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Balaji Motion Pictures is the sister company of Balaji Telefilms. It entered the Indian motion pictures business in 2002. The company operates the Motion Pictures Division through its wholly owned subsidiary.

Till 2011, the company had produced and/or acquired 17 films, including Bhool Bhulaiyaa and Sarkar Raj. For 2013, it has tied up with Raaj Kamal Films International to distribute Vishwaroop across India which is the Hindi version of Kamalhaasan's magnum opus Vishwaroopam.[1]

Operations[edit | edit source]

Balaji Motion Pictures is based in Mumbai in the Balaji House on New Link Road, Andheri West, Mumbai. It operates from its head office in Andheri West and has studios in Film City and other locations in Mumbai. In terms of studio facilities Balaji Motion Pictures is one of the largest film productions houses in Mumbai's large film .

History[edit | edit source]

Balaji Motion Pictures (Balaji Films) was set up in 2001 by Hindi television producer Ekta Kapoor with the purpose of venturing into film production. She produced Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta, released in 2001 with Govinda and Sushmita Sen as the leads. The film was not a success, collecting Template:INR13 crores.[2]

Later, the company produced Kucch To Hai, Krishna Cottage and Koi Aap Sa in 2003, 2004 and 2005 respectively. The movies did not fare well at the box office. In 2005, the company produced and released Kyaa Kool Hai Hum, which grossed Template:INR 21.50 crores[3] and made it to the top three films of 2005.[4]

In 2007, the company co-produced Shootout at Lokhandwala with Sanjay Gupta. The film was a critical and commercial hit,[5] collecting Template:Indian rupee 68.17 crores worldwide.[6] In 2008, the company produced and released C Kkompany, which was a commercial and critical failure. In the same year, the company co-produced Mission Istanbul and EMI – Liya Hai Toh Chukana Parega with Sunil Shetty. Both films failed critically and commercially.[7]

Also in 2008, the company acquired the distribution rights of Bhool Bhulaiyaa[8] and Sarkar Raj with a deal of almost Template:Indian rupee 40 crore.[9] The film were both commercially success thereby marking a step further of Balaji.

In 2010, the company sub-branded ALT Entertainment, a youth focused brand and produced a low-budget movie, Love Sex aur Dhokha,[10] which proved to be a critically and commercially successful film.[11] In the same year, the company released Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, which was also a commercial and critical hit.[12] The films also marked the company's successful entry in the films.

In 2011, the company marked its entry into Marathi films by producing Taryanche Bait.[13] The film was a critical and commercial hit[14] and also won many accolades including three awards for Best Film.[15] The company also released Shor in the City, a small-budget critically acclaimed movie.[16][17] The same year also saw the release of Ragini MMS, co-produced with Amit Kapoor and Sidhartha M. Jain. The response to the movie fetched Stardust Award for Best Film and Ekta Kapoor announced the sequel of the film soon to be released in the year 2013 starring Indo-Canadian Star Sunny Leone.[18] Later, In the same year, the company released The Dirty Picture starring Vidya Balan as lead on 2 December 2011. The film proved to be a huge Blockbuster and was one of the best films of 2011 thereby bagging Vidya Balan her first National Award and all other awards of 2011 for her performance and six awards for Best Film.

In the Year 2012, the company released first ever seen Adult Comedy Kyaa Super Kool Hai Hum, sequel to 2005 hit Kyaa Kool Hai Hum which was slammed by critics but was a Box Office Success thereby made at a Budget of 13 crores and collecting 33 crores itself in its first week.

In 2013, the company released its Horror Film Ek Thi Daayan, co-produced with Vishal Bhardwaj. The film received mostly positive response. It was well-accepted by critics and received 3 out of 5 on an average. Jinson John of Indian Box Office also stated "Ek Thi Daayan is not that regular Bhootiya Isshtoorry, the plot stands out of them all, it's surely is an Experimental Plot, but not written by an Idiot." The film opened Ek Thi Daayan opened at around 30-40% occupancy with better opening in multiplexes rather than single screens netted around 18.07 crore (US$3.3 million) over the first weekend.

Now the company is all set to release its 6 films in the year 2013.[19]

Balaji Motion Pictures ranks in the top five[20] film production companies in India.

Film production[edit | edit source]

Released[edit | edit source]

Year Title Director(s) Genre Notes Recognitions
2001 Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta David Dhawan Comedy
2003 Kucch To Hai Anurag Basu &
Anil V Kumar
Horror
2004 Krishna Cottage Santram Verma Horror
2005 Kyaa Kool Hai Hum Sangeeth Sivan Comedy
Thriller
2005 Koi Aap Sa Partho Mitra Romance
2007 Shootout at Lokhandwala Apoorva Lakhia Crime Co-produced with Sanjay Gupta Winner:
2008 Mission Istanbul Apoorva Lakhia Crime Co-produced with Sunil Shetty
2008 C Kkompany Sachin Yardi Comedy
2008 EMI – Liya Hai Toh Chukana Parega Saurabh Kabra Social Co-produced with Sunil Shetty
2010 Love Sex aur Dhokha Dibakar Banerjee Found footage Winner:
2010 Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Milan Luthria Gangster Nominated:
2011 Taryanche Bait Kiran Yadnyopavit Drama Marathi Film Winner:
2011 Shor in the City Raj Nidimoru &
Krishna D.K.
Drama Selected at:
2011 Ragini MMS Pawan Kripalani Horror
Thriller
Co-produced with Amit Kapoor & Sidhartha M. Jain Winner:
2011 The Dirty Picture Milan Luthria Biographic Winner:
2012 Kyaa Super Kool Hai Hum Sachin Yardi Comedy
2013 Ek Thi Daayan Kannan Iyer Thriller Co-produced with Vishal Bhardwaj
2013 Shootout at Wadala Sanjay Gupta Gangster
Crime
Prequel to Shootout at Lokhandwala
Co-produced with Sanjay Gupta
2013 Lootera Vikramaditya Motwane Romance Co-produced with Anurag Kashyap

Upcoming[edit | edit source]

Year Title Director(s) Genre Notes Recognitions
2013 Once Upon a Time In Mumbaai Dobara Milan Luthria Crime
Romance
Sequel to Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
2013 Vishwaroop 2 Kamal Haasan Spy Thriller film Sequel to Vishwaroop
2013 Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi Aman Sachdeva Romance Upcoming
Co-produced with Bejoy Nambiar
2013 Ragini MMS 2 Bhushan Patel Thriller/Horror Sequel to Ragini MMS
2013 Shaadi Ke Side Effects Saket Chaudhary Romance Upcoming
Co-produced with Pritish Nandy
2014 Milan Talkies Tigmanshu Dhulia Romance
2014 Main Tera Hero David Dhawan Remake of South-Indian Film Kandireega
2014 The Villain Mohit Suri Thriller
Romance
2014 Badtameez Dil Akshay Roy Romance
Drama
Co-produced with Karan Johar

Film distribution[edit | edit source]

Year Film Director Notes
2008 Bhool Bhulaiyaa Priyadarshan
2008 Sarkar Raj Ram Gopal Varma
2013 Vishwaroop Kamal Haasan

Awards & ceremonies[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

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External links[edit | edit source]

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