Maddock Films

Maddock Films

Company type	Private
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	June 2005;19 years ago (June 2005)
Founder	Dinesh Vijan Pooja Vijan
Headquarters	Mumbai, India
Key people	Dinesh Vijan
Products	Films
Owner	Dinesh Vijan Nepean Capital
Subsidiaries	Illuminati Films Maddock Outsider

Maddock Films is an Indian film production company founded by Indian producer and director Dinesh Vijan in 2005. The company has produced notable Hindi films such as Love Aaj Kal (2009), Cocktail (2012), Badlapur (2015), Hindi Medium (2017), Stree (2018), Luka Chuppi (2019), Bala (2019), Mimi (2021), Bhediya (2022), Zara Hatke Zara Bachke (2023), Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (2024), Munjya (2024), Stree 2 (2024) and Chhaava (2025).

They have their own film universe, the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe which consists of the Stree films, Bhediya and Munjya. The franchise has been commercially successful, having grossed a combined ₹1,186 crore against a combined budget of ₹235 crore. ^[1] Apart from that, Maddock films on January 2nd 2025 unveiled a 4 year plan for the future of its ambitious Horror Comedy Universe. They announced 2 films each year starting from 2025 to 2028. The eight movie line up kicks off with Thama which is set to arrive Diwali 2025. ^[2]

In 2022, Nepean Capital which is a Mumbai-based fund management firm that invests in private and public markets, has acquired 50% stake in Dinesh Vijan-led Maddock Films. The aim of this deal was to provide Maddock films financial stability and help them to invest money in large scale projects. ^[3]

On June 20, 2024 Sony Music and Maddock films announced a strategic partnership with the goal of producing music projects, encompassing film soundtracks and independent pop projects featuring A-list Indian talent. Some of the projects included in this partnership are Chhaava, Diler featuring Ibrahim Ali Khan, and Ikkis starring Agastya Nanda. ^[4]

Illumanti Films

Illumanti Films is co-owned by Dinesh Vijan and Saif Ali Khan in which both have equal share in the company. Illumanti Films starting from 2009 backed a number of films until 2014 where Dinesh Vijan decided to back out and form his own Production house Maddock Films which went on to produce a number of succesfull films and is a known entity in the Film Industry. ^[5]

List of the films produced under Illumanti Films:

List of films produced by Illumanti Films

Year	Title	Director	Cast	Ref.
2009	Love Aaj Kal	Imtiaz Ali	Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone
2012	Agent Vinod	Sriram Raghavan	Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor
	Cocktail	Homi Adajania	Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Diana Penty
2013	Go Goa Gone	Raj & DK	Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Vir Das, Anand Tiwari, Puja Gupta
2014	Lekar Hum Deewana Dil	Arif Ali	Armaan Jain, Deeksha Seth
	Happy Ending	Raj & DK	Saif Ali Khan, Ileana D'Cruz, Kalki Koechlin, Govinda, Preity Zinta, Ranvir Shorey

