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Viacom18 Studios

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Viacom18 Studios
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryFilm
Founded2006 (2006) in Mumbai
HeadquartersMumbai, India[1]
Key people
Ajit Andhare (COO)
ParentViacom18
Websitewww.viacom18studios.com

Viacom18 Studios, a subsidiary of Viacom18 (a Paramount Networks EMEAA and Network18 joint venture) based in Mumbai, is one of the first studio model based motion picture & content production business in India, with an operation that involves acquisition, production, syndication, marketing and worldwide distribution of full-length feature films as well as digital only films, web series, short films. Due to Viacom owning half the company, Viacom18 Motion Pictures also distributes films from Paramount Pictures in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka since 2011, starting with Transformers: Dark of the Moon.[2][3]

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Paramount Networks EMEAA

Paramount Networks EMEAA

Paramount Networks Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia (EMEAA) is a division of Paramount International Networks which is fully owned by Paramount Global. The unit's headquarters are in Berlin, with additional offices in Madrid, Lisbon, Paris, Amsterdam, Milan, Dubai, Johannesburg & Lagos, Budapest, Warsaw, Singapore, Stockholm, Tokyo, Beijing, Manila, Copenhagen, Prague, Helsinki, and Hong Kong SAR. The company was originally founded under the name MTV Networks Europe in 1987.

Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the de facto financial centre of India. With an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore) living under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Mumbai is the most populous city in India. Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million. Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city.

India

India

India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area and the second-most populous country. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia.

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with the Maldives in the south-west and India in the north-west.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Transformers: Dark of the Moon is a 2011 American science fiction action film based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line. The film is the third installment in the Transformers film series and the sequel to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009). The film is directed by Michael Bay and written by Ehren Kruger. It stars Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, Tyrese Gibson, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Patrick Dempsey, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, John Malkovich, and Frances McDormand. Set two years after Revenge of the Fallen, it shows the final days of the war between Autobots and Decepticons as they battle to possess powerful technology abandoned on the Moon, in order to restore Cybertron on Earth.

