Balaji Motion Pictures

























































Balaji Motion Pictures
Type
Private
Industry Entertainment
Founded 2001
Founder Jeetendra
Headquarters
Mumbai
,
India

Key people

Jeetendra
Shobha Kapoor
Ekta Kapoor
Tusshar Kapoor
Products
Films
Music
Owner Jeetendra
Parent Balaji Telefilms
Subsidiaries ALT Entertainment
Website Balaji Motion Pictures

Balaji Motion Pictures is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Balaji Telefilms Limited which is an Indian film production and distribution company established by Jeetendra. Based in Mumbai, it mainly produces and distributes Hindi films. Key people involved are Jeetendra's wife Shobha Kapoor and daughter Ekta Kapoor.




Contents






  • 1 Operations


  • 2 History


  • 3 Film production


    • 3.1 Upcoming films




  • 4 Film distribution


  • 5 Awards & ceremonies


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Operations


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.



History






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 13 crore (US$1.8 million).[1] 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.[2] In 2005, the company produced and released Kyaa Kool Hai Hum, which grossed 21.5 crore (US$3.0 million)[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 68.17 crore (US$9.5 million) worldwide.[6] In 2008, the company produced and released C Kkompany, which was a commercial and critical failure.[7] 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.[8] Also in 2008, the company acquired the distribution rights of Bhool Bhulaiyaa[9] and Sarkar Raj with a deal of almost 40 crore (US$5.6 million).[10] 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,[11] which proved to be a critically and commercially successful film.[12] In the same year, the company released Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, which was also a commercial and critical hit.[13] The films also marked the company's successful entry in the films.[14][15][16]


In 2011, the company marked its entry into Marathi films by producing Taryanche Bait.[17] The film was a critical and commercial hit[18] and also won many accolades including three awards for Best Film.[19] The company also released Shor in the City, a small-budget critically acclaimed movie.[20][21] 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.[22] 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 winning Vidya Balan her first National Award and all other awards of 2011 for her performance and six awards for Best Film.[citation needed] 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 crore (US$1.8 million) and collecting 33 crore (US$4.6 million) itself in its first week.[citation needed]


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."[citation needed] 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$2.5 million) over the first weekend.[citation needed] In May 2013, released by the company was Shootout at Wadala. The film opened with great reviews from many quarters. Bollywood Hungama, rated the film with Star full.svg stars whereas The Times of India rated it with 4/5 stars stars.[23] Made on the string Budget of 26 crore (US$3.6 million), the film grossed 54.6 crore (US$7.6 million) worldwide. The film was declared Average by Box office India.[citation needed] In July 2013, the company released Lootera, starring Ranveer Singh & Sonakshi Sinha as leads. The film opened with best reviews from many critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film with 4/5 stars Stars, describing "On the whole, LOOTERA is an intrinsically earnest and profoundly heartwarming story that stays in your heart. An absolute must for those who love romantic films or are romantic at heart. This one's a cinematic gem!".[24] Raja Sen of Rediff.com rated 4/5 stars stars and noted, "Lootera is a gorgeous, gorgeous film, one that uses its period setting affectionately, with loving detail, and not exploitatively, as our cinema is wont to do."[25] Meena Iyer of The Times of India assigned the film 4/5 stars Stars and noted, "Lootera is a love saga of yore." She added, "You may find this film boring if state-of-the-art, slow romance is not your idea of a movie outing."[26] The film was made on the Budget of 27 crore (US$3.8 million) and netted 38 crore (US$5.3 million) worldwide in its lifetime .[27] In August 2013, the company released Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara! the sequel to one of its most successful film, Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai.[28] The film opened with mixed reviews from all the critics and was also slammed by many critics for its poor drafting and execution of story line.[29] The film was made on the high Budget of 85 crore (US$12 million) to 100 crore (US$14 million) and collected 70 crore (US$9.7 million) worldwide, thereby contributing the loss and was declared "Flop".[citation needed] In 2014, On February 28, the company released Shaadi Ke Side Effects starring Farhan Akhtar & Vidya Balan. The film opened with positive reviews from various quarters and collected 5.7 crore (US$790,000) on its day one. The film went on to gross 21.2 crore (US$2.9 million) in its opening weekend. The film grossed 70 crore (US$9.7 million) worldwide during its lifetime run and was declared "Below Average" by Boxoffice India.[30] In the same year, On March 21, the company released Ragini MMS 2 starring Sunny Leone, the sequel to yet another successful film of the company Ragini MMS. Made on the budget of 18 crore (US$2.5 million), the film opened with mixed reviews from the critics and went on to collect 65 crore (US$9.0 million).[30] The film was a major commercial success and was declared "Hit" by Boxoffice India.[31]


