Mumbai: Sunita Uchil has been elevated to the role of Executive Vice President of the new international co-production and co-development division at Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE).
In the role, Uchil will launch and head the new division, working with major production companies around the world to co-create and produce both scripted and non-scripted programming. She will be based in Mumbai.
She formerly served as Zee’s chief business officer for international ad sales and global syndication, a position that saw her lead the international syndication division from its inception in 2012. In that role, she spearheaded several successful co-production series, as well as the company’s first global blue-chip documentary, The Life of Earth from Space, which she also executive produced.
Uchil led the way in both India and the international sphere, developing both scripted and factual co-productions, including the recent African drama series Deceptive Measures—an adaptation of popular Indian drama series Pavitra Rishta—and Oba Nisa, an adaptation of the popular Zee TV series Tujhse Hai Rabbta(Cosmic Connection), which launched in Sri Lanka.
A career media professional with 28 years industry experience, Uchil worked at Big FM, India, HUM-FM, UAE and the Times of India Group, India prior to Zee.
Amit Goenka, CEO of international broadcast business at ZEE, stated: “Sunita is a special creative and business executive, with strong content and commercial visions, along with the fortitude and ability to implement them. She has not only built up our international ad sales and syndication businesses, she has been instrumental in finding the right projects for successful co-production projects. We are excited to see what she does in this new role and expect she will bring all her experience and creative acumen to the role.”
Uchil said: “Stories are my passion and I am grateful to our CEO and ZEE for giving me the space to bring new global stories to light! True to our motto—that together we are extraordinary—I aim to seek out and partner with the best producers in the world to create compelling content which will be enjoyed by audiences worldwide.”
