Swati Shetty is a producer based in Los Angeles and the Founder & Director of Samosa Stories. She is a Pharmacist and MBA by education.
Swati began her entertainment career at StarTV, followed by Disney. Earlier, as President of Balaji Motion Pictures, Swati put together a successful slate of films, starting with The Dirty Picture, the first-ever female-driven film that had extraordinary success at the box office. She also produced Umrika, a drama that won India’s first Sundance award (2015).
Prior to launching her own company, Samosa stories, Swati was Executive Vice President at Imagine Entertainment and moved to the US in 2016 as Netflix’s first employee from India. Her most recent success is the release of the much-loved Netflix Original movie, The Wedding Season.
In this episode, Swati shares her courageous leadership journey as a film producer, her experience working and living in the US, and how she creates a brave and beautiful life for herself.
Key Takeaways from the episode:
- People with a wrong sense of power love to make people afraid.
- We are all global citizens, we need to be open to adapt.
- It is not necessary that because we are older we are wiser
- Everything doesn't need to be hard.
- Hire people smarter and better than you only then will you learn and grow.
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