Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment Pvt Ltd (NGE) is an Indian film production company based in Mumbai. The Nadiadwala family have been in film production since 1955, continuing this legacy

Sajid Nadiadwala Sajid Nadiadwala (born 18 February 1966) is an Indian film producer, writer, and director who works in Hindi cinema. He is the owner of Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. Grandson of filmmaker A.K. Nadiadwala, Sajid has written and produced fi ...

established the company in 2005. It is a part of the Hindi film industry that is involved in Motion picture, radio, television and other entertainment activities. Rakesh Madhotra is the current CEO of the company.

Background

The Nadiadwala family, who migrated to Mumbai from

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, have been in the film industry for three generations, starting with A. K. Nadiadwala followed by his son Sulieman Nadiadwala and now grandson Sajid Nadiadwala. Presently, they are celebrating 63 years of their existence in the film industry. The first film to be produced under their legacy was ''

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'' (1956) by Abdul Karim Nadiadwala. He further went on to produce movies like ''

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'' (1963) and '' Chitralekha'' (1964).

Productions

1992—1997

The company's first production came in 1992 with

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's ''

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'', starring an

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including Suniel Shetty and

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, which was not well appreciated. The next two produced films were Rangachary's ''

Waqt Hamara Hai ''Waqt Hamara Hai'' () is a 1993 Indian romantic action comedy film. It was directed by Bharat Rangachary and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. The stars were Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty, paired together for the first time. Plot Vikas Sabk ...

'' (1993) starring

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as well as Suniel Shetty, and

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's '' Andolan'' (1995) starring Govinda,

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and

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. Both these films performed moderately well at the box office. The former marked Sajid Nadiadwala's first production to star Kumar. In August 1996,

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's action thriller '' Jeet'' starring

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and

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, which was produced by NGE, was released to positive critical reviews, and eventually proved as a breakthrough for the banner, as it grossed over at the worldwide box office to become one of the year's highest earning films. ''Jeet'' was also Nadiadwala's first production to star Salman Khan.

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's comedy ''

Judwaa ''Judwaa'' () is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film, directed by David Dhawan, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and starring Salman Khan, Karishma Kapoor and Rambha with Kader Khan, Dalip Tahil, Shakti Kapoor, Deepak Shirke, Anupa ...

'', released in February 1997, marked the next film of NGK. Featuring Salman Khan as twin brothers who were separated at their birth and reunite in youth, ''Judwaa'' starred Karisma Kapoor & Rambha as Khan's love interests, and had a successful box-office run with lifetime earnings of over .

2000—2009

NGK began the 2000s decade by reteaming with Raj Kanwar to produce the romantic comedy ''

Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega ''Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega'' () is an 2000 Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Raj Kanwar, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, written by Rumi Jaffrey, and edited by Sanjay Verma. Salman Khan, Preity Zinta and Rani Mukerji are featured in ...

'' (2000) starring Salman Khan opposite

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and

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. It went on to gross worldwide and was the sixth highest-grossing film that year. From 2001 to 2003, NGK didn't produce any films. The banner came back in 2004 by collaborating with David Dhawan for the second time on the musical romantic comedy ''

Mujhse Shaadi Karogi ''Mujhse Shaadi Karogi'' () is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by David Dhawan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala.The film stars Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Priyanka Chopra, the second collaboration of Kumar and Chopr ...

'' which featured Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and

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and was declared a ''Super Hit'' by ''

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''. Its final worldwide earnings reached to . This was followed by

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's directorial debut ''

Jaan-E-Mann ''Jaan-E-Mann'' () is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language musical romance film directed by Shirish Kunder and was produced by Sajid Nadiawala. The film stars Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Preity Zinta. This was Kunder's debut film as a director. He ...

'' in 2006. The feature which saw Preity Zinta, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar play lead roles. was critically and commercially unprofitable. In 2007, NGK produced

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's comedy ''

Heyy Babyy ''Heyy Babyy'' is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language comedy film produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and directed by Sajid Khan. It stars Akshay Kumar, Fardeen Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Vidya Balan, Juanna Sanghvi and Boman Irani. The core storyline of t ...

'' starring Akshay Kumar,

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and

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. ''Heyy Babyy'', which marked the first collaboration between Nadiadwala and Deshmukh, was a critical and commercial success with revenues of but received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. The banner next produced

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's directorial debut ''

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'' (2009) which saw Akshay Kumar and

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star as pivotal characters and earned over in global markets to become a box-office hit despite earning overwhelmingly mixed reviews from film critics.

2010—present

NGK achieved further success in 2010, producing the Sajid Khan-directed comedy '' Housefull'', which consisted of an

including Akshay Kumar,

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, Riteish Deshmukh,

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and

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.. The movie grossed over worldwide, thus becoming NGK's highest-grossing release at that point, and was the fourth top-earning Bollywood production of the year, but its response was generally mixed. ''Housefull'' was the first installment of the '' Housefull film franchise'' as well. The company's second production of the year was

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's '' Anjaana Anjaani'', a romantic comedy featuring

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and

, which was profitable at the box office.

Filmography

References

External links

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