Established in 2009 by Ashok Pandey and Pragati Pandey, Revel Films Pvt. Ltd. is a film production company specializing in entertainment. The company's first films were the

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"An Expression" (2010) and the full-length feature "Phas Gaye Re Obama" (2011). Subsequently, Revel Films produced two more movies, "Saare Jahaan Se Mehnga" (2012) and 'Nakli' (2013).

Founders

Ashok Pandey is the founder of Revel Films. He has a BE (EEE) from BITS, Pilani and MS (Computer Science) from

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. He is also the founder of US-based company Intelligroup Inc. Pragati Pandey is a BCom graduate from

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with continuing education at

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, New York. Pragati Pandey is a trained actress, who has been part of and managed several events, shows, films, and plays. She is in the creative wing of the organization.

Films

Phas Gaye Re Obama ''Phas Gaye Re Obama'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language satirical black comedy film written and directed by debutante Subhash Kapoor and starring Rajat Kapoor, Neha Dhupia, Sanjay Mishra, Manu Rishi and Amole Gupte in the lead roles. The music ...

was Revel Films' first film for Indian cinema, directed by

Subhash Kapoor Subhash Kapoor is an Indian film director, and screenwriter. He was a political journalist, and later became known for directing satirical comical dramas like ''Phas Gaye Re Obama'' (2010), ''Jolly LLB'' (2013) and ''Jolly LLB 2'' (2017). Ca ...

and acted by

Neha Dhupia Neha Dhupia (born 27 August 1980) is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Hindi, and some Punjabi, Telugu and Malayalam films. She has won the Femina Miss India 2002 pageant and was among the top 10 finalists in Miss Universe ...

Rajat Kapoor Rajat Kapoor (born 11 February 1961) is an Indian actor, filmmaker and playwright who works in Hindi cinema. Kapoor was born in Delhi, India. He mainly focused on acting at first. In 2013 he joined the theatre group Chingari in Delhi, later mov ...

, Sanjay Mishra, Manu Rishi Chadda, and

Amole Gupte Amole Gupte (born c. 1962) is an Indian screenwriter, actor, and director, known for his work on the 2007 Bollywood film ''Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth)'' as creative director and screenwriter. He conceived the film along with his wife ...

. The film is a satire on the US inflation and the ambitions of small-town thugs and a bandit queen.

References

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