Kolkata Knight Riders Franchise

Kolkata Knight Riders is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League.

Kolkata Knight Riders is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Chawla and her husband, Jai Mehta.

Shahrukh Khan is a highly acclaimed Indian actor who works in Bollywood films, as well as film producer and television host.

During his career years, he has won seven Filmfare Best Actor Awards, and has had significant box office success. He has some of Bollywood’s biggest hits and several biggest hits in the overseas market.

Red Chillies Entertainment is a Production Company owned by Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan. Apart from production it also has a state-of-art visual effects studio known as Red Chillies VFX. In recent past it has given mega hits to bollywood. Walt Disney Pictures was said to be interested in investing in Red Chillies.

Juhi Chawla is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films, film producer and television presenter. After being crowned as the winner of the Miss India beauty contest in 1984, Chawla pursued an acting career. She went on to become one of the leading actresses of Bollywood, and starred in numerous commercially and critically successful films which earned her the Filmfare Best Actress Award.

Jai Mehta is a millionaire Indian industrialist from the Family of The Mehta Group.

Saurashtra Cement Limited (SCL) is the flag ship company of The Mehta Group. The Mehta Group has major interest in textiles, plastic & packaging, sugar, floriculture, engineering, cables & wires, project engineering & consultancy Services and management & finance. Apart from india it has presence in north america, uk, uganda, kenya, etc