Ajay Bijli's passion for movies led him to set up PVR Cinemas in 1995. The largest multiplex chain in India has unassailable lead in the number of screens over competitors. Clearly, Ajay Bijli transformed the way millions of Indians consume entertainment content over the past two-and-a-half decades.. Ajay Bijli's entrepreneurial spirit. has been best translated in his achievement in building the brand PVR. In 1995 he signed a JV with Village Roadshow, a global film production and exhibition company of Australia, and within a few years the company pioneered the multiplex format in India. Since its inception in 1997, the brand has redefined the movie watching experience in India. Serving approx. 75 million patrons at PAN India level, the company acquired Cinemax in 2012 and has recently acquired DT Cinemas in 2016. PVR Cinemas is the largest chain of multiplexes in India.. With an Owners/President Management program from Harvard Business School and a passion to venture into the unknown; Ajay Bilji saw his business diversifying into distribution with PVR Pictures, and hospitality, retail with successful JVs under PVR Leisure. Acknowledging his business acumen CNBC TV 18 has recently awarded him with Asia Innovator of the Year award at India Business Leader awards, 2016 (IBLA) and Images Retail awarded him as Most Admired Retailer of the year 2016. Besides the recent recognitions, he has also been gratified with prestigious awards like E&Y Entrepreneurial Award for Business Transformation, CNBC's Emerging India Award, Most Admired Multiplex Professional by CMO Asia's Multiplex Excellence Award, to name a few. Under his leadership, PVR has also bagged the Fortune India's Next 500 Big and Mid-size companies award as well.. As an industry leader of Indian film exhibition, Ajay is on the Board of Trustees of the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image (MAMI) and the founding member of FICCI Multiplex Association (India). He is also a member of The Film and TV Producers Guild (India), Young Presidents' Organization and is associated with the Central Board of Film Certification, Government of India.
