Benaras Mediaworks

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Benaras Media Works Pvt. Ltd
Benaras Mediaworks
Industry Entertainment
Founded2011 (2011)
Founder Anubhav Sinha
Headquarters
Mumbai
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Products
Subsidiaries
  • Benaras Beat
Website www.benaras.co

Benaras Media Works Pvt. Ltd is an Indian film production company established by Anubhav Sinha in 2011. Based in Mumbai, it mainly produces Hindi films. [1]

Contents

2011–2017

The company's first production was Gurmmeet Singh's Warning (2013) starring Santosh Barmola, Madhurima Tuli, Manjari Fadnis, Varun Sharma, Jitin Gulati and Sumit Suri. Followed by Gulaab Gang (2014) [2] starring Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla.

2018-Present

Benaras Media Works under the directions of Anubhav Sinha began producing socially relevant films such as Mulk (2018), [3] Article 15 (2019), [4] Thappad (2020). These films were both critically acclaimed and commercially successful.

The company later produced Anek (2022), Middle Class Love (2022), [5] Faraaz (2023), [6] Bheed (2023) and Afwaah (2023), [7] further expanding its portfolio.

In 2024 Benaras Mediaworks, in association with Matchbox Shots [8] produced IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack , a critically acclaimed television series based on the real-life hijacking of the Indian Airlines flight IC 814 from Kathmandu to Delhi. The Series became one of the most-watched shows of the year and remained in Netflix's global Top 10 for eight weeks.

References

  1. "Anubhav Sinha Turns Producer". The Times of India.
  2. "Madhuri Dixit Nene to do intense action in Gulaab Gang". 11 April 2013.
  3. "We wanted a lot of realism in 'Mulk': Anubhav Sinha". 5 July 2018.
  4. "Anubhav Sinha Talks 'Bheed,' Reveals Benaras Mediaworks Slate (EXCLUSIVE)". 20 March 2023.
  5. "Middle Class Love trailer: Anubhav Sinha launches 'hamare wale newcomers'". 8 August 2022.
  6. https://tellychakkar.com/movie/movie-news/hansal-mehta-s-upcoming-thriller-faraaz-s-trailer-receives-lots-of-love-fans
  7. "Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bhumi Pednekar's Afwaah to release on THIS date". 19 April 2023.
  8. "IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack on Netflix: Anubhav Sinha's streaming debut gets a release date".