Ronnie Screwvala

Ronnie Screwvala

Birth : 1962-09-08, Bombay, Maharashtra, India

History

Rohinton Soli "Ronnie" Screwvala (born 8 September 1956) is an Indian entrepreneur. He has been named on Esquire's List of the 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century and ranked 78 among the 100 most influential people in the world on the Time 100 (compiled by Time Magazine, 2009). He was also listed amongst 25 Asia’s Most Powerful People by Fortune Magazine.

Profile

Ronnie Screwvala

Movies

Yugantar
Producer
These movies are based on the research of changes in humans due to Vedic changes born in humans over time.
Sharaabi
Producer
The big-screen action-adventure is directed by Abhishek Kapoor and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Pragya Kapoor.
Tarla
Producer
Follows the journey of India's iconic home chef, Tarla Dalal. It captures the integral role she played in empowering women and helping them realise their dreams through food.
Lust Stories 2
Producer
Four eminent Indian directors explore sex, desire and love through short films in this sequel to 2018's Emmy-nominated 'Lust Stories'.
Chhatriwali
Producer
Sanya is an unemployed chemistry genius looking for a job. However, she also wants to use her knowledge of chemistry to help young minds move beyond the taboos of sex with the right education.
Mission Majnu
Producer
Set in the 1970s, an undercover Indian spy takes on a deadly mission to expose a covert nuclear weapons program in the heart of Pakistan.
Wonder Women
Producer
A diverse group of six pregnant women, who are on their way to becoming mothers but are plagued by misconceptions, confusion, and questions about pregnancy and childbirth. In their quest to know it all, they discover their identities and answers to their deep-seated problems.
A Thursday
Producer
When a kindergarten teacher takes her 16 students hostage and makes a set of demands, it not only rattles the Mumbai police and the city but also sends shockwaves through the country and its leaders as the motive behind the hostage situation is unearthed.
Dhamaka
Producer
When a cynical ex-TV news anchor gets an alarming call on his radio show, he sees a chance for a career comeback — but it may cost his conscience.
Rashmi Rocket
Producer
Born in the small-town of Kutch, Rashmi overcomes all societal barriers to become a national-level athlete. But her glory is hindered when she is asked to undergo a gender test.
Ankahi Kahaniya
Producer
As big city life buzzes around them, lonely souls discover surprising sources of connection and companionship in three tales of love, loss and longing.
Raat Akeli Hai
Producer
When a newly married landlord is murdered, a misfit cop’s investigation is complicated by the victim’s secretive family and his own conflicted heart.
Natkhat
Producer
One evening, seven-year-old Sonu casually alludes to a ghastly act that he committed in school. Horrified and determined to correct his course, his doting mother Surekha decides that she won’t let him go down the same path as the other machismo-obsessed men in his family. Through her bedtime stories, she teaches Sonu the true virtue of equality.
Bhangra Paa Le
Producer
Jaggi comes from a Punjabi background and he aspires to take the popular Punjabi dance form of 'Bhangra' to an international platform and passionately works towards his dream. He meets his college rival in Simi and they both compete with each other to win the international dance competition.
Ghost Stories
Co-Producer
An anthology of four short horror tales.
The Sky Is Pink
Producer
The 25-year-old love story of a couple is told through the lens of their teenage daughter after she is diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis.
The Man Who Feels No Pain
Producer
Leveraging his ability to withstand pain, a young man trains to follow in the footsteps of his martial arts hero.
Sonchiriya
Producer
In the more or less lawless Chambal Valley in 1975, a gang of bandits led by Maan Singh are up to mischief. The lawless men, who call themselves Bhaagis (rebels), live by robbery and attack the villages in the area. Since they have previously committed a more than shameful crime, they are hunted mercilessly by the police. When Maan Singh learns about a treasure of gold that is about to change hands at a wedding reception, the target of her next heist is clear. They have no idea that it is an ambush of the police. Some of the gang members barely manage to escape and flee into the inhospitably barren surrounding area. While a dispute arises about how to proceed, they meet a woman from the lowest caste who is being hunted by a family clan. In their care there is a girl who was raped and seriously injured by the leader of that clan. The bandits see the opportunity to atone for their shameful crime.
