Purple Pebble Pictures (PPP) is an Indian film production company established by actress and producer
Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra Jonas (; ; born 18 July 1982) is an Indian actress and producer. The winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant, Chopra is one of India's highest-paid actresses and has received numerous accolades, including two National Film Awar ...
. It is located in
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
,
Maharastra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdivi ...
, India. The company aims on producing small budget films and promoting new talent such as writers, actors, directors, and technicians.
In 2016, the company produced the critically acclaimed comedy-drama ''
Ventilator
A ventilator is a piece of medical technology that provides mechanical ventilation by moving breathable air into and out of the lungs, to deliver breaths to a patient who is physically unable to breathe, or breathing insufficiently. Ventilators ...
'', which won several accolades including three
National Film Awards
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. In 2019, the company's fourth Marathi film, ''Paani'' won the
. The same year, the company released the biographical film ''
The Sky Is Pink
''The Sky Is Pink'' is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language biographical romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Shonali Bose and produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur, Ronnie Screwvala and Priyanka Chopra Jonas under their production companies ...
'' which received three
Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were first introduced by th ...
nominations.
History
Purple Pebble Pictures was founded by
Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra Jonas (; ; born 18 July 1982) is an Indian actress and producer. The winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant, Chopra is one of India's highest-paid actresses and has received numerous accolades, including two National Film Awar ...
. The company ventured into films, television, and AD films. Chopra had always wanted to produce films but had been waiting for right time due to her immensely busy schedule. In May 2014, it was reported that she would be co-producing
Madhur Bhandarkar
Madhur Bhandarkar (born 26 August 1968) is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. In 2016,Bhandarkar was honoured with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour, by the Government of India.
The drama film ''Chandni Ba ...
's political drama ''Madamji'', a film she had signed earlier that year to star in. It was confirmed in August 2014 that Chopra indeed will be producing the film. However, the film was postponed to an unknown date due to full season extension of Chopra's American television series ''
Quantico''. She said "Madamji is on hold and this film is very close to my heart. For this film, I have to give 70 days for shoot but since my show got extended, I couldn’t do it. Hopefully, someday I will make it. But right now I am not doing it."
Production ventures
The company released its first project in 2016, the mobile series ''It's My City'', a sitcom about four girls living in an apartment owned by Priyanka Chopra. Co-produced with
Endemol Shine India
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, it
guest starred Chopra as herself (an official landlady, unofficial guardian and protective friend to the girls). The company next produced a
Bhojpuri
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film entitled ''
Bam Bam Bol Raha Hai Kashi
''Bam Bam Bol Raha Hai Kashi'' is a 2016 Indian Bhojpuri language film directed by Santosh Mishra and produced by Madhu Chopra and Priyanka Chopra. Dinesh Lal Yadav cast in lead role along with Amrapali Dubey and Antara Banerjee while Manoj Tige ...
'', which was released in January 2016.
The company next produced the
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
*
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film ''
Ventilator
A ventilator is a piece of medical technology that provides mechanical ventilation by moving breathable air into and out of the lungs, to deliver breaths to a patient who is physically unable to breathe, or breathing insufficiently. Ventilators ...
'', which was released on 4 November 2016.
The film featured an
ensemble cast
In a dramatic production, an ensemble cast is one that is composed of multiple principal actors and performers who are typically assigned roughly equal amounts of screen time.Random House: ensemble acting Linked 2013-07-17
Structure
In contrast to ...
of more than 100 actors from Marathi cinema and
theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
background including
Ashutosh Gowariker
Ashutosh Gowariker (born 15 February 1964) is an Indian film director, actor, screenwriter and producer who works in Bollywood, Hindi cinema. He is known for directing films "set on a huge canvas while boasting of an opulent treatment".
His is ...
, and
Jitendra Joshi
Jitendra Joshi is an Indian actor and reality show host who predominantly works in Marathi cinema. He is well known for his lead role as Sant Tukaram Maharaj in the 2012 marathi movie Tukaram. He starred as constable Katekar in the hit Netflix ...
