Phantom Studios

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Phantom Studios
Company type Private
Industry Entertainment
Founded2010 (original)
2022 (revival)
Founders Madhu Mantena
Anurag Kashyap
Vikas Bahl
Vikramaditya Motwane
Defunct2018 (original)
Headquarters
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Products Films, content creation, OTT series
Services Film production
Film distribution, OTT series
OwnerMad Man Films Pvt Ltd [1]
Website Phantom Studios

Phantom Studios (formerly Phantom Films) is an Indian filmproduction and distribution company established by Madhu Mantena, Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl, and Vikramaditya Motwane. [2] It was founded in 2011 by all four of them, and was cited as the "directors' company". In March 2015, Reliance Entertainment picked up 50% stake in the company. [3]

Contents

The company made its debut in the film industry with its first production, Lootera in 2013. Directed by Motwane, the period romance featured actors Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead roles. The film was a collaboration with Balaji Motion Pictures, serving as a co-producer. [4] Next year, the company co-produced the romantic comedies HaseeTohPhasee starring Parineeti Chopra and Sidharth Malhotra directed by Vinil Mathew, and Queen directed by Vikas Bahl starring Kangana Ranaut and Lisa Haydon. Both the films were critical and commercial successes, with the latter also winning the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. [5] It was followed by the thrillers Ugly starring Rahul Bhat and Ronit Roy directed by Anurag Kashyap and NH10 (2015) directed by Navdeep Singh starring Anushka Sharma and Neil Bhopalam. [6] The company went on to produce other critically acclaimed projects like Udta Punjab (2016) starring Alia Bhatt and Shahid Kapoor which was directed by Abhishek Chaubey and 83 (2021) starring Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone which was directed by Kabir Khan. [7]

In March 2022, the company was renamed to ‘Phantom Studios’ with Srishti Behl at the Helm as CEO. [8] The company has partnered with AGS Entertainment and is currently working on the Hindi remake of the 2022 Tamil film Love Today. [9] The company also co-produced the Amazon prime period drama series ‘Jubilee’. [10]

Establishment

Phantom Films was founded in 2011 by Madhu Mantena, Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl, and Vikramaditya Motwane, and was cited as the "directors' company". [11] The idea to start their own production house came to mind because of their ‘constant struggle in convincing producers’ every time to believe in the kind of cinema they make. [12] [13]

Films

The company's first film was Motwane’s period romance Lootera, starring Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha. Based on O. Henry's short story, The Last Leaf, the film received high critical acclaim upon release, with particular praise directed towards Sinha and Singh's performance. [14]

Phantom films then went on to collaborate with Karan Johar's Dharma Productions to produce the romantic comedy Hasee Toh Phasee. Starring Parineeti Chopra and Sidharth Malhotra and, the film was directed by the debutant Vinil Mathew. It was followed by the Vikas Bahl-directed comedy-drama Queen, starring Kangana Ranaut and Lisa haydon. The film was a critical and commercial success, it also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. [15] [16] [17] Ugly, a drama thriller was the next production venture of Phantom, directed by Anurag Kashyap starring Rahul Bhat and Ronit Roy, which premiered in the Director’s Fortnight section of the 2013 Cannes Festival. [18]

In 2015, the company produced Anushka Sharma's NH10, which was directed by Navdeep Singh and the coming of age comedy Hunterrr was directed by Harshvardhan Kulkarni, starring Gulshan Devaiah and Radhika Apte. Both films proved to be a success by critics and audiences. [19] [20] Bombay Velvet which was directed by Anurag Kashyap, a period film set in Bombay in the 1960s was next on the release radar, based on the Princeton University Historian Gyan Prakash's book Mumbai Fables the film stars Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma. [21] [22] Neeraj Ghaywan’s Masaan was Phantom's fourth release of the year, the film marked Vicky Kaushal’s debut where he starred alongside Richa Chadda. The film won the FIPRESCI Award and the Promising Future award at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. [23] Phantom Films continued exploring genres with Vikas Bahl’s Shaandaar (2015), starring Alia Bhatt and Shahid Kapoor. [24] [25]

