National Advisory Board

A.P Parigi is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Entertainment Network (India) Ltd (ENIL). Parigi leads and manages businesses and brands like Radio Mirchi, 360 Degrees and Times OOH Media. Parigi is also the Managing Director and CEO of Times Infotainment Media Limited. He holds a MBA from University of Delhi and a degree in Economics and a Masters in Sociology from the Delhi School of Economics. He recently moved directly into film as the executive producer for Being Cyrus.

A founding partner of Perfect Relations, Dilip Cherian is widely regarded as India's 'Image guru'. He is a respected columnist and a business analyst. Today Dilip has devoted readers in the Asian Age, Indian Express and several language newspapers in various parts of the country. The subjects he writes on range from macro-economic issues, to the bureaucracy and corporate tycoons.

M.F.Hussain held his first exhibition at the Bombay Art Society in 1947. In 1966 Hussain was awarded the Padmashree by the Government of India. In 1967 he made his first film, Through the Eyes of a Painte, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Festival. He has since made Gajagamini and Meenaxi - A Tale of 3 Cities.

Pahlaj Nihalani started his career as a producer in 1982 with the movie Hathkadi. He went on to produce Aag hi Aag, Aag ka Gola, Mitti aur Sona, Shola aur Shabnam, Aankhen and Talaash. Today Pahlaj is the president of AMPTPP (Association of Motion Pictures and Television Program Producers) which facilitates matters with both Central and State Governments for its members. This is the only association to have a co-ordination committee with Cine & TV Artistes Association to resolve disputes between Producers and Artistes and vice versa.

Peter joined STAR in 1993 as Sales Director (India) in Hong Kong. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of STAR India in 1999 and had commercial responsibility for all STAR Channels. In 2006, he was appointed CEO Of STAR Group in India with specific responsibility for all new business opportunities in India along with all other corporate and strategic functions outside the core Television Business.

She is the ex-President of the Indian Motion Picture Producers Association, ex-President of the Film Federation of India, a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Film Development Council and is a Member of the Advisory Committee for Cine Worker Welfare Fund. She has worked towards the welfare of the industry, curbing cable piracy and resolving tax matters faced by the film industry. Under her banner Rahul Productions, she has produced films such as Haseena Maan Jayegi, Hum Do Humara Ek and Hum Jo Keh Na Paaye and television serials including KHEL, Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham and Bhagyavidhatha .