MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms vice-president in-house programming Mohan Kapoor has quit. Kapoor has joined Sahara India Media Entertainment as vice-president Corporate Affairs.
In his new role, Kapoor will be assisting Sahara India Media Entertainment MD Shailendra Singh for all the group initiatives. "I will be facilitating Singh's ideas and helping him in the areas of idea generation, processing and execution," says Kapoor.
At Zee , Kapoor's responsibility was mainly to design software for on-ground activities. The key projects he was associated with at Zee included the Zee Cine Awards 2004 and 2005.
Speaking on his move from Zee to Sahara, Kapoor offers, "This is basically a move for better prospects. At Zee, all the senior positions are filled and in fact I wanted to handle more responsibilities. At Sahara, I will be playing a bigger role since Sahara has major plans in the movie and event segments."
Before jumping onto the corporate bandwagon, Kapoor had been pursuing a career in acting. He has acted in serials Kaahin Kissii Roz and Kittie Party. Kapoor's significant break in television was with a game show called Saap Seedi.