Shemaroo Entertainment releases on DVD ‘Chanakya Speaks – The Seven Pillars for Business Success’

Shemaroo Entertainment in association with Toyota releases world’s first management film based on Chanakya’s teachings - ‘Chanakya Speaks - The Seven Pillars for Business Success’ on DVDs. Produced by Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd, the film features insights from Business stalwarts including Mr. Narayana Murthy; Dr. Santrupt Misra; Vinita Bali; Subroto Bagchi; Raamdeo Agrawal and D. Sivanandhan. ‘Chanakya Speaks - The Seven Pillars for Business Success’ is an attempt to simplify the teachings of Chanakya from the Arthashastra, and make them relevant for today’s aspiring leaders in business and life. One of the 'Construct for Governance' in the book Kautilya’s Arthashastra is called 'The Saptangas' - meaning “The Seven Pillars for a Successful Kingdom”. For the first time in History, The Seven Pillars will be unveiled to the world through an entertaining yet powerfully educating Film for Business success. Directed by Vasudevan Srinivasan, the story revolves around the quest of a young business executive trying to rediscover Chanakya's Teachings. Mentored by his quirky "boss"' he discovers Chanakya's Seven Pillars Construct (Model) and sets upon a journey to apply the learning for the growth of his organization and betterment of his own life. In this interesting journey he makes opportunity to meet face to face with some of India's most successful leaders in business and otherwise: Mr. Narayana Murthy (Chairman Emeritus, Infosys Ltd.); Dr. Santrupt Misra (Director-Group HR, CEO-Carbon Black Business, Aditya Birla Group); Vinita Bali (Managing Director, Britannia Industries Ltd.); Subroto Bagchi (Chairman, MindTree Ltd.); Raamdeo Agrawal (Joint Managing Director, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.) and D. Sivanandhan (Director General of Police (Retd.), Maharashtra). He realises that Chanakyas teachings are still very relevant and pertinent in the current business context both in letter and spirit' helping him to set a new direction for himself and for his company. According to Mr. Hiren Gada, Director, Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd., “Chanakya Speaks - The Seven Pillars for Business Success, explains the 'The Saptangas' - 'Construct for Governance' in a layman language and elucidate an individual how to use the formula in the corporate world. I am sure that the film will not only groom one as a beginner in the corporate world but will also contribute to the senior level executives to take their team to the next level.” Vasudevan Srinivasan, the director of the film, talks about the film “Hope you have as much fun watching it as I had making it. The learning is a hefty bonus, the bonus I was fortunate to have making it.” Radhakrishnan Pillai, an expert of Chanakya, shares his thoughts “The film brings the teachings of Chanakya in a visual format. It is an extention of my book Corproate Chanakya. The teachings of Chanakya's original work Kautilya's Arthashastra' is used in the film. It aims at brining leadership qualities in every person - the Chanakya way....” The DVD costing Rs 499/- each is meant for business professionals, corporate decision makers, businessmen, management students and trainees. It is available at all major retail outlets like Crossword, Landmark and Reliance Timeout among others. The production of the film is inspired from the bestselling book ‘Corporate Chanakya’ authored by Mr. Radhakrishnan Pillai.