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{{Short description|Indian businesswoman and film producer}}
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'''Jyoti Deshpande''' is an Indian film producer and media executive. She is currently serving as the President of Media and Content Business at [[Reliance Entertainment]] and CEO of [[Jio Studios]]. She is the former [[CEO]] of [[Viacom18|Viacom 18]] and managing director of [[Eros International]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Viacom18 names Jyoti Deshpande as CEO|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/viacom18-names-jyoti-deshpande-as-ceo/articleshow/86639660.cms|date=30 September 2021|work=[[The Economic Times|Economic Times]]|access-date=9 June 2023|archive-date=3 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603015908/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/viacom18-names-jyoti-deshpande-as-ceo/articleshow/86639660.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Meet Jyoti Deshpande, ex-tuition teacher, Mukesh Ambani's right hand who runs Jio Cinema, Viacom 18|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-meet-jyoti-deshpande-mukesh-ambani-s-right-hand-in-ent-biz-polio-survivor-who-gave-tuitions-to-save-for-mba-3036454|date=17 April 2023|work=DNA India|access-date=9 June 2023|archive-date=2 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602181207/https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-meet-jyoti-deshpande-mukesh-ambani-s-right-hand-in-ent-biz-polio-survivor-who-gave-tuitions-to-save-for-mba-3036454|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=MPW 2022: Viacom18 CEO Jyoti Deshpande has a firm belief in the power of synergies|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/corporate/story/mpw-2022-viacom18-ceo-jyoti-deshpande-has-a-firm-belief-in-the-power-of-synergies-372358-2023-03-06|date=19 March 2023|work=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]]|access-date=2023-06-09|archive-date=2023-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602191304/https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/corporate/story/mpw-2022-viacom18-ceo-jyoti-deshpande-has-a-firm-belief-in-the-power-of-synergies-372358-2023-03-06|url-status=live}}</ref> Jyoti is also the former co-chair of the Media & Entertainment Committee, [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry|FICCI]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ficci appoints Viacom18's Jyoti Deshpande as co-chair of media and entertainment board|url=https://www.livemint.com/industry/media/ficci-appoints-viacom18-s-jyoti-deshpande-as-co-chair-of-media-and-entertainment-board-11644849988565.html|date=14 Feb 2022|work=livemint.com|access-date=9 June 2023|archive-date=2 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602181211/https://www.livemint.com/industry/media/ficci-appoints-viacom18-s-jyoti-deshpande-as-co-chair-of-media-and-entertainment-board-11644849988565.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FICCI appoints Jyoti Deshpande as the co-chair of FICCI Media & Entertainment Board|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/business/brandwagon-ficci-appoints-jyoti-deshpande-as-the-co-chair-of-ficci-media-entertainment-board-2434251/lite/|date=15 Feb 2022|work=[[The Financial Express (India)|financialexpress]].com|access-date=9 June 2023|archive-date=3 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603095514/https://www.financialexpress.com/business/brandwagon-ficci-appoints-jyoti-deshpande-as-the-co-chair-of-ficci-media-entertainment-board-2434251/lite/|url-status=live}}</ref> She has been featured in [[Fortune India]] as well as [[Business Today (student magazine)|Business Today]]'s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business.<ref>{{cite web|title=Inside Reliance Jio's content factory|url=https://www.fortuneindia.com/enterprise/inside-reliance-jios-content-factory/103723|date=Oct 30, 2019|website=[[Fortune India|fortuneindia]].com|access-date=June 9, 2023|archive-date=June 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603015912/https://www.fortuneindia.com/enterprise/inside-reliance-jios-content-factory/103723|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Early life and education==

Deshpande earned a [[Bachelor of Commerce]] and [[Economics]] degree from [[Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics]]. She provided tuition to students during college to finance her education and went on to do an [[MBA]] in 1993, from the [[S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research]] in [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web|title=7 women front-runners changing the rules of the power game|url=https://www.peoplematters.in/article/diversity/7-women-front-runners-changing-rules-power-game-13053|website=[[People Matters|peoplematters]].in|date=4 March 2016|access-date=9 June 2023|archive-date=9 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609213500/https://www.peoplematters.in/article/diversity/7-women-front-runners-changing-rules-power-game-13053|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Career ==
