Y-Films

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Y-Films
TypeFilm production
Film distribution
Industry Films
Founded2011
Headquarters,
Key people
Aditya Chopra
Parent Yash Raj Films
Website www.yfilms.in

Y-Films is an Indian film production and distribution company, [1] based in Mumbai. The company is a subsidiary of Yash Raj Films. [2]

Contents

History

The company was launched on 1 April 2011 by Aditya Chopra, who revealed that Yash Raj Films would create a new film studio, Y-Films, and concentrate on introducing fresh talent.[ citation needed ]

The event saw promotional material released for three future productions, with Ashish Patil being announced as chief producer. [3] [4]

Filmography

Production

Films

YearTitleDirectorCastNotes
2011 Luv Ka The End Bumpy Shraddha Kapoor, Taaha Shah, Riya Bamniyal Released on 6 May 2011
Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge Nupur Asthana Saqib Saleem, Saba Azad, Nishant Dahiya, Tara D’Souza Released on 14 October 2011
2013 Mere Dad Ki Maruti Ashima Chibber Saqib Saleem, Ram Kapoor, Rhea Chakraborty Released on 15 March 2013
2017 Bank Chor Bumpy Ritesh Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi, Rhea Chakraborty Released on 16 June 2017

Web series

YearTitleDirectorNo. of EpisodesMain CastRelease Date
2015Man's WorldVikram Gupta4 Gaurav Pandey, Gurpreet Saini, Nivedita Shukla, Ramakant Dayma, Ronjini Chakraborty, Shikha Talsania, Silky Khanna and others29 Sep 2015
2016Bang Baaja Baaraat Anand Tiwari 5 Ali Fazal, Angira Dhar, Ayesha Raza, Gajraj Rao, Rajit Kapur, Shernaz Patel, Preetika Chawla, Priyanshu Painyuli, Neil Bhoopalam4 Nov 2015
Love ShotsAnkur Tewari6 Tahir Raj Bhasin, Nimrat Kaur, Saqib Saleem, Shweta Tripathi, Swanand Kirkire, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Farida Jalal, Tillotama Shome, Salim Merchant, Mohit Marwah, Saba Azad, Rhea Chakraborty 16 March 2016
Ladies RoomAshima Chibber6 Saba Azad, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Auritra Ghosh, Gopal Dutt, Pawan Utam, Jagdish Rajpurohit and others31 May 2016
Sex Chat With Pappu & PapaAshish Patil5 Anand Tiwari, Kabir Sajid, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Sanjeeda Shaikh, Alka Amin and others20 July,

2016 [5]

2019Pyaar ActuallyAshish Patil4 Saqib Saleem, Bhumi Pednekar, Riteish Deshmukh, Dipannita Sharma, Kabir Sajid, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Anya Singh, Saurabh Shukla, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Mandira Bedi, Rashi Mal, Dino Morea 18 October,

2019 [6]

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