Ragini MMS (franchise)

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Ragini MMS
Created by Balaji Motion Pictures
ALT Entertainment
Original work Ragini MMS
Films and television
Film(s) Ragini MMS
Ragini MMS 2
Audio
Soundtrack(s) Ragini MMS
Ragini MMS 2
Miscellaneous
Web series Ragini MMS: Returns
Ragini MMS: Returns 2

Ragini MMS is an Indian erotic-horror franchise of films and Web series created by Balaji Motion Pictures and ALT Entertainment. [1] The two films of this series were released in 2011 [2] and 2014 [3] respectively. A web series, Ragini MMS: Returns, premiered on ALT Balaji [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] on 19 October 2017. [10] The second season of the web series Premiered on 18 December 2019 on ALT Balaji & Zee5 apps. [11] [12] [13] [14]

Contents

Overview

Ragini MMS

A young woman goes out on a weekend trip to a deserted farmhouse with her scheming lover. However, the couple soon witnesses a series of paranormal events.

Ragini MMS 2

A director attempts to shoot an erotic horror movie in a house where, unbeknown to him, a demonic spirit resides. Even before the crew starts filming, the spirit possesses the lead actress's body.

Films

FilmRelease dateDirectorScreenwriter(s)Story byProducer(s)
Ragini MMS 13 May 2011Pawan KripalaniPawan Kripalani,Vaspar DandiwalaPawan Kripalani Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor, Amit Kapoor, Sidhartha M. Jain
Ragini MMS 2 21 March 2014 Bhushan Patel Tanveer Bookwala, Ishita Moitra Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor

Web Series

TitleRelease dateDirectorWritten byCastNetwork
Ragini MMS: Returns (Season 1)19 October 2017 [15] Suyash VadhavkarKamayani Vyas and Nikhil Vyas Karishma Sharma, Siddharth Gupta, Riya Sen, Nishant Singh Malkani and Dilnaz Irani ALTBalaji and ZEE5 [16]
Ragini MMS: Returns (Season 2)18 December 2019 [11] Divya Agarwal, Varun Sood, Navneet Kaur, Thea Dsouza and Sunny Leone

Overview

Ragini MMS: Returns is an Indian erotic horror web series produced under ALTBalaji. [17] The series is the third installment in this franchise. The series is directed by Suyash Vadhavkar and Shahriyar Afsan Ovro and produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor.

The first season starred Karishma Sharma, Riya Sen and Siddharth Gupta. [18] It premiered on ALTBalaji and ZEE5 on 19 October 2017. [19] The second season [20] [21] [22] starred Sunny Leone, [23] [24] [25] Divya Agarwal, [26] [27] Varun Sood [28] [29] in the leading roles. It premiered on 18 December 2019. [30]

Cast and characters

CharacterFilmWeb series
Ragini MMS
(2011)		 Ragini MMS 2
(2014)		 Ragini MMS: Returns (Season 1)
(2017)		 Ragini MMS: Returns (Season 2)
(2019)
Ragini Kainaz Motivala Kainaz Motivala
(archived)
The Witch / GhostMangala WhiteGeetanjali Kulkarni Raquib Arshad
Uday Rajkumar Rao Mentioned onlyRajkumar Rao
(archived)
VishalRajat Paul
PiyaJanice
NehaShernaz
JigarVinod Rawat
Friend 1Harshraj Shroff
Friend 2Cristy Philips
Friend 3M. Ravichandran Thevar
Sunny Leone Herself Herself
(archived)
Satya Kumar Saahil Prem
Rocks Parvin Dabas
Monali Sandhya Mridul
Maddy Karan Veer Mehra
Gina Anita Hassanandani
Dr. Meera Dutta Divya Dutta
Tanya Kapoor Soniya Mehra
Kunal KhannaKaran Taluja
Special appearance in a song Yo Yo Honey Singh
Ragini 2 Karishma Sharma Divya Agarwal
Rahul Siddharth Gupta Varun Sood
Simran Riya Sen
Raj Nishant Singh Malkani
Kavita Dilnaz Irani
Principal Rajat Kapoor Harssh A. Singh
Old Woman/Anshuman Raquib Arshad
Chowkidar RajuA. R. Rama

Crew

CharacterFilmWeb series
Ragini MMS
(2011)		 Ragini MMS 2
(2016)		 Ragini MMS
Returns
(2017)
DirectorPawan Kripalani Bhushan Patel Suyash Vadhavkar [31]
Producer(s) Ekta Kapoor
Shobha Kapoor
Amit Kapoor
Sidhartha M. Jain		 Ekta Kapoor
Shobha Kapoor
ScreenplayPawan Kripalani
Vaspar Dandiwala		Tanveer Bookwala
Ishita Moitra 		Kamayani Vyas
Nikhil Vyas
StoryPawan KripalaniTanveer Bookwala
Ishita Moitra 		Kamayani Vyas
Nikhil Vyas
Composer(s)Shamir Tandon
S D Burman
Bappi Lahri
Faizan Hussain
Agnel Roman		 Chirantan Bhatt
Meet Bros Anjjan
Yo Yo Honey Singh
Pranay Rijia
Amar Mohile 		Ripul Sharma
George Joseph
CinematographyTribhuvan BabuMehul GadaniAnubhav Bansal
EditorPooja Ladha SurtiArnav DasNitin FCP
Prashant Panda

Release and revenue

FilmRelease dateBudgetBox office revenue
Ragini MMS 13 May 2011₹13 million (US$160,000) [32] ₹99.4 million (US$1.2 million) [33]
Ragini MMS 2 21 March 2014₹190 million (US$2.4 million) [34] ₹632 million (US$7.9 million) [34]
Total₹230 million (US$2.9 million)
Two films		₹731 million (US$9.2 million)
Two films

Awards

Ragini MMS (2011)

Best Searchlight Film – Ekta Kapoor

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