Bhushan Kumar

Bhushan Kumar Dua (born 27 November 1977) is an Indian film producer and music producer. He is the chairman and managing director of Super Cassettes Industries Limited, also known as T-Series. He is known for his work in Bollywood.

On the Hurun India Rich List 2022, he and his family were ranked as the 175th richest Indian with a net worth of ₹10,000 crores (around US$1.2 billion).

Kumar took control of the music company T-Series in 1998, along with his uncle Krishan Kumar, after the murder of his father, Gulshan Kumar. He went on to become the chairman and managing director of the company.

In 2013, Kumar produced Nautanki Saala. The same year, Bushan Kumar released a remake of Aashiqui, Aashiqui 2.

T-Series has worked with directors such as Madhur Bhandarkar, and Milan Luthria.

On 3 April 2017, Kumar signed a contract with Akshay Kumar for the film Mogul, which is an official biopic based on the life of his father. However, Akshay Kumar quit the film and Aamir Khan agreed to do the part, only to quit and return later.

Bhushan Kumar was born in a Punjabi family[ 11] in Delhi to the founder of T-Series, owner Gulshan Kumar and his wife Sudesh Kumari Dua. Kumar married Divya Khosla[ 12] on 13 February 2005 at the Maa Vaishno Devi shrine in Katra. They have a son born in October 2011.[ 13]

In June 2018, Bhushan Kumar was accused of sexual harassment by Marina Kuwar.[ 14] [ 15] [ 16]

In December 2018, Kumar was accused by the Income Tax Department of evading taxes and of moving hundreds of crores to foreign countries to purchase properties using benami means.[ 17]