Ajay Bijli


Ajay Bijli is chairman of PVR Ltd and the owner of PVR Cinemas chain in India. Since 2013 Bijli has been a managing director for CineMAX India and a director for iPic Entertainment Inc.

Early life and education

Bijli completed his BCom from Hindu College of University of Delhi. After graduating, he joined his family’s transportation business and his father’s Priya Theater in Delhi. After the death of his father and a fire at the company’s warehouse Bijli decided to focus on the cinema business. In 1995, a Hollywood producer introduced Bijli to an Australian production house “Village Roadshow” which expand in India further and lead to start of PVR-Priya Village Roadshow.

Career

Bijli founded PVR in 1995 India’s first multiplex cinema at Saket after reconstruct the Anupam Cinema. After his Australian partner left Village Roadshow from Indian market, Bijili decided to expand his business worth Rs. 100 crore. In 2012 Ajay became the managing director for the Karnataka-based Cinemax and also taking over DT cinemas in the year 2016. In 2017, the American cinema player iPic Entertainment appointed Bijli on a board position, from which he resigned in July, 2018.

Awards and recognition