Guneet Monga

Guneet Monga Kapoor
Monga in 2018
Born (1983-11-21) 21 November 1983 (age 40)
New Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materGuru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Occupation(s)Film producer,
CEO of Sikhya Entertainment
Known forThe Elephant Whisperers
SpouseSunny Kapoor (m.2022)

Guneet Monga Kapoor (born 21 November 1983) is an Indian film producer. She is the producer of the 2023 Academy Award-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, The Lunchbox, Masaan, Zubaan and Pagglait.[1]

In 2018, Monga was amongst the first producers from India to be inducted in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[2] 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.

In 2021, Guneet Monga was conferred with the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government.

In December 2022, she tied the knot with Delhi based fashion entrepreneur Sunny Kapoor in an Anand Karaj ceremony held in Mumbai.

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  2. ^ "SRK, Aditya Chopra invited to join Oscar Academys Class of 2018". The Tribune.