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Juspreet Singh Walia
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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 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.
Producer
Jus 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) 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, represents Bollywood celebrities Abhishek Bachchan, Lara Dutta, Navneet Kaur Dhilion, Suhail Chandhok and Manasi Scott. They also manage Abhishek Bachchan’s kabaddi team The Jaipur Pink Panthers and have a celebrity charity football team the All Stars Football Club which supports Playing For Humanity - a charity venture founded by GS Worldwide Entertainment.
In 2017 he founded a company aimed to build a global community for like minded people called YogaFoodLove and The Gratitude Company, both funded by his investment fund Gratitude Ventures.
Jus is also a restauranteur and owner of a speakeasy bar - Please Don't Tell (PDT) in Mumbai.