Breach Candy - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

  • Vijay Kumar, Filmmaker
  • Ronnie Screwvala, producer and CEO and founding chairman of UTV Group
  • Bhanu Athaiya, Oscar winning costume designer for Gandhi
  • Naina Lal Kidwai, businesswoman
  • Jagjit Singh, classical singer
  • Aarti Chhabria, actress
  • Salman Rushdie, author. Born and raised in Breach Candy, he describes the area as it was from Indian independence to the 1960s in Midnight's Children.
  • Azim Premji, chairman and CEO of Wipro Technologies
  • Shibani Bathija, screenwriter
  • Supriya Sule, politician
  • Tara Sharma, actress
  • Partap Sharma, author and playwright
  • Alyque Padamsee, theatre producer and actor
  • Ramesh Balsekar, Advaita Vendanta master
  • Mithila Mehta, author "Cutting Chai and Maska Pao" and popular artist at Kala Ghoda

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