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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | February 2010 |
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| Products | Films |
| Services | Film production Film distribution Advertisement production |
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| Website | CineMan Productions |
CineMan Productions is an Indian film production and distribution company established by Abhishek Jain, Mikhil Musale, and Anish Shah. It was founded in 2010.
Abhishek Jain, Mikhil Musale and Anish Shah met during an international film festival in Ahmedabad and founded CineMan productions in 2010. [1] [2] However, Shah left the company later on. [3] The first film produced by the company was Jain's directorial debut, Kevi Rite Jaish . The production subsequently produced the 2014 film Bey Yaar . The productions also has produced advertisements for various brands such as Cinepolis among others. [4]
Abhishek Jain had approached Anurag Kashyap to produce Kevi Rite Jaish ; although Kashyap was impressed with the script, the collaboration did not work out for the film. [5] Later in February 2016, Abhishek Jain announced that CineMan will co-produce three Gujarati films with Anurag Kashyap's Phantom Films, out of which one will be directed by Abhishek himself. [6] The first film to release under joint banner of CineMan productions and Phantom films was Wrong Side Raju , directed by Mikhil Musale. [7]
CineMan Productions and Khushi Advertising launched Gujarati language streaming platform OHO Gujarati in May 2021. [8] [9] The first original show released on the platform was Vitthal Teedi, a drama series starring Pratik Gandhi and directed by Jain. [9]
| Year | Film | Director | Co-production company(s) | Cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Kevi Rite Jaish | Abhishek Jain | Divyang Thakkar, Veronica Kalpana Gautam, Tom Alter, Anang Desai | |
| 2014 | Bey Yaar | Abhishek Jain | Manoj Joshi, Darshan Jariwala, Divyang Thakkar, Pratik Gandhi, Samvedna Suwalka | |
| 2016 | Wrong Side Raju | Mikhil Musale | Phantom Films | Pratik Gandhi, Kimberley Louisa McBeath, Asif Basra, Kavi Shastri |
| Shubh Aarambh | Amit Barot | The Travelling Circus | Harsh Chhaya, Prachee Shah Paandya, Bharat Chawda, Deeksha Joshi, Aarjav Trivedi |
| Year | Seasons | Episodes | Show | Director | Cast | Notes | Network |
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| 2021– | 1 | 6 | Vitthal Teedi | Abhishek Jain | Pratik Gandhi, Ragi Jani, Brinda Trivedi | Web series | OHO Gujarati |
| 2021 | 1 | 5 | Tuition | Pratik Parmar | Dhairya Thakkar, Sohni Bhatt | Web series | OHO Gujarati |
| 2021 | 3 | 5 | Cutting | Pratik Rajen Kothari | Mayur Chauhan AKA Michael, Hemang Shah | Web Series | OHO Gujarati |
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