Uri: The Surgical Strike
Producer
Following the roguish terrorist attacks at Uri Army Base camp in Kashmir, India takes the fight to the enemy, in its most successful covert operation till date with one and only one objective of avenging their fallen heroes.
Kedarnath
Producer
Mansoor, a reserved and reticent Pithoo (porter), helps pilgrims make an arduous journey upwards to the temple town. His world turns around when he meets the beautiful and rebellious Mukku who draws him into a whirlwind of intense love.
Pihu
Producer
The social thriller starring a two year-old baby girl. She is living in a home where the adults are going through a complicated phase. Being a toddler, she is occasionally trapped in the accidental situations.
Karwaan
Producer
Avinash, a dejected soul stuck in a dead-end job shares a strange relationship with his father. He holds him responsible for crushing his dreams. However, he is left pondering upon this longstanding hatred when he hears of his father’s untimely demise.
Lust Stories
Producer
An anthology of four stories that sheds light on modern relationships from the viewpoint of the Indian woman.
Love per Square Foot
Producer
Individually, bank employees Sanjay and Karina don't earn enough to be able to buy a home, so they decide to enter into a marriage of convenience.
Yatchan
Producer
A small-time hooligan hired to kill a girl and an aspiring movie actor find themselves in the wrong place due to a mix-up. Now, the gangster who ordered the hit is after all the three of them.
ABCD 2
Producer
Childhood friends Suresh and Vinnie want to become successful dancers. To fulfill their dreams, they form a dance group with their friends and compete in a hip-hop contest in Las Vegas.
Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai
Producer
A revolutionary is sentenced to death for his anti-national activities. And so begins a battle of wits between the prison officer and his comrades, who try to rescues him with the help of the reluctant hangman who has been selected to deliver the punishment.
Haider
Producer
A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle - the man he suspects to have a role in his father's fate.
The Goa Run
Producer
Peter, a football crazy motorcycle taxi rider, decides to turn his back on Goa and quits his job - until his sleazy loan shark boss Bosco persuades him to do one last job. It's the job that will change his life forever.
Sigaram Thodu
Producer
Chellapa wants his son Murali to become a police officer like him but Murali's dream is a 'safe' bank job. However, a slew of thefts in ATMs affects them personally and changes the course of Murali's life.
Naan Sigappu Manithan
Producer
Indran suffers from narcolepsy, a sleep disorder that makes him fall asleep at the slightest excitement. He meets Meera and they fall in love but one night, they are attacked by unknown persons. Indran panics and goes into sleep, while Meera is raped. Indran must rely hard on his wits to find the assailants and overcome his condition get his revenge.
Phata Poster Nikhla Hero
Producer
Vishwas, an aspiring actor, is mistaken for an inspector while dressed for a photo shoot.
Chennai Express
Producer
Rahul embarks on a journey to a small town in Tamil Nadu to fulfill the last wish of his grandfather: to have his ashes immersed in the Holy water of Rameshwaram. En route, he meets a woman hailing from a unique family down South. As they find love through this journey in the exuberant lands of South India, an unanticipated drive awaits them.
Ghanchakkar
Producer
A safe cracker claims he has lost his memory when two criminals come calling for their cut of the bank heist loot.
Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru
Producer
A man falls in love with a woman, a new recruit in his company. He seeks guidance from the `Love Guru' to win her heart, but problems arise when the guru learns that the man is in love with his sister.
Settai
Producer
Three struggling room-mates unknowingly become potential prey of a ruthless gangster
Himmatwala
Producer
When a temple priest commits suicide after being dishonored by an evil landlord, his son returns to his native village on a mission of vengeance.
Kai Po Che!
Producer
Three friends growing up in India at the turn of the millennium set out to open a training academy to produce the country's next cricket stars.