.
Written and directed by
Rajesh Mapuskar
Rajesh Mapuskar is an Indian film writer, director and producer. He got involved in the world of films at a very young age, as his family owned a cinema hall. He made his writing and directional debut with Ferrari Ki Sawaari (2012). Later, he ...
, the film tells the story of a joint family whose eldest and the most respected member is hospitalised before the
Ganesh Chaturthi
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festival. The film received critical acclaim and performed well at the box office.
The film received several awards and nominations, including three awards at the
64th National Film Awards
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:
Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to:
Film awards
* AACTA Award for Best Direction
* Academy Award for Best Director
* BA ...
for Mapuskar,
Best Editing and
Best Sound Mixing.
''Ventilator'' also received 16 nominations at the 2017
Filmfare Marathi Awards
The Filmfare Marathi Awards are presented annually to both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Marathi film industry of India. The ceremony had been sponsored by various private organisations in the past as well as in pr ...
, including Best Film and won five awards.
The
Punjabi film ''
Sarvann
''Sarvann'' is a 2017 Indian Punjabi language thriller film directed by Karan Guliani, written by Amberdeep Singh and produced by Priyanka Chopra Jonas under her production company Purple Pebble Pictures. It stars Amrinder Gill, Simi Chahal & Ra ...
'' starring
Amrinder Gill
Amrinder Singh Gill () is an Indian actor, singer, songwriter, and film producer who makes Punjabi-language films and music. He has been nominated for twenty-four PTC Punjabi Film Awards, winning seven including three for Best Actor, and two ...
was released in January 2017. The company next released the Marathi ''Kay Re Rascalaa'' in July 2018. Another Bhojpuri film, ''Kaashi Amarnath'' was released in October 2018. The Sikkimese film ''
Pahuna: The Little Visitors'' directed by
Pakhi Tyrewala
Paakhi A Tyrewala (born 6 June 1984) is the stage name of ''Punarnava Mehta'' an Indian writer-cum-director, who debuted in mainstream Bollywood in 2002 with the film ''Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?'', in which she is credited with real name Punarnava M ...
which premiered at the
2017 Toronto International Film Festival, was released in December 2018. The film won a Special Mention in The International Feature Film Category at SCHLINGEL International Children's Film Festival in Germany.
In February 2019, the drama film ''
Firebrand '', directed by
Aruna Raje
Aruna Raje (born 1946) is an Indian film director and editor known for her works in Hindi cinema.
Early life
Aruna Raje was born on 17 October in 1946 in Pune, India.
Education and career
Aruna enrolled initially at Grant Medical College in ...
, starring
Usha Jadhav,
Rajeshwari Sachdev,
Girish Kulkarni
Girish Pandurang Kulkarni (born 25 November 1977) is an Indian actor, writer, and producer. He is a recipient of two National Film Awards namely, National Film Award for Best Actor in 2011 for his performance in ''Deool'' and National Film Awar ...
and
Sachin Khedekar
Sachin Khedekar (born 14 May 1965) is an Indian actor and director known for his work in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Gujarati language films. His well-known films include '' Kaksparsh'', '' Astitva'' and Shyam Benegal's '' ...
was released on
Netflix
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. The
Assamese film ''
Bhoga Khirikee'', directed by
Jahnu Barua
Jahnu Barua (born 1952) is an Indian film director. He has written and directed a number of Assamese and Hindi films. Some of his notable films are '' Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai'' (1987), '' Firingoti'' (1992), ''Xagoroloi Bohu Door'' (1995) ...
and starring
Zerifa Wahid
Zerifa Wahid is an Indian actress known for her works in Assamese films. Her prominent features include ''Baandhon'', which won the 60th National Film Awards for Best Feature Film in Assamese directed by Jahnu Baruah. and the best film in the ...
,
Seema Biswas
Seema Biswas (born 14 January 1965) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and the theatre. She gained prominence after playing the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapur's film '' Bandit Queen'' (1994), for which she won the National Fi ...