On April 4, 2014, the company released Main Tera Hero starring Varun Dhawan as the protagonist, directed by David Dhawan. The film released with positive reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated 3.5/5 stars Stars, & wrote "On the whole, Main Tera Hero is a wild, wacky, madcap entertainer that has the unmistakable stamp of the master of entertainers -- David Dhawan. An over the top plot, humor quotient and performances are three aces the film stands on. The film should work well with admirers of typical Bollywood masalathons, also because Varun Dhawan pulls off the act with flamboyance and bowls you over with an uproarious act in this zany entertainer. Go, have fun and laugh out loud!".[32]Srijana Mitra Das of The Times of India gave the movie 3.5/5 stars stars saying, Main Tera Hero is a pav bhaji picture, quick, spicy, hot. It has the depth of a comic strip but it also has its neon-shaded fun. For those who want a light laugh, here's your boy."[citation needed] Made on the budget of 42.5 crore (US$5.9 million), the movie went on to collect 77 crore (US$11 million) worldwide[30] and was declared "Hit" by Box office India. On May 30, 2014, the company released small Budget film Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi which was co-produced by Bejoy Nambiar.[citation needed] The film opened with mixed reviews from critics and also failed to collect at Box office. The film collected a mere 3 crore (US$420,000) from Boxoffice thereby recovering its costs.[citation needed] In June 2014, the company released Ek Villain co-starring Sidharth Malhotra & Shraddha Kapoor. The film opened with positive reviews from its critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama awarded the movie 4/5 stars and wrote that, "On the whole, Ek Villain is a stylish, spellbinding and terrifying edge-of-the-seat thriller. It's a step forward in this genre, without doubt. A sure-shot winner!"[33] Raedita Tandon from Filmfare gave the film 4/5 stars stars and noted that, "Though indulgent in parts, Ek Villain packs in a punch. Copy of a Korean film or not, it's ‘good’ paisa vasool entertainment. Make it your weekend watch."[citation needed] Meena Iyer of The Times of India gave the film 3/5 stars Stars, stating that "You cannot fault the scale of Ek Villain or berate its lead star cast. But you wish you could celebrate this thriller like you did Suri's last movie outing Aashiqui 2.[citation needed] The film made on the budget of 35 crore (US$4.9 million) went on to collect 105.05 crore (US$15 million) from India[34] and grossed 135 crore (US$19 million) (approx) with a distributor share of 49.75 crore (US$6.9 million) itself in India.[35] The film was declared "Super Hit" by Boxoffice India.



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Year Title Director(s) Cast Genre Notes
2001

Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta

David Dhawan

Govinda, Sushmita Sen, Rambha

Comedy

2003

Kucch To Hai

Anurag Basu &
Anil Vimal Kumar

Tusshar Kapoor, Esha Deol, Natassha, Yash Tonk

Horror

2004

Krishna Cottage
Santram Verma

Sohail Khan, Isha Koppikar, Natassha, Rati Agnihotri

Horror

2005

Kyaa Kool Hai Hum
Sangeeth Sivan Tusshar Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh,Isha Koppikar, Neha Dhupia

Comedy
Thriller

2005

Koi Aap Sa
Partho Mitra

Aftab Shivdasani, Natassha, Dipannita Sharma, Himanshu Malik

Romance

2007

Shootout at Lokhandwala

Apoorva Lakhia

Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Vivek Oberoi, Arbaaz Khan, Amrita Singh,Tusshar Kapoor, Rohit Roy

Crime

2008

Mission Istanbul

Apoorva Lakhia

Vivek Oberoi, Shriya Saran, Suniel Shetty

Crime
Co-produced with Suneil Shetty
2008

C Kkompany

Sachin Yardi
Tusshar Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Rajpal Yadav, Raima Sen

Comedy

2008

EMI – Liya Hai Toh Chukana Parega
Saurabh Kabra

Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, Urmila Matondkar, Malaika Arora Khan, Aashish Chaudhary, Neha Oberoi

Social
Co-produced with Sunil Shetty
2010

Love Sex aur Dhokha

Dibakar Banerjee

Anshuman Jha, Nushrat Bharucha, Sandeep Bose, Rajkummar Rao

Found footage

2010

Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai

Milan Luthria

Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut, Prachi Desai

Gangster

2011

Taryanche Bait
Kiran Yadnyopavit
Vinay Apte, Sachin Khedekar, Ashwini Giri, Ashmita Joglekar

Drama
Marathi Film
2011

Shor in the City

Raj Nidimoru &
Krishna D.K.