ABCD
Producer
When a capable dancer is provoked by the evil design of his employer, naturally he will be out to prove his mettle.
Thaandavam
Producer
A blind man with his 'Echolocation' power takes on a revenge mission.
Husbands in Goa
Producer
The film follows the journey of three young men, who flee from their wives, for a vacation to the international tourist-destination Goa. During the trip, they become friends with an immature youthful older man, who is on the verge of a divorce. The film explores their time in Goa
Barfi!
Producer
Three young people learn that love can neither be defined nor contained by society's definition of normal and abnormal.
Mugamoodi
Producer
A man can no longer tolerate injustice and corruption and he becomes a vigilante to fight for a better society.
Rowdy Rathore
Producer
A small-time thug comes across a young girl who claims him to be her father, following which he realizes he has a lookalike who's being hunted by goons.
Kalakalappu
Producer
A man struggles to save his family-owned restaurant as it is running in loses. He soon falls for a health inspector keen on shutting down the place. When his brother enters the scene, things get worse.
Vazhakku Enn 18/9
Producer
Venu works at a roadside shop and loves Jyothi, a maidservant in the nearby apartments. Before Venu gets a chance to express his love to her, she meets with an accident and he is arrested.
Grandmaster
Producer
Chandrashekhar lives alone in a dark and violent city. Even with crime occurring all around him, he withdraws from all responsibility and lives quietly. Soon, change is forced upon him in order to catch a serial killer. Like a grandmaster who anticipates his opponents moves well in advance, he proceeds forward. But only once, just once, he makes a fatal mistake.
Paan Singh Tomar
Producer
Paan Singh Tomar goes from celebrated runner to star brigand and rebel when life after sports fails to unfold as planned.
Vettai
Producer
Guru always helps his timid brother win accolades and promotions in his career as a policeman. But a brutal incident makes Guru realise that he needs to help his brother in another way.
My Friend Pinto
Producer
Sweet, honest, and optimistic Michael Pinto has a knack for finding trouble. The search for a childhood friend leads him to the big city, and into an outlandish adventure.
Chillar Party
Producer
A gang of innocent but feisty kids who lead carefree lives in Chandan Nagar colony, take on the big bad world of politics when one of their friend's life is endangered.
Delhi Belly
Producer
Three unsuspecting, average guys find themselves on the hit list of one of India's most-powerful crime syndicates.
Thank You
Producer
The film is about three husbands having affairs outside their marriage. One of their wives hires a detective named Kishen and finds out that their husbands are cheating. Their wives find out when Kishen scares them by blind folding them and when they tell their girlfriends list, Sanjana gets hurt and leaves and tries to commit suicide but Kishen helps her.
7 Khoon Maaf
Producer
Susanna is hungry for love and will go to any extent to find it in its purest form. In her quest for the perfect man, she gets married a number of times as each of her husband's die mysteriously.
No One Killed Jessica
Producer
The true story of model Jessica Lall who was shot dead in a restaurant and the campaign to bring her killer to justice.
Tees Maar Khan
Producer
A con artist poses as a film director in a village with the intention of executing a caper with the unwitting help of the villagers.
Guzaarish
Producer
Ethan, a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident, sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life.
Peepli Live
Co-Producer
Natha decides to commit suicide to get the farmers' compensation. However, the media and politicians learn about his intentions and descend on their village to capture the rare event.
I Hate Luv Storys
Producer
Simran loves love stories, with her ideal job and perfect boyfriend, she lives a blissful and dreamy life. However, things are rudely interrupted by Jay's cynicism on sentimentality.
Udaan
Producer
Upon returning to his industrial hometown, a young man must decide whether to follow his own dreams or acquiesce to his father's plans for his future.
Chance Pe Dance
Producer
Sameer is the archetypal struggler who leaves his dad in Delhi and comes to Mumbai, chasing dreams of becoming a star in Bollywood. Does he manage to survive the bleak and grueling rounds of endless auditions, broken promises and missed chances?