Films

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

List of films

Year	Title	Director	Cast	Distributor	Ref.
2014	Finding Fanny	Homi Adajania	Arjun Kapoor, Deepika Padukone	Fox Star Studios	[6]
2015	Badlapur	Sriram Raghavan	Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Yami Gautam, Radhika Apte	Eros International	[7]
2017	Hindi Medium	Saket Chaudhary	Irrfan Khan, Saba Qamar	AA Films	[8]
	Raabta	Dinesh Vijan	Sushant Singh Rajput, Kriti Sanon	AA Films	[9]
2018	Stree	Amar Kaushik	Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor	AA Films	[10]
2019	Luka Chuppi	Laxman Utekar	Kartik Aaryan, Kriti Sanon	AA Films	[11]
	Arjun Patiala	Rohit Jugraj	Diljit Dosanjh, Kriti Sanon	AA Films	[12]
	Made In China	Mikhil Musale	Rajkummar Rao, Mouni Roy	AA Films	[13]
	Bala	Amar Kaushik	Ayushmann Khurrana, Yami Gautam, Bhumi Pednekar	AA Films	[14]
2020	Love Aaj Kal	Imtiaz Ali	Kartik Aaryan, Sara Ali Khan	Pen Studios	[15]
	Angrezi Medium	Homi Adajania	Irrfan Khan, Radhika Madan, Kareena Kapoor Khan	Pen Studios	[16]
2021	Roohi	Hardik Mehta	Rajkummar Rao, Varun Sharma, Janhvi Kapoor	Jio Studios	[17]
	Mimi	Laxman Utekar	Kriti Sanon, Pankaj Tripathi, Sai Tamhankar	Netflix	[18]
	Shiddat	Kunal Deshmukh	Sunny Kaushal, Radhika Madan, Mohit Raina, Diana Penty	JioHotstar	[19]
	Hum Do Hamare Do	Abhishek Jain	Rajkummar Rao, Kriti Sanon	JioHotstar	[20]
2022	Dasvi	Tushar Jalota	Abhishek Bachchan, Yami Gautam, Nimrat Kaur	Netflix	[21]
	Bhediya	Amar Kaushik	Varun Dhawan, Kriti Sanon	Pen Studios	[22]
2023	Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga	Ajay Singh	Sunny Kaushal, Yami Gautam	Netflix	[23]
	Zara Hatke Zara Bachke	Laxman Utekar	Vicky Kaushal, Sara Ali Khan	Pen Studios	[24]
	Sajini Shinde Ka Viral Video	Mikhil Musale	Nimrat Kaur, Radhika Madan, Bhagyashree	Pen Studios	[25]
2024	Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya	Amit Joshi Aradhana Sah	Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon	Pen Studios	[26]
	Murder Mubarak	Homi Adajania	Pankaj Tripathi, Sara Ali Khan, Vijay Varma, Karisma Kapoor, Kunal Khemu, Sanjay Kapoor	Netflix	[27]
	Munjya	Aditya Sarpotdar	Abhay Verma, Sharvari Wagh, Mona Singh	Pen Studios	[28]
	Stree 2	Amar Kaushik	Shraddha Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao	Pen Studios, PVR Pictures
	Sector 36	Aditya Nimbalkar	Deepak Dobriyal, Vikrant Massey	Netflix	[29]
2025	Sky Force	Sandeep Kewlani Abhishek Anil Kapur	Akshay Kumar, Veer Pahariya, Sara Ali Khan, Nimrat Kaur	PVR Pictures	[ citation needed ]
	Chhaava	Laxman Utekar	Vicky Kaushal, Rashmika Mandanna, Akshaye Khanna	Pen Studios(India), Yash Raj Films(International)
	Bhool Chuk Maaf†	Karan Sharma	Rajkummar Rao, Wamiqa Gabbi	TBD	[ citation needed ]
	Param Sundari†	Tushar Jalota	Sidharth Malhotra, Janhvi Kapoor	TBD
	Thama†	Aditya Sarpotdar	Ayushmann Khurrana, Rashmika Mandanna, Nawazuddin Siddiqui	TBD	[ citation needed ]
	Shakti Shalini†	TBD	Kiara Advani	TBD
2026	Bhediya 2†	TBD	Varun Dhawan	TBD	[ citation needed ]
	Chamunda†	TBD	Alia Bhatt	TBD
	Mahavatar†	Amar Kaushik	Vicky Kaushal	TBD	[ citation needed ]
2027	Stree 3†	TBD	Shraddha Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao	TBD	[30]
	Maha Munjya†	Aditya Sarpotdar	Abhay Verma, Sharvari Wagh, Mona Singh	TBD
2028	Pehla Mahayudh†	TBD	TBD	TBD	[ citation needed ]
	Doosara Mahayudh†	TBD	TBD	TBD
TBD	Diler†	TBD	Ibrahim Ali Khan	TBD
	Ikkis†	Sriram Raghavan	Agastya Nanda	TBD
	Tehran†	Arjun Gopalan	John Abraham, Manushi Chillar	TBD
	Pooja Meri Jaan†	Navjot Gulati	Mrunal Thakur, Huma Qureshi, Vijay Raaz	TBD

Television

List of television credits

Year	Title	Ott-Platform	Ref.
2021	Chutzpah	Sony Liv	[31] [ better source needed ]
2023	Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo	JioHotstar	[32] [ better source needed ]
	Jee Karda	Prime Video	[33]

See also

• Maddock Horror Comedy Universe

References

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