Swapna Patker


Dr. Swapna Patker is a Psychologist, Indian writer, Film producer, and Entrepreneur, better known for 2015 Marathi film Balkadu, a biopic of Shivsena founder and Hindu nationalist leader Balasaheb Thackeray. She is chief managing director of The Royal Maratha Entertainment, a motion picture production company. Patker is author of Jeevan Funda, a Marathi language self-help book, published in 2013.

Swapna Patker as Clinical Psychologist

Swapna Patker is a Psychologist, Counselor, Corporate Trainer, Co Cognitive Therapist and Wellness Consultant from Mumbai. She founded Mindworks Training Systems, a wellness clinic and online counseling, psychological testing and training setup. Dr. Swapna Patker has expertise in children, adult and teenage counseling. She lays focus on emotion handling, addiction medicine and relationship counseling; 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 and emotive 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 Marathi language film Balkadu, which is biopic of late Balasaheb Thackeray. She also wrote lyrics for the film.

Swapna Patker as Hotelier

As a women 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, Sanjay Dutt, Bappi Lahiri, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Mudasir Ali, Tajdar Amrohi, Suresh Wadkar and wife Padma, Dalip Tahil, Gary Richardson and Murli Sharma were among the guests spotted.