After finishing her [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]], 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 Entertainment Enterprises|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 (network)|B4U Television Network]] between 1999 and 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jyoti Deshpande One of India's most influential businesswomen|url=https://www.businessoutreach.in/jyoti-deshpande-one-of-indias-most-influential-businesswoman/|date=17 Feb 2022|website=businessoutreach.in|access-date=9 June 2023|archive-date=2 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602181214/https://www.businessoutreach.in/jyoti-deshpande-one-of-indias-most-influential-businesswoman/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, she joined [[Reliance Industries]] as president of Media Platform & Content owned by [[Mukesh Ambani]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jyoti Deshpande |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/jyoti-deshpande/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628213326/https://www.forbes.com/profile/jyoti-deshpande/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-30 |title=Viacom18 appoints Jyoti Deshpande as CEO |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/corporate/story/viacom18-appoints-jyoti-deshpande-as-ceo-308114-2021-09-30 |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Business Today |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628213326/https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/corporate/story/viacom18-appoints-jyoti-deshpande-as-ceo-308114-2021-09-30 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/ambani-builds-on-record-cricket-views-with-film-tv-offerings/articleshow/99506069.cms?from=mdr|title=Reliance's JioCinema may start charging for content after the end of IPL|date=16 April 2023|work=[[The Economic Times|Economic Times]]|access-date=21 July 2023|archive-date=21 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721163149/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/ambani-builds-on-record-cricket-views-with-film-tv-offerings/articleshow/99506069.cms?from=mdr|url-status=live}}</ref> She is the former CEO of [[Viacom18|Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd]] and Group CEO and managing director of [[Eros International]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/specials/most-powerful-women-in-business/story/jyoti-deshpande-the-crisis-manager-316101-2021-12-19|date=26 December 2021|work=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]]|title=Jyoti Deshpande: The Crisis Manager|access-date=2023-06-09|archive-date=2023-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609213500/https://www.businesstoday.in/specials/most-powerful-women-in-business/story/jyoti-deshpande-the-crisis-manager-316101-2021-12-19|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Back Ficci appoints Jyoti Deshpande as co-chair of media and entertainment board|url=https://www.livemint.com/industry/media/ficci-appoints-viacom18-s-jyoti-deshpande-as-co-chair-of-media-and-entertainment-board-11644849988565.html|website=[[Live Mint]]|access-date=2023-06-09|archive-date=2023-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602181211/https://www.livemint.com/industry/media/ficci-appoints-viacom18-s-jyoti-deshpande-as-co-chair-of-media-and-entertainment-board-11644849988565.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=MPW 2022: 'Be yourself, speak up and focus on outcomes,' says high-power women panel|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/mpw/story/mpw-2022-be-yourself-speak-up-and-focus-on-outcomes-says-high-power-women-panel-375340-2023-03-29|date=29 March 2023|work=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]]|access-date=2023-07-11|archive-date=2023-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711144332/https://www.businesstoday.in/mpw/story/mpw-2022-be-yourself-speak-up-and-focus-on-outcomes-says-high-power-women-panel-375340-2023-03-29|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{{Pending films key}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !! Film !! Language !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Desi Boyz]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[White (2016 film)|White]]''
| [[Malayalam]]
|
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Sniff (film)|Sniff]]''
| rowspan="2" |Hindi
|
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Angrezi Medium]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2022
| ''[[Vaahlam Jaao Ne]]''
| [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
|
|-
| ''[[Laal Singh Chaddha]]''
| rowspan="2" |Hindi
|
|-
| ''[[Bhediya (film)|Bhediya]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="15" |2023
| ''[[Boo (2023 film)|Boo]]''
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br>[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|Bilingual film
|-
| ''[[Kacchey Limbu]]''
| rowspan="4" |Hindi
|
|-
| ''[[Mumbaikar (film)|Mumbaikar]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Zara Hatke Zara Bachke]]''