Filmography

Films produced

Year Film Director Notes
2011 Tanu Weds Manu Aanand L. Rai
Pyaar Ka Punchnama Luv Ranjan
Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap Puri Jagannadh
Speedy Singhs Robert Lieberman English film, Dubbed in Hindi language.
2012 Players Abbas–Mustan Remake of 1969 British film The Italian Job
Kahaani Sujoy Ghosh
Blood Money Vishal Mahadkar
Bittoo Boss Supavitra Babul
Department Ram Gopal Varma
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 Anurag Kashyap First Installment of Gangs of Wasseypur
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 Anurag Kashyap Second Installment of Gangs of Wasseypur
OMG – Oh My God! Umesh Shukla Based on the 2001 Australian film The Man Who Sued God and the storyline is based on Gujarati Stage play Kanji Virudh Kanji
Aiyyaa Sachin Kundalkar
Keymon & Nani In Space Adventure DQ Entertainment Animated Film[4]
Son of Sardaar Ashwni Dhir Remake of Telugu film Maryada Ramanna
2013 Inkaar Sudhir Mishra
Special 26 Neeraj Pandey Based on the 1987 Opera House heist in Mumbai, Maharashtra
Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns Tigmanshu Dhulia Second Installment of Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster
Chasme Baddoor David Dhawan Remake of 1981 Bollywood film Chashme Buddoor
Bombay Talkies Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap Anthology film
Zapatlela 2 Mahesh Kothare Based on the Don Mancini's Hollywood movie Child's Play. Shoted in 3D in First time in Marathi Cinema.[5][6]
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Life of an Indian Athlete Milkha Singh
Madras Cafe Shoojit Sircar Debut film of Bollywood South Indian actress Raashi Khanna
Boss Anthony D'Souza Remake of 2010 Malayalam film Pokkiri Raja
Bhaji in Problem Smeep Kang Punjabi film
What the Fish Gurmeet Singh
2014 One By Two Devika Bhagat
The Royal Bengal Tiger Neeraj Pandey Based on the Chuck Palahniuk's English Novel Fight Club
Queen Vikas Bahl Remade in Kannada as Butterfly and in Telugu as That Is Mahalakshmi and in Tamil as Paris Paris and in Malayalam as Zam Zam
Manjunath Sandeep A. Based on the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow graduate Shanmugam Manjunath who was killed in Lakhimpur Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh in November 2005
Mary Kom Omung Kumar Based on the life of Indian Boxer Mary Kom.
Gollu Aur Pappu Kabir Sadanand
Mumbai Delhi Mumbai Satish Rajwade Remake of 2010 Marathi film Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai
Margarita with a Straw Shonali Bose
2015 Rahasya Manish Gupta
Dharam Sankat Mein Fuwad Khan Remake of 2010 British film The Infidel
Manjhi – The Mountain Man Ketan Mehta Based on the life of Mountain Man Dashrath Manjhi Jointly produced by NFDC India
Time Out Rikhil Bahadur
Gabbar Is Back Krish Jagarlamudi Remake of 2002 Tamil movie Ramanaa
Black Raja Chanda Indo-Bangladesh film
2016 Santa Banta Pvt Ltd Akashdeep Sahir
Budhia Singh – Born to Run Soumendra Padhi Based on the Life of India's Youngest Marathon Runner Budhia Singh
Photocopy Vijay Maurya Marathi Film, co-production with Neha Rajpal Productions[7]
Motu Patlu: King of Kings Suhas D. Kadav Animated Film
2017 Rangoon Vishal Bhardwaj Based on the life and times of Mary Ann Evans aka Fearless Nadia
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Shree Narayan Singh
Lucknow Central Nikkhil Adwani Based on the Bengali film Muktodhara
Aval (The House Next Door) in Hindi Milind Rau Released in Tamil, Hindi languages and dubbed in Telugu as Gruham[8]
2018 Padmaavat Sanjay Leela Bhansali Based on the epic poem of the same name by Malik Muhammad Jayasi
Aapla Manus Satish Rajwade Marathi film, A film adaptation of the Marathi play Katkon Trikon by Dr Vivek Bele
Manto Nandita Das Based on the Prominent Urdu Novelist Saadat Hasan Manto.
Baazaar Gauravv K. Chawla
2019 Bhai: Vyakti Ki Valli Mahesh Manjrekar Based on the life of Marathi writer and humorist Pu La Deshpande
Thackeray Abhijit Panse Based on the life of Shiv Sena Party leader Bal Thackeray, Released in Hindi, Marathi languages
Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel B. Unnikrishnan Malayalam film
Romeo Akbar Walter Robbie Grewal
Manmadhudu 2 Rahul Ravindran Telugu film, Sequel of 2002 film Manmadhudu, Remake of 2006 French film I Do
Motichoor Chaknachoor Debamitra Biswal
The Body Jeethu Joseph Remake of 2012 Spanish film The Body. It was Already remade in 2016 Tamil-Kannada film Game and Oru Melliya Kodu
Thambi Jeethu Joseph Tamil film
2020 Shimla Mirchi Ramesh Sippy
Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal Desingh Periyasamy
Krishna and His Leela Ravikanth Perepu
2021 Zam Zam G. Neelakanta Reddy Malayalam film, Remake of 2014 Bollywood film Queen
Butterfly Ramesh Aravind Kannada film, Remake of 2014 Bollywood film Queen
That Is Mahalakshmi Prasanth Varma Telugu film, Remake of 2014 Bollywood film Queen
Sarbath Prabhakaran Tamil film
Bhramam Ravi K. Chandran Remake of 2018 Bollywood film Andhadhun
2022 Hey Sinamika Brinda Tamil film
Gehraiyaan Shakun Batra
Jugjugg Jeeyo Raj Mehta
Shabaash Mithu Srijit Mukherji Based on the life of current Test and ODI captain of the India women's national cricket team, Mithali Raj
Laal Singh Chaddha Advait Chandan Remake of 1994 Hollywood film Forrest Gump.
Drishyam 2 Abhishek Pathak 2nd part of Drishyam
Govinda Naam Mera Shashank Khaitan
2023 Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani Karan Johar
Fighter Siddharth Anand [9]

