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{{Infobox person
| name = Shailendra Singh
| image = 
| birth_date = 
| birth_place = India
| occupation = Entrepreneur, sports marketer, film producer, author
| known_for = Co-founder of [[Percept Picture Company|Percept Limited]]; Inceptor of [[Sunburn Festival]]; Guestlist4Good;<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bein |first1=Kat |title=Sunburn Festival Founder Shailendra Singh Launches Guestlist-For-Good Charity Event |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/guestlist-for-good-india-2017-7669733/ |access-date=4 March 2026 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=26 January 2017}}</ref> Boss Entertainment LLP
| spouse = Nayana Singh
| children =
}}

'''Shailendra Singh''' is an Indian [[film producer]], [[Entrepreneurship|entrepreneur]], author, and media executive associated with the Indian entertainment industry. He is known for co-founding the entertainment and communications company [[Percept Picture Company|Percept]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Master of millions |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/master-of-millions-105121001047_1.html |access-date=4 March 2026 |work=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref> and co-creator of the [[Sunburn Festival]], one of the largest electronic dance music festivals in Asia that contributed to the growth of the EDM scene in India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sunburn Opened India's Doors For The Worlds Best DJs |url=https://news.abplive.com/lifestyle/sunburn-opened-indias-doors-for-the-worlds-best-djs-1120133 |access-date=4 March 2026 |work=ABP Live |date=7 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="TheHindu_SunburnSaga">{{cite news
|last=Murthy
|title=Neeraja
|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/sunburn-saga-in-words/article6622211.ece
|work=The Hindu
|date=7 November 2014
|access-date=17 December 2025
}}</ref><ref name="Moneycontrol_2019">{{cite news
|last=Farooqui
|first=Maryam
|title=Here's how Shailendra Singh, driving force behind Sunburn, started Asia's largest music festival
|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/entertainment/heres-how-shailendra-singh-driving-force-behind-sunburn-started-asias-largest-music-festival-4635811.html
|work=Moneycontrol
|date=13 November 2019
|access-date=17 December 2025
}}</ref><ref name="TOI_2022">{{cite news |title=Shailendra Singh, Inceptor of Sunburn, celebrates 15 years of Asia's largest dance music festival |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/shailendra-singh-inceptor-of-sunburn-celebrates-15-years-of-asias-largestdance-music-festival/articleshow/96475462.cms |work=The Times of India |date=24 December 2022 |access-date=17 December 2025}}</ref><ref name="ET_2018">{{cite news |title=After kick-starting 23 successful startups, Shailendra Singh now wants to revolutionise the entertainment industry by 2020 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/after-kick-starting-23-successful-startups-shailendra-singh-now-wants-to-revolutionise-the-entertainment-industry-by-2020/articleshow/64351150.cms?from=mdr|work=The Economic Times |date=28 May 2018 |access-date=17 December 2025}}</ref>

In his career, he has been associated with the production and distribution of over 70 feature films,<ref>{{cite news |title=Shailendra Singh Directs Guerrilla Home-Video On 'Bad Boy Of Ballet', Sergei Polunin |url=https://news.abplive.com/entertainment/movies/shailendra-singh-directs-guerrilla-home-video-on-bad-boy-of-ballet-sergei-polunin-1170366 |access-date=17 December 2025 |work=[[ABP News]] |date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> including [[Page 3 (film)|Page 3]], [[Dor (film)|Dor]], [[Malamaal Weekly]], [[Makdee]], [[Khuda Kay Liye]],<ref name="Moneycontrol_2019" /><ref name="Mint_2016">{{cite news |title=Sunburn Festival aims to unite youth in entertainment-starved India |url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/95ulwIlsleWbND3mKDY0JJ/Sunburn-fest-aims-to-unite-youth-in-entertainmentstarved-In.html |work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date=22 November 2016 |access-date=17 December 2025}}</ref> and created India's first commercial animation film [[Hanuman (2005 film)|Hanuman (2005)]].<ref name="exchange4media">{{cite news |title=Percept's 'Hanuman' to popularise animation. - Exchange4media |url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-others-news/percepts-hanuman-to-popularise-animation.-17990.html |access-date=17 December 2025 |work=exchange4media |date=26 September 2005 |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
Singh co-founded Percept Ltd, an entertainment and communications company in India.<ref name="TOI_2022" /> In the late 1990s he was involved in developing sports marketing initiatives and commercial sponsorship deals, including partnerships related to Indian cricket.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sahara India Pariwar clinches Indian cricket team sponsorship for next 4 years - Exchange4media |url=https://www.exchange4media.com/marketing-news/sahara-india-pariwar-clinches-indian-cricket-team-sponsorship-for-next-4-years-19055.html |access-date=17 December 2025 |work=exchange4media |date=20 December 2005 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ET_2018" /><ref name="FPJ_2025">{{cite web |title=Shailendra Singh on starting Sunburn, Percept & 23 other startups |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/brandsutra/shailendra-singh-on-starting-sunburn-percept-23-other-startups |website=Free Press Journal |date=27 October 2025 |access-date=17 December 2025}}</ref>