, Sanjay Kharghoria, Kashvi Sharma and
Mohammad Ali Shah
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar ( fa, محمدعلی شاه قاجار; 21 June 1872 – 5 April 1925, San Remo, Italy), Shah of Iran from 8 January 1907 to 16 July 1909. He was the sixth shah of the Qajar dynasty.
Biography
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar ...
in the principal roles premiered at the 2018
Guwahati International Film Festival and is scheduled to be released in 2019. ''Bhoga Khirikee'' received three nominations, Best Indie Film, Best Director and Best Actress for Wahid, at the 2019
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) is a Victoria State Government-funded annual festival based in Melbourne founded in 2012. It is presented by Film Victoria, and the provider is chosen through a tender process. The current tender prov ...
.
The company's another 2019 film ''Paani'', based on a true story exploring the water crisis issue in
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
and directed by debut director
Adinath Kothare
Adinath Kothare (born 13 May 1984) is an Indian actor, producer, and director, who predominantly works in Marathi films. His directorial debut film, 'Paani,' won the 'National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation' ...
went on to win the
. at the
66th National Film Awards. This was followed by the biographical film ''
The Sky Is Pink
''The Sky Is Pink'' is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language biographical romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Shonali Bose and produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur, Ronnie Screwvala and Priyanka Chopra Jonas under their production companies ...
'', a co-production with
RSVP Movies
RSVP Movies is an Indian film production company established by Ronnie Screwvala in 2014.
Establishment
In 2017, Ronnie Screwvala re-entered the entertainment business with RSVP after his exit from UTV Motion Pictures in 2013 and produced ''Lo ...
and Roy Kapur Films, later that year. Directed by
Shonali Bose
Shonali Bose (born 3 June 1965) is an Indian film director, writer and film producer. Having made her feature film debut in 2005, she has since won such accolades as a National Film Award, a Bridgestone Narrative Award, and a Sundance Mahindr ...
, the film tells the story of
Aisha Chaudhary's parents, who are dealing with their daughter's illness (
pulmonary fibrosis
Pulmonary fibrosis is a condition in which the lungs become scarred over time. Symptoms include shortness of breath, a dry cough, feeling tired, weight loss, and nail clubbing. Complications may include pulmonary hypertension, respiratory failu ...
). The film received generally positive reviews.
The film received three
Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were first introduced by th ...
nominations:
Best Film (Critics),
Best Actress
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for Chopra and
Best Supporting Actress for Wasim.
Upcoming projects
Purple Pebble Pictures has several projects at the various stages of production. The company is producing two
Bengal
Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...
i films ''Brishtir Oppekhyayy'' and ''Bus Stop E Keu Nei''. In addition, a Bengali-Marathi bilingual film, ''Nalini'', which is based on the romance between
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...
and
Atmaram Pandurang
Atmaram Pandurang or Atmaram Pandurang Turkhadekar (or just Turkhad in English publications) (1823 – 26 April 1898) was an Indian physician and social reformer who founded the Prarthana Samaj and was one of the two Indian co-founders (the other ...
's daughter Annapurna is also under production. The company is also producing two
Children's film
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s the
Konkani film ''Little Joe, Kaha Ho?'' and their first
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
film ''Almaseer'' both of which will be directed by female directors. Chopra has also signed
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury is an Indian film director. He is the director and producer of multiple Bengali and Hindi films. He directed the highly successful Hindi movie ''Pink'' which received accolades from film critics and movie lovers alike.
C ...
to direct a Hindi film, which she will be headlining.
In July 2017, the company announced their plans to venture into producing small budget
Hollywood films as well, with a project on racism under development. The company will also be co-producing the
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...
remake of ''Ventilator'' after receiving several offers to remake the film in other languages. A Children's film based on stray dogs is also under works.
Films
Television
References
External links
Official website
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Hindi cinema
Film production companies based in Mumbai
Entertainment companies established in 2015
2015 establishments in Maharashtra
Producers who won the Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation National Film Award