At the third iteration of the Icons of Asia Awards and Conference, hosted by Global Empire in Delhi, Gaurav Rana Sukhija, creator and MD of Boogle Bollywood, was honored ‘Creative Entrepreneur of the Year.’Dr. Neeraj A. Sharma, Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Palau to India, awarded the honor to him in recognition of his support to the central government’s ‘Digital India’ initiative by establishing the first linear channel on a recognised OTT platform.
Gaurav Rana Sukhija expressed his regards for the honour, saying, “I am thrilled to be presented with this title by one of the most prestigious organisations which is dedicated towards providing well-deserved recognition to aspiring entrepreneurs.”
Speaking of Gaurav’s journey, it has totally been a roller coaster yet thrilling ride. Interestingly, having spent 10-long-years in ‘Media’ in his area of specialisation ‘Entertainment, he has worked as a full-time Correspondent onboard the national daily ‘Dainik Bhaskar’during 2007.
Soon then, he started-off his own Event Management & Promotions Company, wherein, it took on Films Casting, Artiste Management Production, Direction, Events Organising, Movies Promotions, and more… as well as even operated as Line Production for number of Movies.Later, he moved to Mumbai and he put in over 5 years of hard-work in Bollywood.
In the year 2015, he started his own Music Company ‘Mannan Music Entertainment and worked on 400 Music Videos of various Artists in Hindi & Punjabi and its Record Label catalogue incorporated onboard a repertoire of Artists from different genres around having 50+ Artist including national and international. In the same year he started his Digital Distribution Company, ‘Mannan International’ and onboarded over 100+ Music Label.
In 2016, he launched ‘Mannan International Motion Pictures and fetched onboard about 20 + Film rights amongst Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengal, and Marathi.
In 2017, he launched ‘Boogle Bollywood’ – a 24×7 Music Channel – as India’s 1st Digital Music & Entertainment Network – and now he has onboard four (4) Channels – ‘Boogle Boogle’ (national-international). ‘Krishnavani’ (devotional), ‘Wah Punjabi’, and ‘Haryanivi Hits’ (originals).
Outstandingly, as a Media personnel and an Entrepreneur, Mr. Gaurav Rana Sukhija has made history in the business of Entertainment, for his assistance as the first creative personnel in the Country to launch a linear channel onto a recognised OTT Platform.
On the other hand, he has been successful in launching Haryanvi Hits’ HD Music Channel amidst Covid-19 pandemic when no other channels existed which dedicated to Haryanvi dialect and its people.