He later launched Percept Talent, a talent management company with [[Lachlan Murdoch]], that managed [[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan|Aishwarya Rai]], [[Hrithik Roshan]], [[Yuvraj Singh]], [[Kapil Dev]], and others for endorsements and media engagements.<ref name="THR_2007">{{cite news |title=Murdoch to launch Indian talent agency |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/murdoch-launch-indian-talent-agency-135938/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=10 May 2007 |access-date=17 December 2025}}</ref><ref name="Afaqs_2007">{{cite web |title=Murdoch Jr-Percept JV launches Percept Talent Management |url=https://www.afaqs.com/news/media/17785_murdoch-jr-percept-jv-launches-percept-talent-management |website=afaqs! |date=10 May 2007 |access-date=17 December 2025}}</ref>

In 2007, Singh co-created the Sunburn Festival at [[Candolim|Candolim Beach]] in Goa.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mahindru |first1=Megha |title=Sunburn and the Indian EDM Explosion |url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/sunburn-and-the-indian-edm-explosion/ |access-date=17 December 2025 |work=Rolling Stone India |date=22 October 2013}}</ref> The event later expanded into formats such as Sunburn Arena, Reload, Campus and City Festivals.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fernandes |first1=Shawn |title=Arjun Rampal and Shailendra Singh Announce 'Lost', New Music Festival |url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/arjun-rampal-and-shailendra-singh-announce-lost-new-music-festival/ |access-date=4 March 2026 |work=Rolling Stone India |date=25 April 2012}}</ref> In 2014, the International Music Summit ranked Sunburn among the largest electronic music festivals globally. Singh was also included in the mix list of 50 influential people in electronic dance music, where he was the only Indian named.<ref name="Moneycontrol_2019" /><ref name="Mint_2016" /><ref name="RS_2016">{{cite web |title=Shailendra Singh: 'We're the Shah Rukh Khan of Dance Music Festivals' |url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/shailendra-singh-were-the-shah-rukh-khan-of-dance-music-festivals/ |website=Rolling Stone India |date=14 November 2016 |access-date=17 December 2025}}</ref>

Singh has been active in film production through Percept Picture Company and related initiatives. Over the course of his career he has been associated with the production and distribution of more than seventy feature films.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shailendra Singh Movies List {{!}} Rotten Tomatoes {{!}} Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/shailendra_singh |access-date=4 March 2026 |work=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref> Films linked to his production work include [[Makdee]] (2002),<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Shah |first=Shravan |date=October 2015 |title="Shailendra Sigh - Entertainment Maverick, Tells All!" |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/551554fee4b07674243998d5/t/5ce2b72d28ec66000184f514/1558362058321/Starmaker2.pdf |journal=Stardust Magazine/ Starmaker |pages=19 |access-date=7 December 2022 |archive-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207215126/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/551554fee4b07674243998d5/t/5ce2b72d28ec66000184f514/1558362058321/Starmaker2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Phir Milenge (2004 film)|Phir Milenge]] (2004),<ref>{{cite news |title=Salman Khan charged one rupee for Phir Milenge, agreed to play HIV positive man after entire Bollywood said no: producer Shailendra Singh |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/salman-khan-charged-one-rupee-for-phir-milenge-agreed-to-play-hiv-positive-man-after-entire-bollywood-said-no-producer-shailendra-singh-9559948/ |access-date=4 March 2026 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=10 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref> [[Hanuman (2005 film)|Hanuman]] (2005), [[Malamaal Weekly]] (2006), [[Dor (film)|Dor]] (2006), [[Bhool Bhulaiyaa]] (2007), and [[Kanchivaram]] (2008).

In 2016 he made his directorial debut with the Hindi road comedy-drama [[Sunshine Music Tours and Travels]], which follows a group of young travelers traveling across India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shailendra Singh: My directorial debut has everything I've looked for in a Bollywood film |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Shailendra-Singh-My-directorial-debut-has-everything-Ive-looked-for-in-a-Bollywood-film/articleshow/53276679.cms |access-date=4 March 2026 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=28 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Shailendra Singh to launch Sunny Kaushal in his directorial debut Sunshine Music Tours and Travels {{!}} Bollywood News {{!}} Hindi Movies News {{!}} News - BollywoodHungama.com |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/more/news/view/id/20477643 |access-date=4 March 2026 |work=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720175347/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/more/news/view/id/20477643 |archive-date=2016-07-20}}</ref>

In 2017, he stepped down as Joint Managing Director of Percept Limited following a family settlement. Management control of the company transferred to his brother Harindra Singh, while Singh remained a shareholder.<ref>{{cite news |title=Harindra Singh takes full control of Percept after Shailendra Singh steps down |url=https://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/the-people-report/harindra-singh-takes-full-control-of-percept-after-shailendra-singh-steps-down/57765123 |access-date=4 March 2026 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |language=en}}</ref>