Sendhil Ramamurthy, Tusshar Kapoor, Nikhil Dwivedi

Drama

2011

Ragini MMS
Pawan Kripalani

Rajkummar Rao, Kainaz Motivala

Horror
Thriller
Co-produced with Amit Kapoor & Sidhartha M. Jain
2011

The Dirty Picture

Milan Luthria

Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi, Tusshar Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah

Biographic

2012

Kyaa Super Kool Hai Hum

Sachin Yardi

Tusshar Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh, Neha Sharma

Comedy

2013

Ek Thi Daayan
Kannan Iyer

Emraan Hashmi, Konkana Sen Sharma, Huma Qureshi, Kalki Koechlin

Thriller
Co-produced with VB Pictures
2013

Shootout at Wadala

Sanjay Gupta

Anil Kapoor, John Abraham, Kangana Ranaut, Manoj Bajpayee, Tusshar Kapoor

Gangster
Crime
Prequel to Shootout at Lokhandwala
Co-produced with Sanjay Gupta
2013

Lootera

Vikramaditya Motwane

Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha

Romance
Co-produced with Phantom Films
2013

Once Upon a Time In Mumbaai Dobara

Milan Luthria

Akshay Kumar, Imran Khan, Sonakshi Sinha

Crime
Romance
Sequel to Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
2014
Shaadi Ke Side Effects
Saket Chaudhary

Farhan Akhtar, Vidya Balan

Romcom
Sequel to Pyaar Ke Side Effects
Co-Produced with Pritish Nandy Communications
2014

Ragini MMS 2

Bhushan Patel

Sunny Leone

Horror
Thriller
Sequel to Ragini MMS
2014

Main Tera Hero

David Dhawan

Varun Dhawan, Ileana D'Cruz, Nargis Fakhri

Romance

2014

Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi
Aman Sachdeva
Siddharth Gupta, Simran Kaur Mundi

Comedy,
Romance
Co-Produced with Bejoy Nambiar
2014

Ek Villain — There's one in every love story

Mohit Suri

Riteish Deshmukh, Sidharth Malhotra, Shraddha Kapoor

Romance
Thriller

2016

Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3
Umesh Ghadge

Tusshar Kapoor , Aftab Shivdasani, Mandana Karimi
Adult Comedy

2016

Azhar
Tony D'Souza

Emraan Hashmi, Nargis Fakhri, Prachi Desai, Lara Dutta
Biopic
Co-Produced with Sony Pictures Networks
2016

Udta Punjab

Abhishek Chaubey

Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Diljit Dosanjh

Romance
Drama
Co-Produced with Phantom Films
2016

Great Grand Masti

Indra Kumar

Vivek Oberoi, Ritesh Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani, Urvashi Rautela

Adult Comedy

2016

A Flying Jatt

Remo D'souza

Tiger Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez

superhero
Romance

2017

Half Girlfriend

Mohit Suri

Arjun Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor

Romance

2017

Super Singh

Anurag Singh

Diljit Dosanjh & Sonam Bajwa

Superhero,
Drama

2018

Veere Di Wedding

Shashanka Ghosh

Kareena Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar, Shikha Talsania, Sumeet Vyas

Comedy, Drama
Co-produced with Anil Kapoor Films
2018

Laila Majnu
Sajid Ali

Mir Sarwar, Avinash Tiwari, Tripti Dimri, Ruchika Kapoor

Romance, Drama
Co-production with Imtiyaz Ali[36]


