* ''[[The Elephant Whisperers]]'' (2022) (Tamil)<br />
* ''[[Kathal (film)|Kathal]]'' (2023)<br />
* ''[[Kill (film)|Kill]]'' (2024)<ref>{{cite magaz<!---->ine article |last1=Debruge |first1=Peter |title=''Kill'' Review: A Train, Two Commandos and 40 Thieves Add Up to One Bloody Action Bonanza |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/kill-review-1235745857/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |date=6 October 2023}}</ref><br />
* ''[[Anuja (film)|Anuja]]'' (2024)<ref name="anuja:variety">{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/priyanka-chopra-jonas-anuja-oscar-shortlist-1236269607/ |title= Priyanka Chopra Jonas Joins Oscar-Shortlisted 'Anuja' as Executive Producer (EXCLUSIVE) |author= Naman Ramachandran |work= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date= 8 January 2025 |access-date= 9 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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* ''[[Love, Wrinkle-free]]'' (2012)<br />
==Awards==<br />
* [[95th Academy Awards|2022]] [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film]]: ''[[The Elephant Whisperers]]'': Producer<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|1944105}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130619193655/http://www.akfpl.com/about-guneet-monga.html Guneet Monga, Profile] at [[Anurag Kashyap Films]] (archived 19 June 2013)<br />
* [https://wow.outlookbusiness.com/guneet-monga/ With money borrowed from a neighbour, Guneet Monga went on to co-own a production company with Anurag Kashyap]<br />
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[[Category:Indian women film producers]]<br />
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[[Category:Producers who won the Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian Academy Award winners]]<br />
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