KARAN ARORA

KARAN ARORA
KARAN ARORA
Born	Allahabad
🏳️ Nationality	Indian
💼 Occupation	Entrepreneur
🌐 Website	Company website

Karan Arora (Hindi:करन अरोड़ा) (born 2 June 1973, in Allahabad) was a London-based Indian film producer, entrepreneur, and founder of High Ground Enterprises Ltd. (2008), a company listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

Achievements

Nominee in the ‘Entrepreneur’ category for The Lloyds TSB Jewel Awards for the year 2008, which recognizes Corporate, Commercial, and Professional Excellence and is endorsed by the Prime Minister of the UK, Gordon Brown.
Founder of 'Picture Partners International', a London-based specialist consultancy firm in the film sector bringing value additions to film production businesses.
Panel Judge of British Graduate 100 (2010), the largest initiative of its kind developed in conjunction with Britain's leading employers, universities, and key industry figures.

High Ground Enterprises Ltd.

The company has diversified niche verticals which operate independently yet are strategically positioned to interlink and complement the group's core aim of generating optimum value for all its stakeholders in the media space (content development/acquisition, consulting & allied services) and EPCM (Engineering Procurement and Construction Management) / infrastructure sectors.

British film and television producer Kent Walwin partnered with High Ground Enterprises to work on independent projects, including a reality movie show titled Make Me A Movie Star.

In collaboration with an American investor and technical partners from the UK, the company invested in setting up a post-production facility in Soho, London. This high-end boutique facility in the heart of London has catered to distinguished clients such as Bentley, Raffles Hotels & Resorts, Budweiser, Schweppes, Channel 4, and the BBC, among others.

High Ground Enterprises sponsored the Media, Film, and Arts Awards of Graduate 100 (2010), the largest initiative of its kind developed in conjunction with Britain's leading employers, universities, and key industry figures.

In September 2019, the company was alleged to have fraudulently availed Rs. 77 crore in GST ITC.

Projects

Bhindi Baazaar Inc. is High Ground Enterprises' latest offering under Picture Thoughts Production. The film was announced at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. A gritty crime drama starring Kay Kay Menon, Prashant Narayanan, Shilpa Shukla, Deepti Naval, Pavan Malhotra, and others. Caterina Lopez, the distant cousin of international pop star JLo, made a special appearance in this thriller. The film was successfully released in June 2011 across India in more than 500 screens and received overwhelming critical acclaim.

He has also co-produced Tera Kya Hoga Johnny starring Neil Nitin Mukesh, Soha Ali Khan, Shahana Goswami, KK, and others. The film was directed by Sudhir Mishra.

Kya Dilli Kya Lahore is a venture under Picture Thoughts Production. The film, mentored by Gulzar saab, was highly appreciated critically and was released in 2014. The film is a twisted tale of war set in 1948 at the border of India and Pakistan. The cast includes Vijay Raaz, Manu Rishi, and Raj Zutshi.

Charlie Kay Chakkar Mein, a neo-noir crime thriller, was released in 2015. The cast includes Naseeruddin Shah, Anand Tiwari, Amit Sial, Pitobash Tripathy, and some young talent from the new batch of theatre actors in India.

Distant Tear Drop, primarily an English-language feature for world cinema, shot in Sri Lanka, London, and Croatia, is in the completion stage; alongside two other untitled projects being filmed and currently in various stages of production.

HGEL has successfully done business with ICON USA, Animagic Studios, United International Pictures, and now Medient Studios Inc. in the areas of IPR development, integration, distribution/trading, consulting, and post-production.

References

Kent Walvin partners with HGEL Businessofcinema. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
Karan Arora nominated in 'Entrepreneur’ category for ‘The Lloyds TSB Jewel Awards’ 2008^{[permanent dead link]}. (ref. www.jewelawards.tv)
High Ground Enterprise presents Bhindi Baazaar GlamSham. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
Bhindi Baazaar announced at Cannes Bollywoodtrade. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
Karan Arora on the judging panel of 'British Graduate 100' 2010
Karan Arora raves about Tera Kya Hoga Johnny Bollywood Chaska. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
Kya Dilli Kya Lahore at Wagah Border Archived 16 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Times of India. 2012.

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