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Ankit Gupta

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Ankit Gupta is a senior creative lead at Hook Media Network within the RP Sanjiv Goenka Group. He writes on the business of entertainment, fashion and lifestyle, bringing a producer mindset to reporting and analysis. Before this he was heading brand storytelling at GetMega – in the real money gaming…Read More
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Ankit Gupta is a senior creative lead at Hook Media Network within the RP Sanjiv Goenka Group. He writes on the business of entertainment, fashion and lifestyle, bringing a producer mindset to reporting and analysis. Before this he was heading brand storytelling at GetMega – in the real money gaming industry. He has spent almost two decades working with India Today, NDTV and Times Internet.

He focuses on industry economics and the way capital shapes culture. His areas of interest include Bollywood, streaming strategy, celebrity investors, fashion and luxury retail, the beauty business, brand partnerships, content to commerce and the creator economy.

Ankit holds a Master’s in Journalism and Mass Communication and has reported from Cannes Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival and India by the Nile. He has also been a creative producer on several docu-series on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.

He has programmed high profile conversations for Sahitya Aajtak and hosted the Prime Ministers of India and Bhutan at the inaugural edition of School of Ultimate Leadership’s Global Leadership Conclave. Several of his projects have received Indian Television Academy and News Television Academy honours along with a Filmfare nomination for Dancing on the Grave on Amazon Prime Video. He has written articles for Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, The BlackBook, Departures and Centurion magazines.

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In this edition of Bollywood Billionaire, we trace how Amrish Puri rose from a ₹154 clerk’s salary to become Hindi…

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In this edition of Bollywood Billionaire, we trace how Pran turned survival lessons, strategic branding, and early real-estate bets into…

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In this edition of Bollywood Billionaires, here’s what John Abraham’s lesser-known money story reveals how the actor quietly built wealth…

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In this edition of Bollywood Billionaires, Asha Bhosle shows how a voice became a business reinvented across decades, scaled through…

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In this edition of Bollywood Billionaires, we trace how Chiranjeevi quietly built a fortune beyond superstardom, by owning television pipelines,…

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From ‘Jimmy Jimmy’ to Business Tycoon: How Mithun Chakraborty built a Rs 400 crore empire

In the current edition of Bollywood Billionaires, we profile Mithun Chakraborty — the actor-turned-entrepreneur whose cultural immortality and business acumen…

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In the current edition of Bollywood Billionaires, we decode how Mohanlal treated superstardom as a volatile income stream, and quietly…

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In the current edition of Bollywood Billionaires, we break down the surprising portfolio that made Juhi Chawla one of the…

By Ankit Gupta
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The “Villain” who beat Vijay Mallya: How Danny Denzongpa built a secret beer empire

In the latest edition of Bollywood Billionaires, we profile Danny Denzongpa, Hindi cinema’s most elegant villain turned low-key beer baron.

By Ankit Gupta
Updated: December 5, 2025 07:55 IST
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Sonam Kapoor’s ‘Quiet’ Empire: How the actor built a portfolio that outearns her films

In this edition of Bollywood Billionaires, we turn the spotlight on Sonam Kapoor, the star who built a global portfolio…

By Ankit Gupta
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What Abhishek Bachchan understood about investing that Bollywood didn’t

In the debut edition of Bollywood Billionaires, we profile Abhishek Bachchan, the actor-entrepreneur who built a portfolio far more ambitious…

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