Main Aurr Mrs Khanna
Producer
Three people, each having different aspirations from life, are caught in a tangle of emotions and don’t know the way out. There’s a husband and wife with love eroding from their life. And there’s a single, happy-go-lucky dude who falls in love with the wife.
Eenadu
Producer
The police commissioner of Hyderabad confronts an anonymous caller who has planted bombs in the city and will let them explode if four terrorists are not freed from the police custody.
Unnaipol Oruvan
Producer
A common man tries to fight terrorism by making anonymous calls to cops. Will he succeed ?
Aagey Se Right
Producer
Aage Se Right is the story of chance, co-incidence and real life humor based in the present day Mumbai. The film spans over five days of panic, chaos and mayhem!!!
Phir Kabhi
Producer
Phir Kabhi tells the story of two high school sweethearts who rekindle their romance at a school reunion decades later at their old age.
Kaminey
Producer
Two brothers, as different as chalk and cheese, find their lives intertwined when one puts himself in danger via a `get rich quick' scheme and the other finds there is a price on his head.
Agyaat
Producer
A film unit goes for a shoot deep into a forest, they settle at a place with bare minimal facilities run by a strange and quirky man called Setu.
ExTerminators
Producer
Alex is a lonely accountant whose one act of rage results in her being sentenced to court-ordered therapy. There she meets Stella, the owner of a small extermination business who uses her car as a weapon, and Nikki, a dental technician with the face of an angel and the mind of a sociopath. Together these women form their own "silent revolution", wreaking havoc on the abusive men in their lives.
Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge
Producer
Anand Pawar (Kunal Khemu) and Raj Chopra (Paresh Rawal) are perhaps the two most extreme individuals that have walked the city of Mumbai. While Anand is an idealist chartered accountant, Raj is an idle film producer.
Delhi-6
Producer
Roshan, an NRI, arrives in Old Delhi with his ailing grandmother and starts to rediscover himself before getting caught in a religious dispute that shakes the once peaceful neighborhood.
Dev.D
Producer
Because they come from different castes, the son of a tax collector and his true love are not allowed to marry, sending them down divergent paths.
Harishchandrachi Factory
Producer
The movie depicts efforts and struggle by Dadasaheb Falke for creating first motion picture in India - Raja Harishchandra.
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
Producer
Lovinder Singh, a thief now in custody and facing trial, reflects on his life of crime while the press reflect on how he managed to get away with so much before being arrested.
Fashion
Producer
A small-town girl finally realizes her dream of becoming a famous supermodel but soon finds out that there's a price for her glamorous new life.
Welcome to Sajjanpur
Producer
Mahadev (Shreyas Talpade) is an unemployed graduate with a Bachelor of Arts from Satna college, who is forced to make a living writing letters for the uneducated people of his village. His real ambition is to become a novel writer. Through his humble occupation, Mahadev has the potential to impact numerous lives. The movie is a satirical, but warm-hearted portrait of life in rural India.
Poi Solla Porom
Producer
Sathyanathan is a typical middle class man who has just retired. He wants to buy a plot of land in the city and move in with his wife and children - Uppilinathan(Karthik Kumar), Vishwanathan and Sindhu. But his son Uppilinathan - who is a software engineer - has no interest in the house and is keen to leave India for New York, where he has obtained a job. Sathyanathan buys the plot from "World Famous Properties" which is managed by Vijayakumar.
A Wednesday!
Producer
A retired police commissioner recounts the most memorable case of his career, wherein he was informed about a bomb scare in Mumbai.
The Happening
Executive Producer
When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliott Moore and his wife Alma flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental release of some toxic military bio weapon -- or something even more sinister?
Aamir
Producer
A doctor of Indian origin returning to Mumbai from London is forced to participate in a terrorist plot.
Jodhaa Akbar
Producer
A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a Mughal emperor and a Rajput princess.
Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal
Producer
A bankrupt soccer team must win the championship or break apart.
