Shital Bhatia | |
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| Born | Shital Bhatia India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Film Producer |
| Organization(s) | Friday Filmworks, Friday Storytellers & Bootroom Sports Media LLP |
Shital Bhatia is an Indian film producer and co-founder of Friday Filmworks, [1] best known for his movies like A Wednesday! (2008), Special 26 (2013), Baby (2015), M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016), Rustom (2016) and Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017).
Shital Bhatia along with Anil Ambani's Reliance Entertainment have a joint venture named Plan C Studios.
Shital Bhatia was born and brought up in Mumbai. He graduated from Mithibai College with a degree in Bachelors of Commerce. Later on, he went on to do a diploma in Fashion Designing and graduated in the year 1995.
In his early career, Shital started working as a costume/fashion designer for television from the year 1994 and continued working in the same field till 2000.
Very soon, Shital along with his colleague Neeraj Pandey, went on to start a production company called 'Quarter Inch Productions' which produced television shows and television films, Ittefaq being the most popular. Simultaneously, Shital also handled the production of foreign projects for a while in between.
Eventually in 2008, Shital and Neeraj Pandey formed their own production house named Friday Filmworks. Friday Filmworks produced movies like A Wednesday!,Taryanche Bait, Baby (2015 Hindi film), Special 26, M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, Aiyaary, Naam Shabana, Rustom, Operation Romeo and upcoming movie Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha [2] .
Shital Bhatia co-founded Friday Storytellers with his business partner Neeraj Pandey in 2019, to produce content for OTT and digital streaming. [3] Under Friday Storytellers, Shital Bhatia produced Special Ops, Special Ops 1.5, Khakee: The Bihar Chapter, Secrets of Sinauli, Secrets of the Kohinoor, Secrets of the Buddha Relics, Kaun Pravin Tambe?, Bandon Mein Tha Dum!, Hack: Crimes Online, and upcoming Hindi digital film Sikandar Ka Muqaddar [4] as well as web series 'Khakee: The Bengal Chapter' (Netflix) & 'Special OPS 2' (Disney+ Hotstar).
He also produced OUCH, [5] [6] a short film by Neeraj Pandey starring Manoj Bajpayee and Pooja Chopra and Ouch 2 starring Nidhi Bisht, Shefali Jariwala, Sharman Joshi.
Shital Bhatia also co-founded Bootroom Sports Media LLP along with his business partners Neeraj Pandey and Sudip Tewari in March 2022.
| Year | Film | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | A Wednesday | |
| 2011 | Taryanche Bait | |
| 2013 | Special 26 | |
| 2014 | The Royal Bengal Tiger | |
| Total Siyapaa | ||
| 2015 | Baby | |
| 2016 | Rustom | |
| M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story | ||
| Saat Uchakkey | ||
| Ouch (Short Film) | YouTube | |
| 2017 | Toilet: Ek Prem Katha | |
| Naam Shabana | ||
| 2018 | Aiyaary | |
| 2022 | Kaun Pravin Tambe? | Disney+ Hotstar |
| Operation Romeo | ||
| Vikram Vedha | ||
| Saatam Aatham | ||
| 2023 | Ouch 2 (Short Film) [7] | YouTube |
| 2024 | Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha [8] | |
| Sikandar Ka Muqaddar | Netflix |
| Year | Series | Network | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Special OPS | Disney+ Hotstar | [9] |
| 2021 | Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story | [10] | |
| 2022 | Khakee: The Bihar Chapter | Netflix | |
| 2023 | Hack: Crimes Online | Amazon MiniTV | |
| The Freelancer | Disney+ Hotstar | ||
| 2025 | Khakee: The Bengal Chapter | Netflix | |
| Special OPS 2 | Disney+ Hotstar |
| Year | Series | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Secrets of Sinauli: Discovery of the Century | Discovery+ |
| 2022 | Bandon Mein Tha Dum! [11] | Jio Cinema |
| Secrets of the Koh-i-noor | Discovery+ | |
| 2024 | Secrets of the Buddha Relics [12] |
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