Bhushan Kumar
Bhushan Kumar
Born/Date of Birthday: 27 November 1977
Place of Birth: NewDelhi, India
Occupation: Film producer, music producer
Title: Chairman and managing director of T-Series
Spouse: Divya Khosla Kumar (m. 2005)
Children: Ruhaan Kumar
Siblings: Tulsi Kumar, Khushali Kumar
Parents: Gulshan Kumar, Sudesh Kumari
Relatives: Krishan Kumar Dua (uncle)
Bhushan Kumar Dua (born 27 November 1977) is an Indian film producer and music producer. He is the chairman and managing director of Super Cassettes Industries Limited, also known as T-Series. He is known for his works in Bollywood.
Career
Kumar took control of the music company T-Series in 1998 when he was 19 after the murder of his father, Gulshan. He went on to become the chairman and managing director of this number one music company in India.
As managing director, Kumar diversified the company's business into electronics, CDs, audio/video tapes and cassettes and film production. For this and for popularising Indian music overseas, he was honoured by the Government of India's Electronics and Software Export Promotion Council.
Film producer
After firming his company's presence in the music market, Bhushan Kumar ventured into making films.
Like his father, Gulshan, who gave hits such as Aashiqui, Bhushan has made successful films such as Tum Bin, Bhool Bhulaiyaa, Patiala House, Ready and Lucky: No Time for Love.
Bhushan donned the producer's cap in 2001 for Tum Bin, a film that ran successfully and marked the debut of the lead star cast along with the film's director Anubhav Sinha.
In 2013, Kumar produced Nautanki Saala. The same year, Bushan Kumar released a remake of Aashiqui, Aashiqui 2. Aashiqui 2 proved to be a turning point for Bhushan's production house as it was considered to be one of the biggest blockbusters of 2013.
Kumar's subsequent projects included such films as Yaariyan, a youth-based film helmed by his wife Divya Khosla Kumar. In 2014, Bhushan Kumar revived B.R. Chopra Films with Bhoothnath Returns. He then entered the genre of sci-fi thriller with Creature 3D, starring Bipasha Basu and Imran Abbas and directed by Vikram Bhatt.
T-Series has worked with directors such as Madhur Bhandarkar, Milan Luthria, Anurag Basu and Mohit Suri.
On 3 April 2017, Kumar signed a contract with Akshay Kumar in front of the 300-year-old Lord Shiva temple in Maheshwar for the film Mogul, which is an official biopic based on the life of his father Gulshan Kumar. However, Akshay Kumar quit the film and Aamir Khan agreed to do the part, only to quit and return later.
Controversies
In June 2018, Bhushan Kumar was accused of sexual harassment by Marina Kuwar through the "Me Too" Movement in India.
In December 2018, Kumar was accused by senior income tax officials of evading taxes and of moving hundreds of crores to foreign countries to purchase properties for his employees at T-Series.
Personal life
Bhushan Kumar was born in a Punjabi family in Delhi to the founder of T-Series, owner Gulshan Kumar and his wife Sudesh Kumari Dua. Kumar married Divya Khosla on 13 February 2005 at the Maa Vaishno Devi shrine in Katra. They have a son born in October 2011.