In February 2016, Phantom Films announced that they will co-produce three Gujarati films with Cine Man Productions, a Gujarat-based production company co-founded by Abhishek Jain. [26] Phantom's first release that year was Udta Punjab, a crime drama from the director Abhishek Chaubey starring Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Dilijit Dosanjh, the film documents the substance abuse endemic in the Indian state of Punjab. The film generated controversy when the Central Board of Film Certification demanded extensive censorship before its theatrical release, citing that the portrayal of Punjab in it was negative [27] after the producers of the film filed a lawsuit against the board, the Bombay High Court cleared the film for exhibition with only 1 scene getting trimmed out in the final draft. [28] It was followed by Raman Raghav 2.0, a thriller directed by Anurag Kashyap based on the notorious serial killer Raman Raghav, starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Vicky Kaushal. The film premiered at the 2016 Sydney Film Festival and the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, in the Director's Fortnight section to receive a positive response. [29] [30] The company's final release of the year was the Gujarati film Wrong Side Raju starring Pratik Gandhi and Asif Basra which was directed by Mikhil Musale. [31] [32]

In March 2017, Phantom released Vikramaditya Motwane’s survival drama film Trapped starring Rajkumar Rao and Geetanjali Thapa. [33] This was followed by the release of Mukkabaaz in 2018, starring Vineet Kumar Singh and Zoya Hussain which was directed by Anurag Kashyap. [34] The company went on to release 3 movies later that year, starting with Akarsh Khurana’s High Jack starring Sumeet Vyas and Mantra, [35] then they released Bhavesh Joshi Superhero starring Harshvardhan Kapoor and Nishikant Kamat directed by Vikramaditya Motwane, [36] and an other Kashyap’s release Manmarziyaan starring Abhishek Bachchan, Vicky Kaushal and Taapsee Pannu. [37] That year Phantom also released the neo-noir crime-thriller series Sacred Games starring Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui which was co-directed by Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane. [38] Patrick Graham’s Ghoul a mini thriller series on Netflix starring Radhika Apte and Manav Kaul. [39] In 2019, Phantom released Super 30 starring Hrithik Roshan and Mrunal Thakur which was directed by Vikas Bahl which was followed by Makrand Mane’s Youngraad starring Chaitanya Deore and Shireen Patil. [40] In 2020, they released a comedy-drama; Ghoomketu starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Ragini Khanna which was directed by Pushpendra Nath Misra. [41] The company also worked on 83 starring Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone which was directed by Kabir Khan. [42] The company was also a co-producer for the 2023 series called ‘Jubilee’ which was co-produced with Reliance Entertainment starring Aditi Rao Hydari and Aparshakti Khurana which was directed by Vikramaditya Motwane [43] [44] and they are currently working on the Hindi remake of the Tamil film ‘Love Today’ (2022) with AGS entertainment. [45]

Dissolution

After an 8-year-long run, the company announced its dissolution on 5 October, 2018 [46] due to internal disputes about the alleged me-too allegations on Bahl by a former Phantom employee, which was reported in 2015. [47] The other three founders, Mantena, Kashyap and Motwane, all issued statements on Twitter confirming the company's disbanding and moving on to independent projects. [48]

Revival

In January 2021, Madhu Mantena and Sheetal Talwar bought out Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl and Vikramaditya Motwane's stakes in Phantom to become equal shareholders in the company with Reliance Entertainment. However, shortly before the release of 83, they sold their shares back to Reliance, making it the sole shareholder of Phantom, and left the company. In March 2022, Mantena and Talwar acquired the Phantom brand as well as its film and television library and some film properties from Reliance.

In 2022, Phantom Films brought on Srishti Behl to lead the team and took on a new persona as Phantom Studios. [49] The team is working with AGS Entertainment on the Hindi-language remake of the 2022 Tamil film Love Today. [50]

