Swapna Dutt

Some Lesser Known Facts About Swapna Dutt

• Swapna Dutt started her career in the film industry at 18 years old as an assistant producer of the film, Azad released in 2000.

• After completing post-graduation in business administration, she worked as a line producer of the film Chiranjeeva (2005).

• Since 2006, Swapna has been the managing director of Vyjayanthi Televentures Private Limited (VTV).

  

• In 2008, she started a television station named Local TV which turned out to be a business failure.

• She revealed in an interview that Jr NTR (Tarak) played an important role in convincing her father regarding her intercaste marriage.

• She worked in the television industry as the producer of popular shows such as Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs (2007) on Zee Telugu, Narthanasala (2012) on ETV Telugu, and Nee Kongu Bangaaram Kanu (2012) on Maa TV.

• Swapna and Priyanka Dutt in association with Vyjayanthi Movies launched the production house Swapna Cinema in 2014.

• The first Indian film to be shot at the Everest Base Camp, Yevade Subramanyam (2015), starring Nani and directed by Nag Ashwin, was produced under the banner of Swapna Cinema.

  

• Some of the other Telugu films produced by this banner are Mahanati (2018) and Sita Ramam (2022).

  

• She also co-produced the web series Gangstars (2018) and Kumari Srimathi (2023) under the banner of Early Monsoon Tales, both streamed on Amazon Prime Video.

• In June 2024, Kalki 2898 AD starring Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Prabhas, and Deepika Padukone was released. It was produced by C. Aswani Dutt, Swapna and Priyanka Dutt under the banner of Vyjayanthi Movies.