Swapna Patker is a film producer and business woman better known for 2015 Marathi film ''

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'', a biopic of

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founder

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. She is chief managing director of The Royal Maratha Entertainment, a film production company. Patker is author of ''Jeevan Funda'', a Marathi language

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, published in 2013.

Swapna Patker as Clinical Psychologist

Swapna Patker claims to be a clinical psychologist and a Counselor although her degree in clinical psychology is under a cloud for being fake. The matter is pending litigation in Bombay high court. She is a corporate trainer, CBT and "wellness consultant" from

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. She founded Mindworks Training Systems, a wellness clinic and online

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, psychological testing and training setup. Dr. Swapna Patker has expertise in children, adult and teenage counseling. She lays focus on emotion handling,

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medicine and

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; and specializes in wellness training for children, parents and corporate. As a dream analyst, she guides you through interpretation of own dreams and their application to real life problems with the use of cognitive (CBT) and emotive (REBT) therapies. Also a health care management expert and trained organizational behaviorist, she offers insights on patient centered quality care in medical specialties. She runs a life coaching practice in India.

Swapna Patker as Writer

Besides mind training, Swapna Patker is active in other creative areas also. She is an author of book 'Jivanfunda'. She did writing for 'Corporate India' a magazine covering the corporate every month through an eye lens of finance & industry growth. She even wrote Harvard Business review on 'India & Business'. She use to write columns named 'Corporate Mantra' & 'Athavdyacha Manus' in Dainik Samana.

Swapna Patker as Producer

In 2015, Under the banner of The Royal Maratha Entertainment, Swapna Patker produced a

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film

, which is biopic of late

. She also wrote lyrics for the film.

Swapna Patker as Hotelier

As a woman entrepreneur, She founded ''Saffron 12'', a multi-cuisine and fine-dining family restaurant in Mumbai. At the launch of Saffron 12, on 12 March 2013,

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, Mudasir Ali, Tajdar Amrohi,

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and wife Padma,

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, Gary Richardson and

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were among the guests spotted.

Personal life

On 8 June 2021 she was arrested in fake medical degree case by Bandra police in Mumbai. Patker alleged the arrest to be a "revenge arrest" because she had filed a case in which she alleged being stalked by particular individuals "allegedly at the behest of

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena ( IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bom ...

Member of Parliament

Sanjay Raut Sanjay Rajaram Raut (Marathi pronunciation: ənd͡ʒəj ɾaːut̪ born 15 November 1961) is an Indian politician from Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) party. He is a member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the Raj ...

." Bombay high court granted bail to Patker on 27 June 2021.

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