| <ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnlive.com/trending/sara-ali-khan-vicky-kaushal-indore-jalebi/|title=Sara Ali Khan, Vicky Kaushal enjoy Indore's famous Poha-Jalebi during Zara Hatke Zara Bachke promotions; watch video|date=2 June 2023|work=apnlive.com|access-date=9 June 2023|archive-date=2 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602092648/https://apnlive.com/trending/sara-ali-khan-vicky-kaushal-indore-jalebi/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Bloody Daddy]]''
| <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/shahid-kapoor-looks-bruised-and-beautiful-in-ali-abbas-zafars-bloody-daddy-film-to-premiere-on-jio-app-on-june-9-12451572.html|work=firstpost.com|date=13 April 2023|title=Shahid Kapoor looks bruised and beautiful in Ali Abbas Zafar's Bloody Daddy; film to premiere on Jio App on June 9|access-date=9 June 2023|archive-date=3 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603180306/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/shahid-kapoor-looks-bruised-and-beautiful-in-ali-abbas-zafars-bloody-daddy-film-to-premiere-on-jio-app-on-june-9-12451572.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Gulaam Chor]]''
| Gujarati
|
|-
| ''[[Blind (2023 film)|Blind]]''
| rowspan="4" |Hindi
|
|-
| ''[[Sergeant (Indian film)|Sergeant]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Ishq-e-Nadaan]]''
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Neena Gupta reunites with Kanwaljeet Singh after decades in 'Ishq-E-Nadaan', 'there is a beautiful thing between us that ...'|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/entertainment/neena-gupta-reunites-with-kanwaljeet-singh-after-decades-in-ishq-e-nadaan-there-is-a-beautiful-thing-between-us-that-523940|date=8 July 2023|work=[[Tribune India]]|access-date=11 July 2023|archive-date=11 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711184043/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/entertainment/neena-gupta-reunites-with-kanwaljeet-singh-after-decades-in-ishq-e-nadaan-there-is-a-beautiful-thing-between-us-that-523940|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Trial Period]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Appatha]]''
| Tamil
|
|-
| ''[[Bachubhai]]''
| Gujarati
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Get Set For A Crazy Laugh Riot As Gujarati Comedy Film Bachubhai To Release On July 21|url=https://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/get-set-for-a-crazy-laugh-riot-as-gujarati-comedy-film-bachubhai-to-release-on-july-21/81859804.html|date=10 July 2023|work=[[Ahmedabad Mirror]]|access-date=11 July 2023|archive-date=10 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710144433/https://ahmedabadmirror.com/get-set-for-a-crazy-laugh-riot-as-gujarati-comedy-film-bachubhai-to-release-on-july-21/81859804.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Dawshom Awbotaar]]''
|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|
|-
|[[Dunki (film)|''Dunki'']]
|Hindi
|
|-
| ''[[Jhimma 2]]'' ||[[Marathi language|Marathi]]||
|-
| rowspan="9" |2024
|''[[Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya]]''
| rowspan="4" |Hindi
|Co-produced with [[Dinesh Vijan]] and [[Laxman Utekar]]
|-
|''[[Article 370 (film)|Article 370]]''
| Co-produced with [[Aditya Dhar]] and Lokesh Dhar
|-
|''[[Laapataa Ladies]]''
|Co-produced with [[Aamir Khan]] and [[Kiran Rao]]
|-
|''[[Shaitaan (2024 film)|Shaitaan]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Pon Ondru Kanden]]'' || Tamil
|
|-
|''[[Kotee]]''
|[[Kannada]]
|
|-
|''[[Stree 2]]''
| rowspan="3" |Hindi
|
|-
|''[[Singham Again]]''
|
|-
|''[[Baby John (film)|Baby John]]''
|Co-produced with [[Murad Khetani]], [[Atlee (director)|Atlee]], Priya Atlee
|-
| rowspan="8" |2025
|''[[Sangeet Manapmaan]]''
|Marathi
|Co-produced with Sunil Phadtare
|-
|''[[Sky Force (film)|Sky Force]]''
| rowspan="8" |Hindi
|Co-produced with [[Amar Kaushik]], Bhaumik Gondaliya and Dinesh Vijan
|-
|''[[Dhoom Dhaam (2025 film)|Dhoom Dhaam]]''
|Co-produced with Aditya Dhar and Lokesh Dhar
|-
|''[[Maa (2025 film)|Maa]]''
|Co-produced with [[Ajay Devgn]] and Kumar Mangat Pathak
|-
|''[[Son of Sardaar 2]]''
|Co-produced with Ajay Devgn, N. R. Pachisia, and Pravin Talreja
|-
|''[[Bhagwat: Chapter One – Raakshas]]''
|Co-produced with [[Harman Baweja]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gaur |first=Trisha |date=2025-09-30 |title=Bhagwat Chapter 1: Raakshas Teaser Review: Arshad Warsi & Jitendra Kumar Are Hopefully Not Living In Vikrant Massey's Sector 36! |url=https://www.koimoi.com/reviews/trailer-reviews/bhagwat-chapter-1-raakshas-teaser-review-arshad-warsi-jitendra-kumar-are-hopefully-not-living-in-vikrant-masseys-sector-36/ |access-date=2025-10-07 |website=Koimoi |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Baramulla (film)|Baramulla]]''
| rowspan="3" |Co-produced with Aditya Dhar and Lokesh Dhar
|-
|''[[Dhurandhar]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" |2026
|''[[Dhurandhar: The Revenge]]''
|-
|{{Pending film|[[Raja Shivaji (film)|Raja Shivaji]]}}
|Marathi<br>Hindi
|Co-produced with [[Genelia Deshmukh]]
|}

== References ==

{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=nm3788160}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama | jyoti-deshpande}}

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