E4 Entertainment

E4 Entertainment

Company type	Private
Industry	Film production Film distribution
Founded	12 November 2012;12 years ago (2012-11-12)
Founder	Mukesh R Mehta CV Sarathi
Headquarters	Chennai, Tamil Nadu , India
Key people	Mukesh R Mehta CV Sarathi
Products	Films Music
Owner	Mukesh R Mehta
Subsidiaries	E4 Experiments
Website	e4entertainment.co.in

E4 Entertainment is an Indian film production ^[1] and distribution company founded by Mukesh R. Mehta and C.V. Sarathi. Established in 2012, the company's headquarters are located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. ^[2]

History

The company's first venture was Annayum Rasoolum, released in 2012, starring Fahadh Faasil, Andrea Jeremiah, Sunny Wayne, and directed by Rajeev Ravi. ^[3]

Following this success, E4 Entertainment ventured into Malayalam cinema with films like Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi directed by Sameer Thahir and North 24 Kaatham ^[4] directed by Anil Radhakrishnan Menon. In 2014, Ohm Shanthi Oshaana directed by Jude Anthany Joseph proved to be a breakthrough, completing 100 successful days in 12 screens. ^[5]

By early 2017, E4 Entertainment produced Ezra, a Malayalam supernatural horror thriller starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, written and directed by Jay K and was filmed primarily in Fort Kochi and Sri Lanka. ^[6]

Filmography

Production

Year	Film	Director	Language	Ref.
2013	Annayum Rasoolum	Rajeev Ravi	Malayalam
	North 24 Kaatham	Anil Radhakrishnan Menon		[7]
	Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi	Sameer Thahir
2014	Nagara Varidhi Naduvil Njan	Shibu Balan		[8]
	Drishya	P. Vasu	Kannada
2015	Love 24x7	Sreebala K. Menon	Malayalam	[9]
	Kunjiramayanam	Basil Joseph
2016	Oru Muthassi Gadha	Jude Anthany Joseph		[10]
	Guppy	Johnpaul George		[11]
2017	Godha	Basil Joseph		[12]
	Ezra	Jay K.		[13]
2018	Lilli	Prasobh Vijayan		[14]
2019	Ishq	Anuraj Manohar		[15]
	Ambili	Johnpaul George		[16]
2019	Adithya Varma	Gireeshaya	Tamil	[17]
2020	Anveshanam	Prasobh Vijayan	Tamil	[18]
	Varmaa	Bala	Tamil	[19]
2021	Drishya 2	P. Vasu	Kannada
2022	Pada	Kamal K. M.	Malayalam	[20]
	Oru Thekkan Thallu Case	Sreejith N.		[21]
2023	Por Thozhil	Vignesh Raja	Tamil
2024	Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil	Vipin Das	Malayalam	[22]
2025	Nobody†	Nissam Basheer	Malayalam	[23]

Distribution

Following are the list of films the company distributed other than the films it produced.

Year	Film	Director	Language	Notes	Ref.
2012	Life of Pi	Ang Lee	English	Distributed in Kerala
2013	Chennai Express	Rohit Shetty	Hindi
	Fast & Furious 6	Justin Lin	English
2014	Njan Steve Lopez	Rajeev Ravi	Malayalam
	Bang Bang!	Siddharth Anand	Hindi	Distributed in Kerala
2015	The Revenant	Alejandro González Iñárritu	English
	Jurassic World	Colin Trevorrow	English
2016	MS Dhoni	Neeraj Pandey	Hindi
	Airlift	Raja Krishna Menon	Hindi
	Kapoor & Sons	Shakun Batra	Hindi
	Neerja	Ram Madhavi	Hindi
	Baaghi Series	Sabbir Khan	Hindi
	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Zack Snyder	English
	Deadpool	Tim Miller	English
2017	Secret Superstar	Advait Chandan	Hindi
	Achanoru Vazha Vechu	Saandeep Gopalakrishnan	Malayalam
	Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela	Althaf Salim	Malayalam		[24]
	Qarib Qarib Singlle	Tanuja Chandra	Hindi	Distributed in Kerala
	Omerta	Hansal Mehta	Hindi
	Logan	James Mangold	English
2018	Hey Jude	Shyamaprasad	Malayalam
	Zero	Himanshu Sharma	Hindi	Distributed in Kerala
	Loveyatri	Abhiraj K. Minawala	Hindi
	Sudani from Nigeria	Zakariya Mohammed	Malayalam
	Sanju	Rajkumar Hirani	Hindi	Distributed in Kerala
	Aquaman	James Wan	English
2019	Kakshi: Amminippilla	Dinjith Ayyathan	Malayalam		[25]
2021	Pushpa: The Rise	Sukumar	Telugu	Distributed in Kerala	[26]
2022	Valimai	H. Vinoth	Tamil		[27]
	Sarkaru Vaari Paata	Parasuram	Telugu
	Avatar: The Way of Water	James Cameron	English
	Cirkus	Rohit Shetty	Hindi
2023	Kabzaa	R. Chandru	Kannada
	Gumraah	Vardhan Ketkar	Hindi
	The Kerala Story	Vipul Amrutlal Shah	Hindi
	Por Thozhil	Vignesh Raja	Tamil		[28]
	King of Kotha	Abhilash Joshiy	Malayalam
	Japan	Raju Murugan	Tamil	Distributed in Kerala
	80s Buildup	Kalyaan	Tamil
	Animal	Sandeep Reddy Vanga	Hindi
2024	Pushpa 2: The Rule	Sukumar	Telugu		[29]

References

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5. "Ohm Shanthi Oshaana Success Meet". Filmi Beat . Retrieved 2 September 2014.
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7. K, Aswathy (7 April 2014). "Anil on Cloud Nine". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
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12. Valli (3 June 2017). "'Godha' is not a great sports movie but its kickass female lead is the heroine we've waited for". The News Minute. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
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21. "Oru Thekkan Thallu Case movie review: How to mock the male ego yet play it safe and normalise domestic violence". Firstpost. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
22. "Did You Know That The Guruvayur Temple in Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil Is Actually A Set? Watch The Jaw-Dropping Video Of The Recreation Here!". Times Now. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
23. "Prithviraj Sukumaran's next with Nissam Basheer is titled 'Nobody'". South First. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
24. "Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela movie review: Nivin Pauly-Shanthi Krishna topline a pleasant Onam surprise". Firstpost. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
25. Shriijth, Sajin (5 June 2019). "Kakshi: Amminipilla Movie Review: An essential film for our times". Cinema Express. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
26. Service, Express News (2 November 2021). "E4 to release Allu Arjun, Fahadh Faasil and Rashmika Mandanna starrer 'Pushpa' in Kerala". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
27. "Ajith's Valimai Roars Not Just in Tamil Nadu But Kerala Too". News18. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
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External links

• Official website