Subrata Roy : The man who built an empire – until it fell apart From a chit fund business that he started in Gorakhpur in 1978, Roy spread his footprint to aviation, real estate, media, film production, manufacturing and retail trade. The story of a spectacular rise and a sensational fall India News: NEW DELHI: Former Tihar PRO Sunil Kumar Gupta made an explosive claim that air hostesses of Sahara Airlines used to come to Subrata Roy in jail and re. Subrata Roy : The Chairman of Sahara Group Subrata Roy (10 June 1948 – 14 November 2023) was an Indian businessman who founded the Sahara India family in 1978. The Sahara India Pariwar operated a large number of businesses such as Aamby Valley City, Sahara Movie Studios, Air Sahara, Uttar Pradesh Wizards, and Filmy. Roy was named the tenth most influential Indian businessman by India Today in 2012. In 2004, Time magazine described the Sahara Group as “the second largest employer in India ...