The life of Raj Singh has taken an interesting plot twist. In 2000 the 56-year-old Indian immigrant to the U.S. and founder of Redwood Venture Partners stuck his toe in the movie business, launching Kundalini Pictures in Santa Monica, California. Singh, who had cashed out some $300 million in venture deals two years earlier, served as executive producer for Kundalini’s first project, Maya, an art house flick about the ritual rape that occurs in parts of India. Banned in India, the film was runner-up in the People’s Choice competition at the Toronto International Film Festival last September.
Inspired by Maya‘s success and bored with venture capital, Singh now wants to get into the creative end of the business -- full time. He’s writing a script for a film tentatively titled Spring in Autumn, which he also plans to direct. “It’s a question of interest,” says the soft-spoken Singh. “Staying in venture capital will just be more of the same. Film is the ultimate.”