Films distributed

Year Film Director Production Company Notes
2007 Kya Love Story Hai Lovely Singh Adlabs Films As Studio 18
Jab We Met Imtiaz Ali Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision As Indian Films
Awarapan Mohit Suri Vishesh Films As Studio 18; international distribution only; remake of South Korean film A Bittersweet Life
2008 Bhoothnath Vivek Sharma B.R. Films As Indian Films; co-distribution with Eros International
Dil Kabaddi Anil Sharma Paramhans Creations As Indian Films and Studio 18
Little Zizou Sooni Taraporevala As Indian Films and Studio 18
2009 Short Kut Neeraj Vora Anil Kapoor Film Company As Indian Films; remake of Malayalam movie Udayananu Tharam
Luck Soham Shah Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision As Indian Films; adaptation of 2001 Spanish thriller film Intacto
Life Partner Rumi Jaffery Burmawala Partners As Indian Films and Studio 18
Road, Movie Dev Benegal August Entertainment As Indian Films and Studio 18
2010 Striker Chandan Arora As Indian Films and Studio 18
Hum Tum Aur Ghost Kabeer Kaushik Shooting Star Films Paramount Pictures, As Indian Films and Studio 18; remake of 2008 Hollywood film Ghost Town, Inspired from the Hollywood films The Sixth Sense (1999), Heart and Souls (1993)
2011 Tanu Weds Manu Aanand L. Rai Soundrya Production Remade in Telugu as Mr. Pellikoduku
Shaitan Bejoy Nambiar Tipping Point Films, Anurag Kashyap Films, Getaway Films Based on the 2007 Murder of Adnan Patrawala
Loot Rajnish Raj Thakur Popcorn Motion Pictures Remake of 2003 Hollywood film Crime Spree
2012 Players Abbas–Mustan Paramount Pictures, Viacom18 Motion Pictures Remake of 1969 British film The Italian Job
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 Anurag Kashyap AKFPL Second Sequel of Gangs of Wasseypur
2013 Luv U Soniyo Joe Rajan Viacom18 Motion Pictures
2014 Anaamika Sekhar Kammula Endemol India Remake of 2012 Bollywood film Kahaani
2015 Drishyam Nishikant Kamat Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Panorama Studios Remake of 2013 Malayalam film Drishyam
Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 Luv Ranjan Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Luv Films Second Installment of Pyaar Ka Punchnama
Nanak Shah Fakir Sartaj Singh Pannu Gurbani Media Punjabi film
2016 Force 2 Abhinay Deo Viacom18 Motion Pictures, JA Entertainment, Sunshine Pictures Second Installment of Force
Gods of Egypt Alex Proyas Summit Entertainment, Mystery Clock Cinema Indian theatrical distribution only[10]
Nerve Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman Lionsgate, Allison Shearmur Productions Indian theatrical distribution only[11]
Deepwater Horizon Peter Berg Summit Entertainment, Participant Media, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Closest to the Hole Productions, Leverage
La La Land Damien Chazelle Summit Entertainment
Patriots Day Peter Berg Lionsgate, CBS Films, Bluegrass Films, Closest to the Hole Productions
2017 Power Rangers Dean Israelite Lionsgate, SCG Films, Temple Hill Entertainment
2018 Andhadhun Sriram Raghavan Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Matchbox Pictures
Jalebi: The Everlasting Taste of Love Pushpdeep Bhardwaj Vishesh Films Remake of 2016 Bengali film Praktan
2022 Gangubai Kathiawadi Sanjay Leela Bhansali Pen India Limited, Bhansali Productions International distribution only;[12] distributed by Pen Marudhar Cine Entertainment in India
Cobra R. Ajay Gnanamuthu Viacom18 Studios Tamil Film
Jugjugg Jeeyo Raj Mehta Dharma Productions

Web series

Year Title Language Network Notes Ref(s)
2021 Ray Hindi Netflix [13]

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Aanand L. Rai

Aanand L. Rai

Aanand L. Rai is a Hindi film director and producer known for romantic-comedy movies Tanu Weds Manu (2011), Raanjhanaa (2013), Tanu Weds Manu: Returns (2015), Zero (2018), Atrangi Re (2021) and Raksha Bandhan (2022).

