Nilesh Bhatt

Nilesh Bhatt
Nilesh Bhatt
Born	March 17, 1971; New Delhi, India,
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Bhavan's College, Bombay University
Occupation	Chairman of Pilipili entertainment
Years active	1997–present
Children	2
Website	www.pilipilientertainment.com

Nilesh Bhatt (born March 17, 1971) is the Chief Executive Officer and chairman of Pilipili Entertainment Company Limited based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He is widely regarded as the most influential film executive in the East African film and movie industry, he is responsible for guiding the overall activities of the second largest film company in East Africa.[1][2][3]

Personal life

Mr. Nilesh is married and has 2 children, a son named Kush Bhatt and a daughter Paridhi Bhatt. He lives with the family in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Early life

A graduate of Bhavan's College, Mumbai University, Mr. Nilesh joined African Pride Textile Mills Ltd, a family business in 1997 as the Chief Executive officer. Under Mr. Nilesh's leadership, APTML became the industry's most successful textile company in East Africa, leading the industry in market share for 8 consecutive years. During that time, he oversaw APTML's rapid evolution from a junior company into a full-fledged textile company.[4]

Pilipili Entertainment

In 2006, Mr. Nilesh, along with his childhood friend Mr. Sameer Srivastava founded Pilipili Entertainment, which became among the most successful film companies in East and Central Africa. While leading Pilipili Entertainment, Mr. Nilesh energized the company by attracting and recruiting many of the Film Industry's most talented executives. With the acquisition of the world class equipment, Mr. Nilesh was directly involved with the restructuring and integration process to create the East Africa's largest film company. Under his leadership, he has produced TV commercials, hundreds of movies and organized numerous big events.

Throughout his career, Mr. Nilesh has worked in many different capacities with some of the most popular and influential Africa's and Bollywood's Artists, Actors, Producers and Directors of the past four decades, including Steven Kanumba, Mzee Chillo, Jackline Wolper, Jacob Steven and Rose Ndauka.[5]

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References

"Pili Pili Entertainment Company Ltd". ZoomTanzania. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
"PILI PILI ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LIMITED". Retrieved 2018-09-12.
Tanzania: Film Industry Evolves As First Ever Local Movie Hits the Big Screen
http://www.ziff.or.tz/node/1043
Kanumba, Steven (2010-04-12). "Kanumba The Great: THE GREAT KAZINI TENA CHINI YA PILIPILI ENTERTAINMENT". Kanumba The Great. Retrieved 2018-09-12.

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[1] "Pili Pili Entertainment Company Ltd". ZoomTanzania. Retrieved 2018-09-12.

[2] "PILI PILI ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LIMITED". Retrieved 2018-09-12.

[3] Tanzania: Film Industry Evolves As First Ever Local Movie Hits the Big Screen

[4] ttp://www.ziff.or.tz/node/1043

[5] Kanumba, Steven (2010-04-12). "Kanumba The Great: THE GREAT KAZINI TENA CHINI YA PILIPILI ENTERTAINMENT". Kanumba The Great. Retrieved 2018-09-12.