Sikhya Entertainment

Sikhya Entertainment Pvt Ltd

Company type	Private
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	2008
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra , India
Key people	Guneet Monga Achin Jain
Products	Films
Services	Film Production
Website	sikhyaentertainment.com

Sikhya Entertainment is a film production and distribution company that was established by Guneet Monga and Achin Jain in 2008. ^{[1] [2]}

History

They have released the films Dasvidaniya (2008), That Girl in Yellow Boots (2011), The Lunchbox (2013) ^[3] and Masaan . ^[4] They are also notable for producing documentaries, such as The Elephant Whisperers (2022).

They have collaborated with some of the filmmakers from different parts of the world including Oscar-winning Bosnian director Danis Tanovic (Tigers), French director Nicolas Saada (Taj Mahal) and British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom (Trishna), to name a few.

In 2016, Sikhya Entertainment ventured into its first English Language film, The Ashram, starring Academy Award-winning actress Melissa Leo and Kal Penn, Norwegian-German film, What Will People Say, directed by Iram Haq which premiered at Toronto Film Festival 2017 amongst others.

The range of Production Services offered by Sikhya includes- Research, Creative collaborations with local Writers, Location Scouting, Budgeting, Casting, Permits, Travel & Accommodation, Hiring of Crew, extensive Post Production services and transparent accounting practices including Third party audit system.

In 2020, they released one of a kind short-film anthology, Zindagi In Short, in collaboration with India's leading e-commerce giant Flipkart. The anthology opened to a thunderous response from both critics and audiences. In addition, Sikhya has successfully ventured into the Southern Film Industry with the blockbuster film on the life of Captain Gopinath, founder of Air Deccan, Soorarai Pottru.

Filmography

Documentaries

Year	Film	Director	Other Notes
2018	Period. End of Sentence.	Rayka Zehtabchi	Available on Netflix. Won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film.
2022	Kicking Balls	Vijayeta Kumar
	She Builds	Vijayeta Kumar	Docu series, available on Disney+ Hotstar
	The Elephant Whisperers	Kartiki Gonsalves	Available on Netflix. Won at the Academy Awards. [5]

Year	Film	Director	Other notes
2008	Dasvidaniya	Shashant Shah
2011	That Girl in Yellow Boots	Anurag Kashyap
	Shaitan	Bejoy Nambiar
2013	The Lunchbox	Ritesh Batra
	Peddlers	Vasan Bala
	Monsoon Shootout	Amit Kumar
2014	White Lies	Danis Tanović
2015	Zubaan	Mozeez Singh
	Masaan	Neeraj Ghaywan
	Haraamkhor	Shlok Sharma
2017	What Will People Say	Iram Haq
2020	Soorarai Pottru	Sudha Kongara
2021	Pagglait	Umesh Bist
2023	Kathal	Yashowardhan Mishra
2024	Kill	Nikhil Nagesh Bhat

Shows

Year	Films	Director	Other Notes
2024	Gyaarah Gyaarah	Umesh Bist	ZEE5

Short Films

Year	Films	Director	Other Notes
2018	Period. End of Sentence.	Rayta Zehtabchi	Available on Netflix
2020	Zindagi in Shorts Pinni Sleeping Partner Sunny Side Upar Nano So Phobia Chhaju Ke Dahi Bhalle Thappad Swaaha		Available on Netflix
2021	Shimmy	Disha Noyonika Rindani	Available on Amazon Mini TV
	Gupt Gyan	Saqib Pandor
2022	1800 Life	Maanavi Bedi
	Good Morning	Jyoti Kapoor Das
	Condition's Apply	Puja Banerji
	Clean	Zoya Parvin

References

1. "'I am a disruptor': Meet Guneet Monga, co-producer of Oscar-winning 'Period. End of Sentence'". Scroll.in . 25 February 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
2. "Oscars 2019: Guneet Monga has got it". The Hindu . 1 February 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
3. "Ritesh Batra's Lunchbox wins Critics Week Viewers Choice Award at Cannes Film Festival 2013".
4. Nandgaonkar, Satish (24 May 2015). "Masaan wins critics prize at Cannes – The Hindu". The Hindu.
5. Lewis, Hilary (24 January 2023). "Oscars: Full List of Nominations". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 January 2023.