Pyaar Ka Punchnama

Pyaar Ka Punchnama

Pyaar Ka Punchnama is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy buddy film written and directed by newbie Luv Ranjan. The film stars Kartik Aaryan, Divyendu Sharma, Raayo S. Bakhirta, Nushrat Bharucha, Sonnalli Seygall and Ishita Raj Sharma and follows the story of three working bachelors who find girls whom they fall in love with and the twists and turns of the newly developing love stories. It was a sleeper hit at the box office, grossing ₹175 million (US$2.2 million) worldwide. A sequel Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 was released on 16 October 2015.

Luv Ranjan

Luv Ranjan

Luv Ranjan is an Indian film director, writer and producer who works in Hindi cinema and owns Luv Films. His notable films include the romantic comedies Pyaar Ka Punchnama (2011), Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 (2015), Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety (2018), De De Pyaar De (2019) and Tu Jhoothi Main Makkar (2023).

Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap

Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap

Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film written and directed by Puri Jagannadh in his second Hindi film after Shart: The Challenge. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Sonu Sood, and Prakash Raj in the lead roles, while Sonal Chauhan, Charmy Kaur, Rajeev Verma, Subbaraju, and Makrand Deshpande play supporting roles, and Raveena Tandon in a guest appearance. The music of the film was composed by Vishal–Shekhar with cinematography by Amol Rathod and editing by S. R. Shekhar.

Puri Jagannadh

Puri Jagannadh

Petla "Puri" Jagannadh is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who works primarily in the Telugu film Industry. He made his directorial debut with the Telugu film Badri starring Pawan Kalyan, Renu Desai and Ameesha Patel. In 2006, he directed the Telugu film Pokiri, premiered at the 7th IIFA Film Festival held in Dubai. The film was later re-made into several Indian languages, and brought Puri widespread Indian recognition. He made his Hindi film debut in 2004, with the film Shart: The Challenge. In 2011, he directed the Hindi film Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap starring Amitabh Bachchan, which was archived in the Oscar library.

Players (2012 film)

Players (2012 film)

Players is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language heist action thriller film directed by the duo Abbas–Mustan and jointly produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Burmawala Partners. The film features an ensemble cast of Abhishek Bachchan, Bobby Deol, Vinod Khanna, Sonam Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Sikandar Kher and Omi Vaidya, while Aftab Shivdasani appears in a cameo. The theatrical trailer premiered on 3 November 2011, and the film was released on 6 January 2012. It is an official remake of the 2003 American film The Italian Job, which itself is a remake of the 1969 British film of the same name. Players employs the same plot as the 2003 version, while making the characters and incidents completely different.

Abbas–Mustan

Abbas–Mustan

Abbas–Mustan is an Indian filmmaking duo consisting of brothers Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla and Mustan Alibhai Burmawalla, known for directing stylish suspense, action and romantic thrillers in Bollywood with dark-lighted themes.

Kahaani

Kahaani

Kahaani is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language thriller film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Sujoy Ghosh. It stars Vidya Balan as Vidya Bagchi, a pregnant woman looking for her missing husband in Kolkata during the festival of Durga Puja, assisted by Assist Sub-Inspector Satyoki "Rana" Sinha and Inspector General A. Khan.

Blood Money (2012 film)

Blood Money (2012 film)

Blood Money is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Vishal Mahadkar and produced by Mahesh Bhatt. The film stars Kunal Khemu, Amrita Puri and Manish Chaudhari in lead roles with Teeshay Shah and Puja Gupta in other important roles.

Bittoo Boss

Bittoo Boss

Bittoo Boss is a 2012 Hindi comedy film directed by Supavitra Babul. The film features Pulkit Samrat and Amita Pathak in lead roles. It revolves around a man who records videos at weddings.

Department (film)

Department (film)

Department is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Rana Daggubati in lead roles. Released on 18 May 2012, the film received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, and proved to be a commercial disaster at the box office.

Anurag Kashyap

Anurag Kashyap

Anurag Kashyap is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to film, the Government of France awarded him the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2013.

Source: "Viacom18 Studios", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 7th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viacom18_Studios.

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