Balaji Telefilms is an Indian company that produces

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s, reality TV, comedy, game shows, entertainment, and factual programming in several Indian languages. Balaji Telefilms is promoted by

Ekta Kapoor Ekta Kapoor (born 7 June 1975) is an Indian television producer, film producer and director who works in Hindi cinema and soap opera. She is the joint managing director and creative head of Balaji Telefilms Limited, which was founded in 1994. ...

and

Shobha Kapoor Shobha Kapoor (born 1 February 1949) is an Indian television, film and web series producer. She is the managing director of Balaji Telefilms Limited, a film, TV and web series production house in Mumbai, India, run by her and her daughter Ekt ...

and is a

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listed at

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and

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. In the 2000s the company went on to produce some historic blockbusters which include, ''

Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' ( ''Because a mother-in-law was once a daughter-in-law, too'') is an Indian Hindi-language soap opera that aired from 4 July 2000 to 7 November 2008 on Star Plus. The show was co-produced by Shobha Kapoor ...

'', ''

Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'' ( The story of each house) is a Hindi-language Indian soap opera on Indian television which ran on Star Plus from 16 October 2000 to 9 October 2008. The soap opera was created by Ekta Kapoor and was produced by her pro ...

'', ''

Kaahin Kissii Roz ''Kaahin Kissii Roz'' () is an Indian thriller television series that was broadcast on Star Plus from 23 April 2001 to 23 September 2004. It is digitally available on Disney+ Hotstar. The series starred Mouli Ganguly, Yash Tonk and Sudha Chand ...

'', '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay'', ''

Kahiin to Hoga ''Kahiin To Hoga'' () is an Indian soap opera which aired on Star Plus between September 2003 and February 2007. The show was created by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms and starred Aamna Sharif, Rajeev Khandelwal and Gurpreet Singh. The sho ...

'', ''

Kkusum ''Kkusum'' is an Indian television series produced by Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms which aired on Sony Entertainment Television from 14 May 2001 to 30 November 2005. and directed by Jasbir Bhati. The show follows the journey of a young, hardwo ...

'' and ''

Kasamh Se ''Kasamh Se'' (English title: ''The Promise'') was an Indian soap opera produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms. The show aired on Zee TV from 16 January 2006 to 12 March 2009. The story is about three sisters: Bani, Piya and Rano. It w ...

'' amongst several others. In the 2010s the company went on to produce several hugely successful drama series which includes ''

Pavitra Rishta ''Pavitra Rishta'' (International title: ''Sacred Relationship'') is a 2009 Indian soap opera produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms, that aired on Zee TV from 1 June 2009 to 25 October 2014. It is an adaptation of Tamil television serie ...

'', '' Tere Liye'', ''

Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani ''Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani'' (translation: ''This is a Story of Love'') is an Indian supernatural television series produced by Ekta Kapoor that aired on STAR One from 18 October 2010 to 15 December 2011. Developed under the working title "Fanaa ...

'', ''

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain ''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'' ( ; English: ''They Look So Good'') is a Hindi Indian soap opera that aired on Sony Entertainment Television from 30 May 2011 to 10 July 2014. Based on the Gujarati play ''Patrani'' by Imtiaz Patel, the soap opera was ...

'', ''

Jodha Akbar ''Jodha Akbar'' is an Indian Historical drama television series that aired from 18 June 2013 to 7 August 2015 on Zee TV and is also digitally available on ZEE5. The show was produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms. Starring Rajat Tokas a ...

'', ''

Yeh Hai Mohabbatein ''Yeh Hai Mohabbatein'' ( ''This is love'') was an Indian romantic drama TV series, which aired from 3 December 2013 to 18 December 2019 on Star Plus. Produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms, it starred Divyanka Tripathi and Karan Pate ...

'', ''

Kumkum Bhagya ''Kumkum Bhagya'' () (from 2021 onwards) is an Indian Hindi-language drama television series produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms.

'', ''

Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi ''Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi'' ( My love is only with you) is an Indian soap opera based on Emily Bronte's British novel ''Wuthering Heights'' and produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms. The series aired from 24 June 2014 to 19 February 2016 ...

'', ''

Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki ''Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki'' () is an Indian Hindi language television romantic drama series that premiered on 7 March 2016 on Colors TV. It is also digitally available on Voot. Produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms, it stars Kratika Senga ...

'', ''

Kundali Bhagya ''Kundali Bhagya'' () is an Indian Hindi-language romantic drama television series created by Ekta Kapoor. It premiered on 12 July 2017 on Zee TV. A spin-off series of ''Kumkum Bhagya'', it stars Shraddha Arya, Manit Joura, Ruhi Chaturvedi, Sa ...

'', ''

Yeh Hai Chahatein ''Yeh Hai Chahatein'' ( This is love) is an Indian Hindi-language drama television series produced by Ekta Kapoor for Star Plus. It is digitally available on Disney+ Hotstar. A spin-off to ''Yeh Hai Mohabbatein'', the show premiered on 19 Decemb ...

