Manoj Dhamoo Punjabi (born 7 December 1972) is an Indonesian film and television producer. Born in a prominent Indian-Indonesian entertainment business family, he co-founded and is the CEO of MD Entertainment (Multi Dimensia Entertainment, also known as Manoj Dhamoo Entertainment, named after him and his father and founded by them along with Manoj's wife Shania as MD Media), the largest film production house in Indonesia and one of the domestic film company listed on the

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''. Manoj produced '' KKN di Desa Penari'' (2022), the highest-grossing film of Indonesia and has produced 7 of the top 20 highest-grossing Indonesian films. He has also produced soap operas, music, animation and web content. Punjabi is noted for his role in the revival of

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in the 21st-century.

Family

Manoj Punjabi is of Indian Sindhi descent. He is married to Shania Punjabi and has 3 children. His uncle is

Raam Punjabi Raam Jethmal Punjabi (born 6 October 1944) is an India media magnate and president of Multivision Plus (MVP). In 2001, due to his production of soap operas, he was referred to as "Indonesia's own soap king". Early life He was born in Surabaya, ...

, the owner of Multivision Plus (MVP), the family entertainment business before Manoj split to form MD Entertainment.

Filmography

Film

Television serials

Web series

Read more here: MD Entertainment (in Bahasa Indonesia)

References

External links

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MD Entertainment, official website

Profile Manoj Punjabi
at MD Entertainment {{DEFAULTSORT:Punjabi, Manoj Indonesian film producers Living people Indonesian Hindus Indonesian people of Indian descent Soap opera producers Indonesian television producers Mass media people from Jakarta Indonesian people of Sindhi descent 1972 births