Beyond film production, Singh has launched several ventures in entertainment, events and media. These include the social entertainment initiative Guestlist4Good,<ref name="EverythingExp_G4G_2017">{{cite web |title=Guestlist4Good concert will "bring the love back" |url=https://everythingexperiential.com/article/guestlist4good-concert-will-bring-the-love-back-shailendra-singh-133412 |website=Everything Experiential |date=1 December 2017 |access-date=17 December 2025}}</ref> a platform that organizes concerts and performances in collaboration with charitable organizations.<ref name="TOI_2022" />

== Film and media ==
Singh has been credited with producing and releasing 72 feature films through Percept's film operations and other ventures.<ref name="FilmsPage">{{cite web |title=72 Films |url=https://shailendrasingh.me/the-films |website=shailendrasingh.me |access-date=17 December 2025}}</ref> At the International Film Festival of India, Shailendra Singh announced a slate of 11 feature films and stated his intention to prioritize storytelling as the central focus of his cinematic projects.<ref>{{cite news |title=I want to make storytelling the hero: Shailendra Singh |url=https://www.gomantaktimes.com/my-goa/art-culture/i-want-to-make-storytelling-the-hero-shailendra-singh |access-date=4 March 2026 |work=Goa Travel News on Gomantak Times |date=23 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

== Selected filmography ==

* ''[[Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi]]'' (1999)<ref name="FilmsPage" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Dino Morea recalls Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi producer asking him to change his name to Siddhant, says girls pulled his jacket after film's popularity |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/dino-morea-recalls-pyaar-mein-kabhi-kabhi-producer-asking-him-to-change-his-name-to-siddhant-9318356/ |access-date=17 December 2025 |work=The Indian Express |date=9 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Makdee]]'' (2002)<ref>{{cite news |title=Shailendra Singh: I want to be the voice of people outside Bollywood |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/shailendra-singh-i-want-to-be-the-voice-of-people-outside-bollywood/articleshow/53888090.cms |access-date=17 December 2025 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=28 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Revolution in acting, filmmaking in Bollywood: Shailendra Singh |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/revolution-in-acting-filmmaking-in-bollywood-shailendra-singh-14210.html |access-date=17 December 2025 |work=[[India TV]] |date=10 May 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Phir Milenge (2004 film)|Phir Milenge]]'' (2004)<ref>{{cite news |title=Salman Khan charged one rupee for Phir Milenge, agreed to play HIV positive man after entire Bollywood said no: producer Shailendra Singh |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/salman-khan-charged-one-rupee-for-phir-milenge-agreed-to-play-hiv-positive-man-after-entire-bollywood-said-no-producer-shailendra-singh-9559948/ |access-date=17 December 2025 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=10 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Hanuman (2005 film)|Hanuman]]'' (2005)<ref name="exchange4media"/>
* ''[[Khuda Kay Liye]]'' (2007)<ref>{{cite news |title=Now Playing in India: A Rare View of Pakistan (Published 2008) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/world/asia/16india.html |access-date=17 December 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=16 April 2008 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Bhool Bhulaiyaa]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Kanchivaram]]'' (2008)

==Awards and recognitions==
* National Film Awards – Kanchivaram (three awards, 2008)<ref>{{cite news |title='Kanchivaram' sweeps awards |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/43749/kanchivaram-sweeps-awards.html |work=Deccan Herald |date=29 December 2009 |access-date=17 December 2025}}</ref>
* Dynamic Entrepreneur of the Year – India Leadership Conclave (2011)<ref>{{cite web |title=Percept's Shailendra Singh gets Dynamic Entrepreneur of the Year award |url=https://bestmediainfo.com/public/2011/04/percept-shailendra-singh-gets-dynamic-entrepreneur-of-the-year-award |website=BestMediaInfo |date=25 April 2011 |access-date=17 December 2025}}</ref>
* Brand Icon of the Year – India Leadership Conclave (2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=Shailendra Singh receives Brand Icon of the Year 2013 |url=https://www.eventfaqs.com/news/ef-06971/shailendra-singh-receives-bran-1372321958977 |website=EVENTFAQS |access-date=17 December 2025}}</ref>
* MTV Staying Alive Award (2004)<ref name="ArabNews_2013">{{cite news
|last=Naushad
|first=Afra
|title=Shailendra Singh: New kid on the writers' block
|url=https://www.arabnews.com/news/454766
|work=Arab News
|date=12 June 2013
|access-date=17 December 2025
}}</ref>
* Filmfare Power List – 12th most powerful in Bollywood (2009)<ref name="TOI_Director2014">{{cite news
|last=PTI
|title=Shailendra Singh turns film director with Gupta Clinic
|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/shailendra-singh-turns-film-director-with-gupta-clinic/articleshow/36250144.cms
|work=The Times of India
|date=10 June 2014
|access-date=17 December 2025
}}</ref>

== References ==
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