Sumanta Bose, currently overseeing Star Plus, Utsav, Regional East, and serving as Content Studio Head for Disney+ Hotstar (Hindi), will expand his responsibilities. He will now lead Star Bharat, the Hindi and English Movies Cluster, Kids and Infotainment Channels, Regional East, Live Entertainment, and Network Business Analytics and Insights. Bose will also drive the overall Content Studio for Disney+Hotstar, which includes Hotstar Specials (Hindi), AVOD (Hindi) content, and digital movie rights acquisitions for the platform.
Reporting directly to Bose will be the Business Heads Harsh Sheth (HM&EC), Devika Prabhu (Kids & Infotainment), Koustuvi Ghosh (Star Jalsha), Vikrant Pawar (Live Ent.), and Rahul Patil (Network Business Analytics).
For Star Bharat, Ira Choudhary (Programming), Rahul Gandhi (Marketing), and Shivendra Verma (Programming Strategy and Insights) will report to Bose.
Additionally, Neha Sinha will now oversee the Content portfolio for Hotstar Specials (Hindi), reporting to Bose and collaborating closely with Sajith Sivanandan. Sonali Datta, leading Content Development Strategy for Hotstar Specials (Hindi), will report to Bose and serve as the main contact for all content-related reporting and compliance with Disney+ global standards.
Suvonkar Banerjee, responsible for content on Hotstar Specials (Hindi), will also have a reporting line to Bose for AVOD (Hindi) content deliverables. Vamsi Murthy and Huzefa Kapadia, co-leading Marketing for Disney+Hotstar under Sivanandan, will interface closely with Bose within their segment.
