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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | , India |
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| Products | Films |
| Services | Film Production |
| Website | sikhyaentertainment |
Sikhya Entertainment is a film production and distribution company that was established by Guneet Monga and Achin Jain in 2008. [1] [2]
They have released the films Dasvidaniya (2008), That Girl in Yellow Boots (2011), The Lunchbox (2013) [3] and Masaan . [4]
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.
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Year | Films | Director | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Gyaarah Gyaarah | Umesh Bist | ZEE5 |
| Year | Films | Director | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Period. End of Sentence. | Rayta Zehtabchi | Available on Netflix |
| 2020 | Zindagi in Shorts
| 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 |
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