Athidhi
Producer
Young Amrita Goutham's parents bring home a poor and homeless boy from the streets of Hyderabad, and adopt him. Shortly thereafter her life is shattered when her parents are killed by this boy and she goes to live with her brother, and his wife. Years later, she has grown up, and has a niece, Aishwarya. While being chased by some goons, a male named Aditya, comes to her rescue, and she falls in love with him. Amidst nation-wide kidnappings taking place allegedly at the hands of one Kaiser, she soon finds out that Aditya is none other than the one who killed her parents and may have returned back into her family's life to kill all of them.
Life in a Metro
Producer
Six different stories, about nine people, each with different issues and problems, all occurring within one place: the METRO.
Khosla Ka Ghosla!
Producer
Upon retirement, cranky control freak Kamal Kishore Khosla obsesses about procuring a plot of land in Delhi, where he plans to build his dream house. After investing his entire life's savings to acquire the land, he discovers the plot's been stolen by a greedy land shark. Now, Khosla must rely on his comically dysfunctional family to pull off a scam on the biggest goon in real estate and win back.
The Namesake
Producer
After moving from Calcutta to New York, members of the Ganguli family maintain a delicate balancing act between honoring the traditions of their native India and blending into American culture. Although parents Ashoke and Ashima are proud of the sacrifices they make to give their children opportunities, their son Gogol strives to forge his own identity without forgetting his heritage.
Chup Chup Ke
Producer
A debt-ridden young man attempts suicide, but is rescued only to find that his luck is finally turning.
Rang De Basanti
Producer
After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively decide to avenge the killing.
The Blue Umbrella
Producer
Young Biniya lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in the mountainous and snowy region of Himachal Pradesh in India along with her widowed mom and wrestler brother. She entertains various tourists, and while doing so with some tourists from Japan, trades in her bear-tooth amulet with a blue umbrella...
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Producer
Deshu, a mechanic from Dubai, comes home to Mumbai, and gets embroiled in a crime by accident. The film shows his meteoric rise from common, law-abiding man to underworld kingpin.
Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh
Producer
Lucknow based Mithilesh Shukla, is a regular, nondescript sort of a guy, who has washed his hands off marriage, until his nagging mom and her concerned brother get him to see Veena as a prospective bride. Veena is beautiful, cultured, educated and pretty much everything Mithilesh wants. She is also leggy, a good 6" taller than our hero. This doesn't concern him too much, until he overhears people talk and laugh at his relative lack of stature/looks. Everyday situations, such as driving a scooter, with a tall wife towering from the back-seat, or a fawning doodh-wala (milk-man) delivering milk, become a nagging headache for the insecure Mithilesh. More problems crop up when Veena's good college friend, the TALL, worldly, smart Akash moves into the flat next door, and jealousy consumes Mithilesh, leading him into a quagmire of problems, which threaten to rip apart his life.
Swades
Co-Producer
A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.
Swades
Screenplay
A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.
Lakshya
Co-Producer
An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.
Fiza
Co-Producer
In 1993 Fiza's brother disappears during the riots in Mumbai. In 1999 Fiza is tired of waiting and goes looking for him.
Dil Ke Jharoke Main
Producer
Suman and Vijay Rai are childhood friends who are heart-broken when Suman's dad decides to move away. Both have a heart tattooed on their arm to remember each other for the rest of their lives. Years later, they unknowingly meet each other, however Suman is married to Vijay's brother, Prakash, while Vijay is married to a wealthy woman, Rita.
Punjab '95
Producer
Based on real events, Honey Trehan’s second feature tells the story of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra’s courageous campaign to uncover murderous corruption during the nadir of Punjab’s period of insurgency.
Ullozhukku
Producer
Captain India
Producer
upcoming hindi movie
Sam Bahadur
Producer
A biography on Sam Manekshaw
Sitara
Producer
Upcoming Hindi film.
The Immortal Ashwatthama
Producer
Tejas
Producer
Tejas is the story of an Indian Air Force pilot.
Pippa
Producer
Set during the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971 that led to the formation of Bangladesh.