Roshan Abbas is an Indian media professional.

Career

Abbas studied at

Hindu College, University of Delhi Hindu College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi in New Delhi, India. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in sciences, humanities, social sciences and commerce. In 2022, it is ranked 2nd nationally by Nationa ...

, graduating with a BA degree in 1992, and completed

Mass Communication Mass communication is the process of imparting and exchanging information through mass media to large segments of the population. It is usually understood for relating to various forms of media, as its technologies are used for the dissemination o ...

from AJK Mass communication

Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia Islamia () is a central university located in New Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British Raj in 1920, it moved to its current location in Okhla in ...

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

. He started Encompass in 1996, which grew from a creative event agency to an experiential marketing agency that is now aligned with the JWT network. As a

radio jockey A radio personality (American English) or radio presenter (British English) is a person who has an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality who hosts a radio show is also known as a radio host, and in India and Pakistan as a rad ...

he created over 3,000 hours of radio programming, winning four awards at the Radio and Television Artiste Awards in India. Having had a career as a TV host for shows like ''

Family Fortunes ''Family Fortunes'' is a British television game show based on the American game show ''Family Feud''. The programme ran on ITV from 6 January 1980 to 30 December 2002. A celebrity version, ''All Star Family Fortunes'', followed from 2006 to 2 ...

'', ''

Born Lucky ''Born Lucky'' is an American television series in which contestants earned mall money and prizes. It was hosted by Bob Goen and announced by Jonathan Coleman. Four contestants competed in a stunt game show taped at various shopping malls for ...

'', and '' This Is Your Life'', he was named Best TV Game Show Host for ''Family Fortunes'' in 2001. Abbas served on the promo jury for Cannes Lions 2008. In 2009, Abbas directed a film based on an adaptation of a play about high school called ''Graffiti'' that he had written and directed back in 1999. The lines for the film were written in 2003, with the help of his co-writer, Ranjit Raina. The film is based on Delhi's school life and was filmed in

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

and

Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...

. Abbas along with Gaurav Kapur and Ankur Tewari founded Kommune, a Mumbai based performance arts collective.

Personal life

Roshan is married to Shaheen, and has a son and a daughter. Shaheen Abbas is a jewelry designer based in Mumbai.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abbas, Roshan La Martinière College, Lucknow alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Hindu College, Delhi alumni Jamia Millia Islamia alumni