BALJIT CHADDHA

Baljit Singh Chaddha is a graduate from Asian Institute of Management, Philippines. He completed his International Exchange program from McGill University (Canada) in 2004. He started his career as a banker and worked with several banking and financial companies – Citibank, Barclays and HSBC. He quit banking at the peak of his career as Vice President – Credit Cards Indian division of HSBC.
Baljit was always passionate about storytelling and felt that it was his true calling, so he followed his dream to pursue it. He served as a producer and television anchor at Bloomberg India for several news feature shows including ‘Logo’, ‘In focus’, ‘Movies Money and More’.
Post Bloomberg, Baljit worked with Star India Pvt. Ltd. as a Deputy Editor where he created several disruptive shows including ‘Savdhan India’, ‘Supercops vs Supervillains’, ‘Hum Ne Li Hai Shapath’, ‘Khauff – Ringa Ringa Roses’, etc.
After his stint at Star, Baljit created original digital content for several OTT platforms in India like Alt Balaji, MX Player and Zee5. He has launched several OTT shows as Head of Content (Alt Balaji) – Apharan – Sabka Katega, Code M, Paurashpur, Bichhoo ka Khel, His Story, Cartel, The Married Woman, Puncchbeat, Verdict – State v/s Nanavati, Crimes & Confessions, Virgin Bhasskar and many more.
Baljit Chaddha got elected to the prestigious Academy of Emmys International from India in June 2022. With this recognition, Baljit aims to promote content from India at the global international platforms in a big way. The International Emmy Award is an award bestowed by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (IATAS) in recognition to the best television programs initially produced and aired outside the United States and these awards are presented at the International Emmy Awards Gala, held annually in New York City.
In October of 2022, Baljit started his entrepreneurial journey as the ‘Founder and Managing Director’ of 9PM Films. Under the leadership of Baljit, 9PM Films has managed to build a strong line-up of several TV shows, films and OTT productions in India for broadcasters like Viacom, Jio Studios, Voot, Epic On, Juggernaut, etc.
In the first year of incorporation itself, 9PM Films, under the leadership of Baljit, will clock 2.6 million Dollars of revenue making it one of the fastest growing content production company in India.
Baljit is also currently producing and directing ‘AngSang’, a Punjabi film targeted at the Indian diaspora abroad in countries like Canada, USA and others.
For the year 2022, Baljit is a proud recipient of the ‘Most Influential Marketing Professionals Award’ by World Marketing Congress. The award is endorsed by CMO Asia, World Federation of Marketing Professionals & India’s Greatest.
Baljit is an avid traveller and loves hosting international visitors. In 2016, Baljit got nominated in the ‘TOP 3 global Bélo Awards’, an initiative started by Airbnb to encourage exchange ideas within the diverse global community.
The philosophy that Baljit strongly believes in is that there are two types of leaders – One that leads from the front and the other that leads from the back. He believes in the second kind and if you have a great idea, 9PM Films will back it up.