Juspreet Singh Walia

Juspreet Singh Walia (born August 30, 1979), often informally referred to as Jus, is an Indian film producer, assistant director, restauranteur, celebrity manager and a yogi who is primarily known for his work in Hindi films. He is the son of Arvind Walia and Pirthipal Singh Walia and brother of Bunty Walia.

Early and Personal Life

Juspreet Singh Walia

Juspreet Singh Walia was born in Mumbai, India. He studied at Arya Vidya Mandir and attended Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, both in Mumbai. He then attended Purdue University, West Lafayette and Drexel University, PA and worked at SAP America, Newtown Square and then moved to Carlin Equities, New York. Post his education and work experience in the USA, he moved to Bollywood as a producer with GS Entertainment Worldwide.

Career

Producer

Jus^[1] entered the film industry as a producer under the GS Entertainment banner, with the movie Ek Ajnabee (2005), starring Amitabh Bachchan, Arjun Rampal and Perizaad Zorabian. He later produced Lamhaa: The Untold Story of Kashmir (2008)^[2] and Chowky (2018). He has co-produced Sorry Bhai! and the upcoming movie Shab both directed by Onir.

Assistant Director

Jus has been an assistant director on Aziz Mirza’s Kismat Konnection (2008) starring Shahid Kapoor and Vidya Balan.

Other Work

In addition to producing feature films, his organisation, GS Worldwide Entertainment also organises events,^[3] represents Bollywood celebrities Abhishek Bachchan, Lara Dutta, Navneet Kaur Dhilion, Suhail Chandhok^[4] and Manasi Scott.^[5] They also manage Abhishek Bachchan’s kabaddi team^[6] The Jaipur Pink Panthers ^[7][8][9] and manage stadium operations for Chennaiyin FC^[10] an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu which competes in the Indian Super League, owned by Vita Dani, Abhishek Bachchan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. They have a celebrity charity football team named All Stars Football Club ^[11] which supports Playing For Humanity^[12] - a charity venture founded by GS Worldwide Entertainment.

In 2016, he founded a company aimed to build a global community for like minded people called YogaFoodLove and The Gratitude Company,^[13] both funded by his investment fund Gratitude Fund, LLC.

Jus is also a restauranteur and owner of a speakeasy bar - Please Don't Tell (PDT) and a QSR, The Roll Company (TRC), both located in Mumbai.^{[14][15][16][17]}

Filmography

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