'' and ''

Bhagya Lakshmi ''Bhagya Lakshmi'' is a Hindi Indian television drama series which premiered on 3 August 2021 on Zee TV and digital platform ZEE5. Produced by Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms, the show stars Aishwarya Khare and Rohit Suchanti. Plot Hailin ...

''. Since 2015, the company introduced several seasonal format weekend drama thriller series which went out to be highly rated series amongst which includes '' Naagin (TV series)'' (running currently in its 6th season), ''

Kavach (TV series) ''Kavach ... Kaali Shaktiyon Se (Season 1)''/ ''Kavach ... Mahashivrati (Season 2)'' (English: ''Shield'' ) is a supernatural horror drama television series that airs on Colors TV. Produced by Balaji Telefilms, it is based on the story of Sav ...

'' (2 seasons), ''

Brahmarakshas ''Brahmarakshas '' is an Indian Hindi-language supernatural thriller television series broadcast on Zee TV and digitally available on ZEE5. Spanning two seasons, it is a franchise produced by Ekta Kapoor under her studio Balaji Telefilms. The ...

'' (2 seasons), '' Haiwaan : The Monster'', ''

Daayan (TV series) ''Daayan'' (English: ''Witch'') is an Indian paranormal romance drama series created by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms. It premiered on 15 December 2018 on &TV and stars Mohit Malhotra and Tina Datta in lead roles while Priya Bathija was c ...

'' and ''

Qayamat Ki Raat ''Qayamat Ki Raat'' (English: ''Night of Doom'') is an Indian supernatural drama television series aired on Star Plus. It premiered on 23 June 2018. The series was co-produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms. The show st ...

'' amongst several others. In 2017, the company launched its biography, '' Kingdom of the Soap Queen: The Story of Balaji Telefilms''.

History

The company registered as 'Balaji Telefilms Private Limited' on 11 November 1994 in

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, with the objective of creating serials and other entertainment content by

and

. Balaji has specialised in formatted programming that can be adapted for languages around the nation as well as abroad. One notable success ''

''. Other examples include ''

'', ''

'','' Kasautii Zindagii Kay'', ''

'', ''

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'', ''

Kohi Apna Sa ''Kohi Apna Sa'' is a Hindi drama television series. Shruti, Khushi and Sanjana are best friends and coincidentally all three get married in same family. The three friends live a happy life in each other's company, until tragedy strikes and Shr ...

'', ''

'', '' Parichay'', ''

Kya Hua Tera Vaada ''Kya Huaa Tera Vaada'' (English: ''What About Your Promise'') is an Indian soap opera that premiered on 30 January 2012 and went off air on 23 May 2013 on Sony Entertainment Television. The show stars Mona Singh and Pawan Shankar and Mouli Gan ...

'', ''

'', '' Naagin'', ''

Kumkum Bhagya ''Kumkum Bhagya'' () (from 2021 onwards) is an Indian Hindi-language drama television series produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms.

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'' The later five are dubbed and re-produced in several languages across

and

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. In recent years the company has been expanding its

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output with shows such as titles such as ''

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'' on

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. Balaji was incorporated as a public limited company on 29 February 2000, and its name was changed to 'Balaji Telefilms Ltd' on 19 April 2000. The company made public issue of 28,00,000 equity shares of 10 each at a premium of 120 aggregating 36.40 crore. The issue included a book-built portion of 25,20,000 equity shares and a fixed price portion of 2,80,000 equity shares. In the same year, Nine Network Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nine Broadcasting India Pvt. Ltd., merged with Balaji Telefilms Ltd. During 2000–04 the stock market capitalization grew sixteenfold to 571 crores when Star India acquired a 26% stake in the business. Balaji Telefilms started a media training institute in 2010. Known as ICE Institute of Creative Excellence, it trains students in acting, cinematography, direction, modelling, etc. In 2014, the company and Ekta Kapoor were subject to protests in

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led by the Shri Rajput Karni Sena (SRKS), a

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group. These occurred because of perceived communal slights in the ''Jodha Akbar'' television series. In 2015, Balaji Telefilms produced a finite series, '' Naagin'', which became the most viewed show on Indian television since its inception. The show won multiple awards and returned for its second and third season, which also generated high ratings. The fourth season of series was broadcast starting in December 2019 but it was not doing well on television so it was replaced by the fifth season of the series in August 2020. In 2017,

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acquired a 25% stake in Balaji Telefilms for Rs413 crore. The deal gave RIL access to Balaji Telefilms’ content for use by telecom unit Reliance Jio.

Current productions

Former productions

Audio

Hindi

Regional

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* {{Balaji Telefilms , state=expanded Film production companies based in Mumbai Indian dubbing studios Television production companies of India Indian companies established in 1994 Entertainment companies established in 1994 1994 establishments in Maharashtra Companies listed on the National Stock Exchange of India Companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange

History

Current productions

Former productions

Audio

Hindi

Regional

See also

References

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