Filmography

Films produced

YearFilmDirectorCastNotes
2013 Lootera Vikramaditya Motwane Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha Co-produced with Balaji Motion Pictures
2014 Hasee Toh Phasee Vinil Mathew Sidharth Malhotra, Parineeti Chopra Co-produced with Dharma Productions
Queen Vikas Bahl Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Lisa Haydon Co-produced with Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Ugly Anurag Kashyap Rahul Bhat, Ronit Roy, Girish Kulkarni, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Vineet Kumar Singh, Surveen Chawla
2015 NH10 Navdeep Singh Anushka Sharma, Neil Bhoopalam Co-produced with Clean Slate Films
Hunterrr Harshavardhan Kulkarni Gulshan Devaiah, Radhika Apte Co-produced with Tailormade Films
Bombay Velvet Anurag Kashyap Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Karan Johar
Masaan Neeraj Ghaywan Richa Chadda, Sanjay Mishra, Shweta Tripathi, Vicky Kaushal Co-produced with Drishyam Films, Macassar Productions, Sikhya Entertainment, Pathé and Arte France Cinéma
Shaandaar Vikas Bahl Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Pankaj Kapur Co-produced with Dharma Productions
2016 Udta Punjab Abhishek Chaubey Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Diljit Dosanjh Co-produced with Balaji Motion Pictures
Raman Raghav 2.0 Anurag Kashyap Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vicky Kaushal, Sobhita Dhulipala
Wrong Side Raju Mikhil Musale Pratik Gandhi, Asif Basra, Kavi Shastri Gujarati film

Co-produced with CineMan Productions

2017 Trapped Vikramaditya Motwane Rajkummar Rao, Geetanjali Thapa
2018 Mukkabaaz Anurag KashyapVineet Kumar Singh, Ravi Kishan, Jimmy Shergill Co-produced with Reliance Entertainment and Colour Yellow Productions
High Jack Akarsh Khurana Sumeet Vyas, Mantra, Sonnalli Seygall
Youngraad Makrand Mane Vitthal Patil, Chaitanya Deore
Bhavesh Joshi Superhero Vikramaditya Motwane Harshvardhan Kapoor, Priyanshu Painyuli, Nishikant Kamat
Manmarziyaan Anurag Kashyap Taapsee Pannu, Vicky Kaushal, Abhishek Bachchan Co-produced with Colour Yellow Productions
2019 Super 30 Vikas Bahl Hrithik Roshan, Mrunal Thakur Co-produced with Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment and Reliance Entertainment
2020 Ghoomketu Pushpendra Nath MisraNawazuddin Siddiqui, Ragini Khanna, Anurag KashyapCo-produced with Sony Pictures Networks Productions
2021 83 Kabir Khan Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Saqib Saleem, Pankaj Tripathi, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Hardy Sandhu, Ammy Virk Co-produced with Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, KA Production, Vibri Media and Reliance Entertainment

Films distributed

YearFilmLanguageDirectorCast
2014 Katiyabaaz Hindi Deepti Kakkar, Fahad MustafaLoha Singh, Ritu Maheshwari
2016 Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive Hindi Abhishek Sharma Manish Paul, Sikander Kher, Pradhuman Singh Mall, Mia Uyeda, Piyush Mishra
Nannaku Prematho Telugu Sukumar Jr. Ntr, Jagapathi Babu, Rakul Preet Singh

Series

YearSeriesDirector(s)Original

network

CastNotes
2018 – 2019 Sacred Games Anurag Kashyap

Vikramaditya Motwane

 Netflix Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte
2018 Ghoul Patrick Graham Radhika Apte, Manav Kaul Co-produced with Blumhouse Television and Ivanhoe Pictures
2023 Jubilee Vikramaditya Motwane Amazon Prime Video Aparshakti Khurana, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Aditi Rao Hydari, Wamiqa Gabbi Co-produced with Reliance Entertainment and Andolan Films

