Benaroya Pictures has announced today that international production veteran Prashant Shah has joined the company as Vice President and Head of Physical Production. Shah brings with him production experience spanning over 20 feature films and dozens of television shows throughout India, the UK and the US including the VFX-heavy RA.ONE, India's most expensive superhero film and MY NAME IS KHAN, which is Bollywood's highest grossing film to date. For the past ten years Shah has worked closely with both independent and major studios on projects with budgets ranging from $3 to $35M.
In 2010 Shah was the recipient of the "Producer of the Year" award from the United States Congress for creating thousands of job opportunities on local productions. In addition, he has been nominated as "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young, is the founder of Bollywood Hollywood Productions, and is on the Board of Directors for Film Florida. As Head of Physical Production he will work closely with company founder Michael Benaroya on upcoming projects, working on the budgeting and scheduling of all productions as well as supervising production duties on set. "After seeing Shah's great successes with a variety of international productions, we look forward to a continued track record of producing high-quality films. He will be a valuable on-set presence with our future projects," said Benaroya. "We will have a disciplined and cost-conscious approach to production management regardless of where we make the picture," said Shah. "This is a very exciting time to join the company and I am truly honored to be working with a producer of the caliber as Michael Benaroya."Videos