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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Gurgaon, India |
| Products | Films |
| Website | www |
PVR Pictures is the film production and distribution arm of PVR Group, which also owns PVR Cinemas, one of the largest multiplex companies in India.
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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Gurgaon, India |
| Products | Films |
| Website | www |
PVR Pictures is the film production and distribution arm of PVR Group, which also owns PVR Cinemas, one of the largest multiplex companies in India.
The company has its origin is Priya Cinema in Vasant Vihar in South Delhi, which was bought by current owner 's father in 1978, who also owned a trucking business, Amritsar Transport Co. In 1988, Bijli took over the running of the cinema hall, which was revamped in 1990, and its success led to the founding PVR Cinemas. [1] [2]
PVR Pictures film production début came in 2007 with Taare Zameen Par and Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na . [3] It has distributed over 200 Hollywood films, including The Aviator , Mission: Impossible III , Kill Bill , The Hurt Locker , The Twilight Saga and Chicago ; over 100 Bollywood films, including blockbusters such as ‘Ghajini’, ‘Golmaal Returns’, ‘All The Best’, ‘Don', ‘Sarkar Raj’, ‘Omkara’ and nearly 25 regional films since its inception.[ citation needed ] In October 2012 the company acquired the Indian distribution rights for the film adaption of Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize-winning novel Midnight's Children . [4]
Its president is Kamal Gianchandani, [3] and its current promoters are Ajay Bijli and Sanjeev K Bijli. Ajay Bijli is the chairman and Managing Director of PVR Ltd while Sanjeev K. Bijli is the Joint Managing Director of PVR Ltd.
Recently, the group had a tie-up with HP to open Asia’s first Virtual Reality (VR) Lounge at PVR ECX, Mall of India, Noida.
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Taare Zameen Par | Aamir Khan | Co-produced with Aamir Khan Productions |
| 2008 | Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na | Abbas Tyrewala | Co-produced with Aamir Khan Productions |
| Contract | Ram Gopal Varma | Co-produced with Ace Movie Company | |
| 2009 | Tum Mile | Kunal Deshmukh | Co-produced with Vishesh Films |
| 2010 | Prem Kaa Game | Ashok Kheny | Co-produced with A K K Entertainment |
| Hide & Seek | Shawn Arranha | ||
| My Friend Ganesha 3 | Rajiv S. Ruia | ||
| Lamhaa | Rahul Dholakia | Co-produced with G. S. Entertainment Pvt. Ltd | |
| Aisha | Rajshree Ojha | Co-produced with Anil Kapoor Films Company and MAD Entertainment Ltd. | |
| Action Replayy | Vipul Amrutlal Shah | Co-produced with Hari Om Entertainment and Sunshine Pictures | |
| 2011 | Teen Thay Bhai | Mrighdeep Lamba | Co-produced with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures |
| 2012 | Shanghai | Dibakar Banerjee | Co-produced with Dibakar Banerjee Productions |
| 2017 | Poorna: Courage Has No Limit | Rahul Bose | Co-produced with Rahul Bose Productions |
The Following films were released under PVR Director's Rare Banner.
| Year | Film | Director | Language | Studio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Kshay | Karan Gour | Hindi | Empatheia Films | |
| Anhe Ghore Da Daan | Gurvinder Singh | Punjabi | National Film Development Corporation of India | ||
| Hansa | Manav Kaul | Hindi | Aranya Films | [5] | |
| 2013 | Lessons in Forgetting | Unni Vijayan | English | Arowana Studios | |
| Love in Bombay | Joy Mukherjee | Hindi | The film was originally made in 1971 | ||
| The Adventures of Sinbad | Shinjan Neogi and Abhishek Panchal | Hindi | Lodi Films Pvt. Ltd. | Animated Film | |
| Mere Haule Dost | Nitin Raghunath | Hindi | Fingerchop Films | ||
| Baandhon | Jahnu Barua | Assamese | ASFFDC | Originally released in 2012 in the state of Assam | |
| The Lunchbox | Ritesh Batra | Hindi | DAR Motion Pictures, UTV Motion Pictures, Dharma Productions, Sikhya Entertainment, NFDC, ROH Films, ASAP Films, Cine Mosaic | Limited engagement. | |
| 2014 | Liar's Dice | Geetu Mohandas | Hindi | JAR Pictures | |
| Station | Saad Khan | Hindi | Sumit Ghosh Media | ||
| Raakh | Aditya Bhattacharya | Hindi | Emotion Picture Company, Saritha Films, Second Image Enterprise | Originally released in 1989 | |
| The World Before Her | Nisha Pahuja | English | KinoSmith, Ro*co Films | Canadian Documentary Film originally released in 2012 | |
| Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka | Prasanna Vithanage | Sinhala, Tamil | Sri Lankan film originally released in 2012 | ||
| The Nut Job | Peter Lepeniotis | English | Red Rover International, ToonBox Entertainment, Gulfstream Pictures | Animated film co-produced by production companies of Canada, US and South Korea | |
| Naya Pata | Pawan K Shrivastava | Hindi | Vaartul Films, Nayaab Vision Entertainmen | produced through Crowd funding | |
| Crossing Bridges | Sange Dorjee Thongdok | Sherdukpen | First feature film in Sherdukpen Language | ||
| Sulemani Keeda | Amit V Masurkar | Hindi | Tulsea Pictures, Mantra/Runaway Entertainment | ||
| 2015 | Surkhaab | Sanjay Talreja | Hindi | Golden Gate Creations | Indo-Canadian co-production |
| The Path of Zarathustra | Oorvazi Irani | English | SBI Impresario Pvt. Ltd. | ||
| 2017 | Newton | Amit V Masurkar | Hindi | Drishyam Films |
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