Dr Shrikant Bhasi is an Indian entrepreneur and is the founder and chairman of the popular chain of screens Carnival cinemas. He transitioned from a small entrepreneur to being the founder of Carnival group when he realised that there is a dearth of screens in India. As of the present time, Bhasi owns about 50 screens, pan India. He moved to producing movies in 2011, when he met the Malayalam director Sibi Malayil and agreed to produce a film solely based on experimentation. His 2019 projects as producer include Thackeray, Blank and Edakkad Battalion 06.