Prior to this appointment, Samir Bangara was the Managing Director of the digital business at Disney UTV, which is one of India’s leading digital businesses, specializing in games, audio & video content. With 15 years of extensive experience in the media and technology space, Samir was responsible for driving growth and scaling the digital business of the company in various avatars.
“More than track record in building companies, what is important to me and A R Rahman is that, the goals and dreams of people that join our endeavour are equal to ours. We welcome Samir in joining us both as part of the founding team, confident of his commitment, aspirations desire and abilities to venture with us beyond where individually we are capable of”, said Shekhar Kapur.
“We at Qyuki are indebted to Poonacha for being able to take the broadest of visions of AR Rahman and myself. Thank you Poonacha for being an integral part of our dream and giving it form and structure, based on which we are able to drive our goals forward today”, said Shekhar Kapur.
“Unlocking the creative potential of India is an incredibly compelling idea. I was in the midst of starting my own venture focussed on this when I met Shekhar. The ability to partner Shekhar Kapur and A R Rahman and coming aboard Qyuki added terrific synergies to my own ambitions and propel them to the next level” said Samir Bangara.
“Any start up in this space is like sailing into the high seas with sails being ripped by uncertain storms. Poonacha has been a great captain at the helm and kept the ship steady and on course. He will be missed and we wish him luck” said AR Rahman.
About Qyuki
Qyuki Digital Media Pvt. Ltd is founded by two of the celebrated creative minds of India, Shekhar Kapur (BAFTA® winner, critically acclaimed film director and producer) and A.R. Rahman (Academy Award® winning composer, singer, songwriter & record producer). The platform aims to unlock the creative potential of India by empowering people’s self-expression and enable them to build their creative identity.
At Qyuki, Indian youth come together to experience differentiated content created by Masters. They also get an opportunity to interact, learn and co-create content with creative experts with a potential of themselves becoming brands of the future.
Qyuki has built a new media platform that enables seamless collaboration across social communities, networks and devices.
Cisco is one of the key early investors in the company.
For further information on Qyuki, you can log on to: http://www.qyuki.com
