Dharma Productions Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian motion picture production and distribution company, based in Mumbai. The company was founded by Yash Johar in 1976. It is now headed by his son Karan Johar after the death of the former in 2004. It is one of the most successful banners of Indian Cinema, having delivered path breaking hits like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham..., Kal Ho Naa Ho , Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Dostana, Wake Up Sid, My Name Is Khan, I Hate Luv Storys, Agneepath, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Student of the Year and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.
Films produced by Dharma Productions[edit | edit source]
Year | Film | Director |
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1980 | Dostana | Raj Khosla |
1984 | Duniya | Ramesh Talwar |
1987 | Muqaddar Ka Faisla | Prakash Mehra |
1990 | Agneepath | Mukul S. Anand |
1993 | Gumrah | Mahesh Bhatt |
1998 | Duplicate | Mahesh Bhatt |
1998 | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | Karan Johar |
2001 | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... | Karan Johar |
2003 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | Nikhil Advani |
2005 | Kaal | Soham Shah |
2006 | Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | Karan Johar |
2008 | Dostana | Tarun Mansukhani |
2009 | Wake Up Sid | Ayan Mukerji |
2009 | Kurbaan | Rensil D'Silva |
2010 | My Name Is Khan | Karan Johar |
2010 | I Hate Luv Storys | Punit Malhotra |
2010 | We Are Family | Siddharth Malhotra |
2012 | Agneepath | Karan Malhotra |
2012 | Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | Shakun Batra |
2012 | Student of the Year | Karan Johar |
2013 | Gippi | Sonam Nair |
2013 | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | Ayan Mukerji |
2013 | Ungli | Rensil D'Silva |
2013 | Gori Tere Pyaar Mein | Punit Malhotra |
2014 | Hasee Toh Phasee | Vinil Mathews |
2014 | 2 States | Abhishek Varman |
2014 | Shuddhi | Karan Malhotra |
2014 | Koochie Koochie Hota Hai | Tarun Mansukhani |
Highest grossing films[edit | edit source]
Rank | Name | Year of Release | Domestic Gross | Worldwide | Starring | Director |
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1 | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | 2013 | Template:INRConvert | Template:INRConvert | Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone | Ayan Mukerji |
2 | Agneepath | 2012 | Template:INRConvert | Template:INRConvert | Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt | Karan Malhotra |
3 | My Name Is Khan | 2010 | Template:INRConvert | Template:INRConvert | Shahrukh Khan & Kajol | Karan Johar |
4 | Student of the Year | 2012 | Template:INRConvert | Template:INRConvert | Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt | Karan Johar |
5 | I Hate Luv Storys | 2010 | Template:INRConvert | Template:INRConvert | Imran Khan & Sonam Kapoor | Punit Malhotra |
6 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | 2003 | Template:INRConvert | Template:INRConvert | Shahrukh Khan | Nikhil Advani |
7 | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... | 2001 | Template:INRConvert | Template:INRConvert | Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Hrihtik Roshan | Karan Johar |
8 | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | 1998 | Template:INRConvert | Template:INRConvert | Shahrukh Khan, Kajol & Rani Mukerji | Karan Johar |
9 | Dostana | 2008 | Template:INRConvert | Template:INRConvert | Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham & Priyanka Chopra | Tarun Mansukhani |
10 | Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | 2006 | Template:INRConvert | Template:INRConvert | Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherji | Karan Johar |
Debutants[edit | edit source]
Dharma Productions eventually began producing films starring relative newcomers. In Student of the Year, they launched Sidharth Mlahotra, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan. They also have other such films like 2 States and Hasee Toh Phasee.
Name | Film | Description | Year |
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Sidharth Malhotra | Student of the Year | Debut | 2012 |
Varun Dhawan | Student of the Year | Debut | 2012 |
Alia Bhatt | Student of the Year | Debut | 2012 |
Riya Vij | Gippi | Debut(Child Artist) | 2013 |
Shraddha Kapoor | Gori Tere Pyaar Mein | Fourth Film | 2013 |
Arjun Kapoor | 2 States | Fourth Film | 2014 |
Imran Khan | I Hate Luv Storys | Fifth film | 2010 |
Parineeti Chopra | Hasee Toh Phasee | Fourth Film | 2014 |
Ranbir Kapoor | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | Ninth film | 2013 |
Adah Sharma | Hasee Toh Phasee | Third film | 2014 |