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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Predecessor | UTV Motion Pictures |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Founder | Ronnie Screwvala |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Ronnie Screwvala |
| Products | Film production |
| Owner | Ronnie Screwvala |
| Website | RSVP Movies |
RSVP Movies is an Indian film production and distribution company established by Ronnie Screwvala in 2017.
In 2017, Ronnie Screwvala entered the entertainment business with RSVP after his exit from UTV Motion Pictures and produced Love per Square Foot which was digitally released on Netflix in 2018. [1] [2]
Love per Square Foot , starring Vicky Kaushal and Angira Dhar, was the first film produced under RSVP's banner. The film was released on 14 February 2018 and was screened at Beijing International Film Festival 2019. [3] [4] RSVP produced Lust Stories (2018), an anthology film consisting of four short films from four directors, Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee, and Karan Johar. The film has an ensemble cast including Radhika Apte, Bhumi Pednekar, Kiara Advani, Manisha Koirala, Vicky Kaushal, TejasKrish, and Sanjay Kapoor.
In 2018, RSVP produced Akarsh Khurana's directorial debut Karwaan (2018), starring Irrfan Khan, Dulquer Salmaan and Mithila Palkar. [5] RSVP collaborated with Siddharth Roy Kapur’s Roy Kapur Films for Pihu (2017), which premiered at 2017 International Film Festival of India and screened at the Fajr International Film Festival. [6] The film was released theatrically in November 2018. [7]
RSVP collaborated with Guy in the Sky Pictures and produced Kedarnath (2018) starring Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara Ali Khan. [8] RSVP produced the directorial debut of Aditya Dhar, Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019), starring Vicky Kaushal, Paresh Rawal, Mohit Raina, and Yami Gautam. The film got listed in the top ten Hindi films with the highest domestic net collection and won four National Film Awards including Best Director and Best Actor. [9] [10] In 2019, RSVP produced Sonchiriya , directed by Abhishek Chaubey and starring Sushant Singh Rajput, Bhumi Pednekar, Manoj Bajpayee, Ranvir Shorey and Ashutosh Rana. [11] Vasan Bala's Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota (2019) starring Abhimanyu Dassani and Radhika Madan was also produced under RSVP's banner. The film premiered at Midnight Madness section of 2018 Toronto International Film Festival and won the People's Choice Award. The film was also screened at 2018 JIO Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image Film Festival. [12]
The Sky Is Pink starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Farhan Akhtar, and Zaira Wasim which is going to be premiered at Toronto International Film Festival 2019, [13] [14] Bhangra Paa Le featuring Sunny Kaushal and Raat Akeli Hai starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, and Shweta Tripathi Sharma are some of the acclaimed films. [15] [16] RSVP has also announced three more projects, Natkhat, a short film co-produced with Vidya Balan, Rashmi Rocket, starring Taapsee Pannu and directed by Akarsh Khurana and Sam Bahadur starring Vicky Kaushal and directed by Meghna Gulzar and Tejas starring Kangana Ranaut. [17] [18] [19] [20] In 2021, the company produced its first Telugu film Pitta Kathalu along with Flying Unicorn Entertainment. [21]
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Love Per Square Foot is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Anand Tiwari and produced by Ronnie Screwvala, under his newly established banner RSVP Movies. The film, which stars Vicky Kaushal and Angira Dhar in the lead roles, is about Sanjay and Kareena who try to find a house in Mumbai. They do not have enough money to earn individually, in order to buy a home, so they enter into a marriage of convenience.
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The 66th Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honored the best Indian Hindi-language films of 2020.
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Sam Bahadur is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language biographical war drama film based on the life of India's first field marshal, Sam Manekshaw. It is directed by Meghna Gulzar who co wrote with Bhavani Iyer and Shantanu Srivastava. Produced by Ronnie Screwvala, under the banner of RSVP Movies. It stars Vicky Kaushal in the title role, alongside Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Neeraj Kabi, Edward Sonnenblick and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub.
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