Awards

Film/SeriesCeremonyCategoryReceiptRef.
Lootera Filmfare Awards Best Playback Singer (Female) Monali Thakur [51]
Zee Cine Awards Best Actress in a Romantic Role Sonakshi Sinha
Hasee Toh Phasee Big Star Entertainment awards Most Entertaining Actor in a Comedy Film Parineeti Chopra [52]
Most Entertaining Actor in a Romantic Film Siddarth Malhotra
Best Song of the Year (Jury Prize) Shekhar Ravjiani, Chinmayi Sripaada, Vishal Dadlani & Amitabh Bhattacharya
Queen Producers Guild Film Awards Best film Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Phantom Films [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59]
Best DirectorVikas Bahl
Best EditingAnurag Kashyap, Abhijit Kokate
IIFA Best filmAnurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Phantom Films
Best actress in a lead role Kangana Ranaut
Best ScreenplayVikas Bahl, Chaitally Parmar, Parvee Shaikh
Best EditingAnurag Kashyap, Abhijit Kokate
Filmfare Awards Best filmAnurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Phantom Films
Best actressKangana Ranaut
Best EditingAnurag Kashyap, Abhijit Kokate
Best Cinematography Bobby Singh, Siddhanth Dhawan
National Film Awards Best Feature FilmVikas Bahl, Phantom Films
Best actressKangana Ranaut
Screen Awards Best filmAnurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Phantom Films
Best DirectorVikas Bahl
Stardust awards Best filmAnurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Phantom Films
Best DirectorVikas Bahl
Best actressKangana Ranaut
Ugly Deauville Asian Film Festival Jury awardAnurag Kashyap [60]
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival Best directorAnurag Kashyap
NH10 IIFA Best Performance in a negative role Darshan Kumaar [61] [62] [63] [64]
Big Star Entertainment awards Most entertaining film Anushka Sharma, Navdeep Singh
Screen awards Best actionGeorg Armin Sauer
Star Dust awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Negative Role Darshan Kumaar
Filmmaker of the year Navdeep Singh
Bombay Velvet Filmfare Awards Best Special EffectsAnish H Mulani
Masaan Producers Guild AwardsBest Debut Director Neeraj Ghaywan [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71]
IIFA Best Debut actor Vicky Kaushal
2015 Cannes Film Festival UN Certain Regard FIPRESCI Prize Neeraj Ghaywan
UN Certain Regard Avenir Prize Neeraj Ghaywan
Filmfare Awards Best Debut Director Neeraj Ghaywan
Jagran Film Festival Special Jury Award Vicky Kaushal
Best Supporting Actor Sanjay Mishra
National Film Awards Best Debut Film of a DirectorNeeraj Ghaywan
Screen Awards Most Promising Debut ActorVicky Kaushal
Stardust Awards Performer of the Year (Female) Richa Chadha
Zee Cine Awards Best Debut ActorVicky Kaushal
Best Supporting ActorSanjay Mishra
Best Supporting Actress Shweta Tripathi
Best Debut DirectorNeeraj Ghaywan
Shaandaar Big Star Entertainment awards Most Entertaining Dance Alia Bhatt [72]
Most Entertaining Actor (Film) Debut (Female)Sana Kapoor
Udta Punjab IIFA Best actor in a leading role Shahid Kapoor [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82]
Best actress in a leading role Alia Bhatt
Best debut actor Diljit Dosanjh
Best Female Playback Singer Kanika Kapoor
Big Star Entertainment awards Most Entertaining Film Actress Alia Bhatt
Most Entertaining Film Actor Shahid Kapoor
Filmfare Awards Best actor Shahid Kapoor
Best debut actor Diljit Dosanjh
Best actress Alia Bhatt
Best costume designPayal Saluja
Screen Awards Best actress Alia Bhatt
Stardust Awards Best ScreenplayAbhishek Chaubey, Sudip Sharma
Zee Cine Awards Best actress Alia Bhatt
Raman Raghav 2.0 Asia Pacific Screen Awards Best Performance by an Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui [83]
Wrong Side Raju National Film Award Best Gujarati Film Abhishek Jain [84]
Trapped Filmfare Awards Best Actor Rajkummar Rao [85] [86]
Best EditingNitin Baid
Super 30 Mirchi Music Awards Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing)Vijay Dayal [87] [88] [89] [90] [91]
Zee Cine Awards Best actorHrithik Roshan
83 IIFA Best Lyrics Kausar Munir [92] [93] [94] [95] [96]
Best Story - AdaptedKabir Khan, Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan
Best Sound MixingAjay Kumar P.B., Manik Batra
Best Supporting Actor / Actress Tahir Raj Bhasin
Filmfare Awards Best Actor Ranveer Singh
Best Lyrics Kausar Munir
Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne Best Actor of the Year Ranveer Singh
Best Movie of the YearKabir Khan, Kabir Khan Films
Sacred Games Asian Academy Creative Awards Best EditingAarti Bajaj, Phantom Films, Netflix [97] [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [103]
Best Direction (Fiction)Anurag Kashyap, Phantom Films, Netflix
Filmfare OTT Awards Best CinematographySylvester Fonseca, Swapnil S. Sonawane
Best Background MusicAlokananda Dasgupta

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