Junglee Pictures

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Junglee Pictures
Company type Private
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2014
Founder Vineet Jain
Headquarters
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Key people
  • Amrita Pandey (CEO) [1]
  • Priti Shahani (Former President) [2]
ProductsFilms
ServicesFilm production and distribution

Junglee Pictures is a film production and distribution company that was established by Vineet Jain of The Times Group in 2014. As of 2022, the company has produced nine Hindi films

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Their first release came in 2015 with Zoya Akhtar's family drama Dil Dhadakne Do , and in the same year, they produced Meghna Gulzar's crime drama Talvar , which won two National Film Awards.

Junglee Pictures went on to collaborate with the actor Ayushmann Khurrana in three films, the romantic comedy Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017), the comedy-drama Badhaai Ho (2018) and campus medical comedy film, Doctor G (2022). Badhaai Ho (2018) became the company's highest-grossing release. They also reunited with Gulzar in the Alia Bhatt-starring spy film Raazi (2018), which ranks among the highest-grossing female-led Hindi films.

History

Junglee Pictures was founded in February 2014 by Vineet Jain of The Times Group. [3] The company's first film release came the following year with Dil Dhadakne Do , a family drama directed by Zoya Akhtar, which featured an ensemble cast headlined by Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma and Farhan Akhtar. [4] A significant portion of the film was photographed in the Pullmantur Cruises ship MS Sovereign. [5] The film received positive reviews for its performances and direction, but received criticism for its running time and climax. [6] It earned ₹145 crores against a budget of ₹83 crores. [7]

Meghna Gulzar has directed two films for the company, Talvar (2015) and Raazi (2018) Gulzar with daughter Meghna Gulzar (cropped).jpg
Meghna Gulzar has directed two films for the company, Talvar (2015) and Raazi (2018)

The company's second film release came in the same year with Bangistan (2015), a comedy directed by Karan Anshuman, and starring Riteish Deshmukh and Pulkit Samrat. [8] Keen to "tell stories that were inspired by real incidents", [2] Junglee Pictures next produced Talvar , a partly fictional retelling of the 2008 Noida double murder case. Starring Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Neeraj Kabi and Sohum Shah, the film was directed by Meghna Gulzar and penned by Vishal Bhardwaj. [9] [10] Bhardwaj has said that his screenplay was influenced by the Rashomon effect (in which the same event is given different interpretations by the individuals involved). [11] Rajeev Masand termed the film a "gripping, then baffling, and ultimately disturbing account" of the murder, "deliberately unsentimental and melodrama-free". [12] Joe Leydon of Variety called the film's screenplay "solidly constructed" and its narrative "satisfyingly brisk". [13] Talvar won two awards each at the National Film Awards and the Filmfare Award ceremonies, including the Best Adapted Screenplay Award for Bhardwaj at the former. [14] [15]

In 2017, the company produced the romantic comedy Bareilly Ki Barfi , directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari and written by Nitesh Tiwari and Shreyas Jain. It starred Ayushmann Khurrana, Kriti Sanon and Rajkummar Rao and tells the story of a love triangle involving a headstrong young woman living in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. [16] [17] Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times praised the film for effectively capturing "the flavour of small-town India". [18] It emerged as a sleeper hit. [19] At the 63rd Filmfare Awards, the film won Best Director for Tiwari and Best Supporting Actor for Rao. [20]

Junglee Pictures had two film releases in 2018. The spy film Raazi marked their second collaboration with Meghna Gulzar. [21] [22] Starring Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal, the film is an adaptation of Harinder Sikka's novel Calling Sehmat , which was inspired by real events of a Kashmiri spy who married a Pakistani policeman prior to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. [23] [24] The film emerged as one of the highest-grossing Hindi films featuring a female protagonist. [25] The company's second film release that year came with Badhaai Ho , starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Neena Gupta, Gajraj Rao, and Sanya Malhotra, which is about a middle-aged couple who get pregnant much to the disappointment of their adult son. [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] Both Raazi and Badhaai Ho gained critical acclaim and rank among the highest-grossing Hindi films of 2018. [31] [32] The latter earned over ₹221 crores to emerge as the company's biggest commercial success. [33] [34] Both films also won several awards at the 64th Filmfare Awards, with Raazi winning a leading five, including Best Film and Best Director for Gulzar. [35]

The company's sole film release of 2019 came with Chuck Russell's Junglee , an adventure film starring Vidyut Jammwal, which performed poorly at the box office. [36] Future projects of the company include Vishal Bhardwaj's crime film based on the murder of Pradyuman Thakur. [37] Junglee Pictures will also produce an as-yet untitled web series adapted from Arnab Ray's novel The Mahabharata Murders. [38] [39]

In March 2020, Junglee Pictures announced spiritual sequel of Badhaai Ho, titled Badhaai Do starring Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar. On 11 February 2022, Badhaai Do released in theatres to critical acclaim.

Their ninth film, Doctor G is slated for release on 14 October 2022. It is a campus medical comedy film directed by Anubhuti Kashyap (in her directorial debut). It stars Ayushmann Khurrana (third collaboration with actor) and Rakul Preet Singh

Filmography

Ayushmann Khurrana has collaborated with Junglee Pictures on three projects Ayushman Khurana walks for Manish Malhotra & Shaina NC's show for CPAA 23.jpg
Ayushmann Khurrana has collaborated with Junglee Pictures on three projects
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Rajkumar Rao has played leading role in two films
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†Denotes films that have not yet been released
TitleYearDirectorCo-producerCast
Dil Dhadakne Do 2015 Zoya Akhtar Excel Entertainment Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, Farhan Akhtar
Bangistan 2015 Karan Anshuman Excel Entertainment Riteish Deshmukh, Pulkit Samrat
Talvar 2015 Meghna Gulzar VB Pictures Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Neeraj Kabi, Sohum Shah
Bareilly Ki Barfi 2017 Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari BR Chopra Films Ayushmann Khurrana, Kriti Sanon, Rajkummar Rao
Raazi 2018 Meghna Gulzar Dharma Productions Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal
Badhaai Ho 2018 Amit Sharma Chrome Pictures Ayushmann Khurrana, Neena Gupta, Gajraj Rao, Sanya Malhotra
Junglee 2019 Chuck Russell Vidyut Jammwal, Pooja Sawant, Asha Bhat
Badhaai Do 2022 Harshavardhan Kulkarni Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar
Doctor G 2022Anubhuti Kashyap Ayushmann Khurrana, Rakul Preet Singh
Babli Bouncer 2022 Madhur Bhandarkar Star Studios Tamannaah
Ulajh 2024 Sudhanshu Saria Janhvi Kapoor, Gulshan Devaiah

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