Upcoming films



























































Year Title Director(s) Cast Genre Notes
2019

Mental Hai Kya

Prakash Kovelamudi

Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao

Comedy, Thriller
Filming[37]
2019

Jabariya Jodi
Prashant Singh

Sidharth Malhotra, Parineeti Chopra

Romance, Comedy
Filming[38]
2019

Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare

Alankrita Shrivastava

Konkona Sen Sharma, Bhumi Pednekar

Comedy, Satire
Filming[39]
2019

Dream Girl

Raaj Shaandilyaa

Ayushman Khurrana, Nushrat Bharucha

Comedy, Humour
Announced[40][41][42]
TBA

Kurien

Shree Narayan Singh

Vicky Kaushal
Biography
[43]
TBA

Untitled Black Comedy

Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari

Alia Bhatt, Amyra Dastur, Sonam Bajwa, Zoya Afroz

Romance
Co-produced with EarthSky Productions[44]


Film distribution

































Year
Film
Director
Notes
2008 Bhool Bhulaiyaa Priyadarshan
2008 Sarkar Raj Ram Gopal Varma
2013 Vishwaroop Kamal Haasan
2017 Lipstick Under My Burkha Alankrita Shrivastava


Awards & ceremonies


  • The Global Indian Film and Television Honours


References





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  2. ^ Television Queen Ekta Kapoor flops at Box-office


  3. ^ "Kya Kool grossess Rs 21.5 crores". Archived from the original on 30 June 2012.


  4. ^ "Kya Kool in 3 Top hits of 2005". Archived from the original on 30 April 2013.


  5. ^ "Shoot Out is the biggest hit of Balaji till date".


  6. ^ "Box Office report of Shootout At Lokhandwala".


  7. ^ C Kkompany flops at Indian Box-office


  8. ^ "Mission Istanbul fails at Box Office".


  9. ^ "Balaji acquires Priyadarshan's Bhool Bhulaiyaa".
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  10. ^ "Balaji acquires Ram Gopal's Sarkar Raj".


  11. ^ "Ekta to produce up a different film". Archived from the original on 13 May 2013.


  12. ^ "LSD a rare to see hit film".


  13. ^ "Once Upon a Time is Superhit". Archived from the original on 7 August 2010.


  14. ^ Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai markks successful re-entry of Balaji


  15. ^ The return of Ekta Kapoor


  16. ^ A Brand called Ekta Kapoor


  17. ^ "Ekta's next in Marathi". Archived from the original on 2013-01-17.


  18. ^ "Ekta's Taryanche Bait takes Extraordinary opening".


  19. ^ "Ekta's marathi venture bags top accolades".


  20. ^ "Lifetime Box-office collection of Shor in the City".


  21. ^ "Review:Shor in the City is a terrific Film". Archived from the original on 21 September 2012.


  22. ^ "Sunny Leone signed for Ragini MMS 2". Archived from the original on 15 July 2012.


  23. ^ Review:Shootout At Wadala- The Times of India


  24. ^ Lootera is a terrific gem - Taran Adarsh


  25. ^ Lootera is an absolute masterpiece - Raja Sen


  26. ^ Lootera is Lovesaga of yore - Meena Iyer, The Times of India


  27. ^ Lifetime collections and Economics of Lootera


  28. ^ Once Upon Ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara: Another film to hit the jackpot?


  29. ^ Anupama Chopra's review: Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobaara!


  30. ^ abc Box office collextions Jan to April 2014 Archived 8 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine


  31. ^ Ragini MMS 2 is one of the major commercial success of 2014


  32. ^ Main Tera Hero is the masala entertainer of 2014 - Taran Adarsh


  33. ^ Ek Villain is stylish and a sure-shot winner - Taran Adarsh


  34. ^ Ek Villain is first for Balaji to enter 100 crore club


  35. ^ Ek Villain makes 49.75 crore share for its distributors


  36. ^ Balaji Motion Pictures next Laila Majnu with Imtiyaz Ali


  37. ^ Kangana's next film with Balaji Motion Pictures titled Mental Hai Kya?


  38. ^ Siddharth Malhotra to star in Ekta Kapoor's next titled Shotgun Shaadi


  39. ^ After Lipstick Under My Burkha, Ekta Kapoor, Alankrita Shrivastava come together for yet another women-centric film


  40. ^ Ayushman Khurrana and Nushrat Bharucha signed in for Balaji's next titled 'Googly'


  41. ^ After AndhaDhun and Badhaai Ho, Ayushmann Khurrana set for another unique film with Googly


  42. ^ Ayushmann Khurrana signs Ekta Kapoor's next.


  43. ^ Shree Narayan Singh, Ekta Kapoor to collaborate on biopic of 'Milkman of India' Verghese Kurien based on his autobiography


  44. ^ Ekta Kapoor, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari to collaborate on two films




External links




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