Ronnie Screwvala

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entrepreneur film producer human

Ronnie Screwvala is an Indian media entrepreneur and film producer, best known as the founder of UTV Group and a key figure in the growth of contemporary Hindi cinema.

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Label	Occurrences
Ronnie Screwvala canonical	24

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10213026 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ronnie Screwvala
Context triple: [Jodhaa Akbar, producer, Ronnie Screwvala]

A. Arun Athavale
Arun Athavale is an Indian actor best known for his work in Marathi theatre and films, including a notable role in the acclaimed play and film "Kanyadaan."
B. Sam Balsara
Sam Balsara is a prominent Indian advertising and media executive, best known as the founder and chairman of Madison World and Madison Communications.
C. Raj Jain
Raj Jain is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential contributions to computer networking and performance analysis.
D. Sanjay Patel
Sanjay Patel is a common Indian name shared by several notable individuals, including professionals in fields such as animation, business, and academia.
E. Rakesh Gangwal
Rakesh Gangwal is an Indian-American billionaire airline executive and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of IndiGo, one of India’s largest and most successful low-cost carriers.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ronnie Screwvala
Target entity description: Ronnie Screwvala is an Indian media entrepreneur and film producer, best known as the founder of UTV Group and a key figure in the growth of contemporary Hindi cinema.

A. Arun Athavale
Arun Athavale is an Indian actor best known for his work in Marathi theatre and films, including a notable role in the acclaimed play and film "Kanyadaan."
B. Sam Balsara
Sam Balsara is a prominent Indian advertising and media executive, best known as the founder and chairman of Madison World and Madison Communications.
C. Raj Jain
Raj Jain is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential contributions to computer networking and performance analysis.
D. Sanjay Patel
Sanjay Patel is a common Indian name shared by several notable individuals, including professionals in fields such as animation, business, and academia.
E. Rakesh Gangwal
Rakesh Gangwal is an Indian-American billionaire airline executive and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of IndiGo, one of India’s largest and most successful low-cost carriers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (104)

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instanceOf	entrepreneur ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ
basedIn	Mumbai ⓘ
birthDate	1962-09-08 ⓘ
birthPlace	India ⓘ Maharashtra ⓘ Mumbai ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	India ⓘ
education	Cathedral and John Connon School ⓘ
fieldOfWork	film production ⓘ media entrepreneurship ⓘ television production ⓘ
founded	UTV ⓘ linked to: UTV Spotboy UTV Action ⓘ UTV Bindass ⓘ UTV Bloomberg ⓘ UTV Broadcasting ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Channels ⓘ UTV Communications ⓘ linked to: UTV Media plc UTV Content ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Digital ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Entertainment ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Films ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Games ⓘ linked to: UTV Interactive UTV Global ⓘ linked to: UTV Global Broadcasting UTV Global Broadcasting ⓘ UTV Group ⓘ linked to: UTV Media plc UTV Home Entertainment ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV India ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Interactive ⓘ UTV Interactive Games ⓘ linked to: UTV Interactive UTV Media ⓘ linked to: UTV Global Broadcasting UTV Motion ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Motion Pictures ⓘ UTV Motion Pictures (Africa) ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Motion Pictures (Asia) ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Motion Pictures (Australia) ⓘ UTV Motion Pictures (Canada) ⓘ UTV Motion Pictures (Europe) ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures (UK) UTV Motion Pictures (Global) ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Motion Pictures (India) ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures India UTV Motion Pictures (India) Limited ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures India UTV Motion Pictures (India) Ltd Company ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures India UTV Motion Pictures (India) Ltd. ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures India UTV Motion Pictures (India) PLC ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures India UTV Motion Pictures (India) PLC Company ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures India UTV Motion Pictures (India) Private Limited ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures India UTV Motion Pictures (India) Private Ltd Company ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures India UTV Motion Pictures (India) Public Limited ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures India UTV Motion Pictures (India) Public Limited Company ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures India UTV Motion Pictures (India) Public Ltd. ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures India UTV Motion Pictures (India) Pvt Ltd ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures India UTV Motion Pictures (India) Pvt Ltd Company ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures India UTV Motion Pictures (India) Pvt. Ltd. ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Motion Pictures (International) ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Motion Pictures (Latin America) ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Motion Pictures (Middle East) ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Motion Pictures (New Zealand) ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Motion Pictures (North America) ⓘ UTV Motion Pictures (PLC) ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Motion Pictures (South America) ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures (Australia) UTV Motion Pictures (UK) ⓘ UTV Motion Pictures (USA) ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Motion Pictures (Worldwide) ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Motion Pictures India ⓘ UTV Motion Pictures Limited ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures India UTV Motion Pictures PLC ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Network ⓘ linked to: UTV Global Broadcasting UTV New Media ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV Pictures ⓘ UTV Productions ⓘ UTV Software Communications ⓘ UTV Software Communications Ltd ⓘ linked to: UTV Software Communications UTV Spotboy ⓘ UTV Stars ⓘ UTV Studios ⓘ linked to: UTV Productions UTV Television ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures UTV World Movies ⓘ linked to: UTV Motion Pictures
givenName	Rohinton ⓘ
industry	film industry ⓘ media industry ⓘ television industry ⓘ
knownFor	founding UTV Group ⓘ pioneering Indian cable television ⓘ producing contemporary Hindi cinema ⓘ
name	Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ
nationality	Indian ⓘ
notableAward	Padma Shri ⓘ
notableWork	A Wednesday! ⓘ Barfi! ⓘ Chennai Express ⓘ Fashion ⓘ Jodhaa Akbar ⓘ Kai Po Che! ⓘ Rang De Basanti ⓘ Swades ⓘ
occupation	entrepreneur ⓘ film producer ⓘ media proprietor ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ television producer ⓘ
spouse	Zarina Mehta ⓘ Zarina Screwvala ⓘ

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Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jodhaa Akbar → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

Rang De Basanti → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

Taare Zameen Par → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

Welcome to Sajjanpur → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

A Thursday → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

Paan Singh Tomar → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

7 Khoon Maaf → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

Karwaan → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

A Wednesday! → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

Harishchandrachi Factory → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

Swades → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

Chennai Express → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

Deiva Thirumagal → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

Raajneeti → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

Barfi! → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

Ronnie Screwvala → name → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

UTV Motion Pictures → associatedWith → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

Roobaroo → filmProducer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

Heroine → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

I Hate Luv Storys → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

Kaminey → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

Chup Chup Ke → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

Lust Stories → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

Halla Bol → producer → Ronnie Screwvala ⓘ

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