Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Limited was a
film production
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and
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company that produced and distributed Hindi films. The chief of the company was
Dhillin Mehta.
Television
Ashtavinayak Cine Vision produced the serial
Aamrapali (TV serial)
''Amrapali'' was an Indian historical drama TV serial, directed by Ravi Kemmu in 2002. It was a big-budget (Rs 100 million) story depicting the world of around 600 B.C. The serial was broadcast on the Doordarshan National Network every Sunday ...
on
Doordarshan
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in 2002.
Company Information
The company management includes the following people :-
*Dhilin Mehta - Chairman & Managing Director
*S.S Jaswal - Director
*Rupen N. Amlani, Dhaval V. Jatania, Hiren J. Gandhi - Full Time Directors
*Ashok V. Ladhani, Chandrakant K. Sachde, Nishant A. Mahidhar, Hetal N. Thakore - Independent Non-Executive Directors
It is listed on the
BSE
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with a BSE Code of 532793 and the
NSE with an NSE Code of SHREEASHTA.
Its Registered office is at A-204/205, VIP Plaza, 2nd Floor, Off Andheri Malad Link Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400053.
Initial Years (2003-04)
The company entered Bollywood with ''
Fun2shh... Dudes in the 10th Century'' (2003), which marked its first of many collaborations with music composers
Pritam
Pritam Chakraborty (born 14 June 1971), also known mononymously as Pritam, is an Indian composer, instrumentalist, guitarist, and singer. After working as an ad jingles composer, he debuted as a co-composer in the 2001 Hindi film Tere Liye. A ...
and duo
Salim–Sulaiman
Salim–Sulaiman is an Indian score composer duo consisting of siblings Salim Merchant and Sulaiman Merchant. The duo compose music predominantly for Hindi films.
Life and early career
Salim–Sulaiman's ancestral town is Mundra, Kutch, Gujar ...
, and actor
Paresh Rawal
Paresh Rawal (born 30 May 1955) is an Indian actor, comedian, film producer and politician known for his works notably in Hindi films, and Telugu, and a few Gujarati and a few Tamil films. He has appeared in over 240 films and is the recipient ...
. Next, it produced ''
Agnipankh
Agnipankh (''The Wings of Fire'' in Hindi) is a 2004 Indian film written and directed by Sanjiv Puri about pilots in the Indian Air Force. It is produced by Dhilin Mehta and Seema Kar under Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Limited, and stars Jimm ...
'' (2004), a film on pilots in the
Indian Air Force
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, where Pritam and Salim–Sulaiman teamed up again to compose the music.
Early Success (2005-06)
The company's first big hit came with
David Dhawan
David Dhawan (born Rajinder Dhawan; 16 August 1951) is an Indian director of Hindi films. A member of the Dhawan family, he has directed over 42 films. The 1993 action thriller '' Aankhen'' and 1999 comedy '' Biwi No.1'' earned him two Filmfar ...
's comedy ''
Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya
''Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?'' () is a romantic comedy directed by David Dhawan. It is the adaptation of the 1969 English film, '' Cactus Flower''. It stars Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen, Katrina Kaif and Sohail Khan, with Arshad Warsi, Beena Kak, Rajpa ...
'' (2005), which starred
Salman Khan
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (; 27 December 1965) is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. In a film career spanning over thirty years, Khan has received numerous awards, including two Nation ...
,
Sushmita Sen
Sushmita Sen (born 19 November 1975) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss Universe 1994 pageant. She is the first Indian to win the Miss Universe pageant. She was previously crowned Femina Miss India 1994 at the age of 18. A ...
, the film's producer
Sohail Khan
)
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,
Katrina Kaif
Katrina Kaif (; born Katrina Turquotte; 16 July 1983) is a British actress who works in Hindi-language films. One of the highest-paid actresses in India, she has received accolades, including four Screen Awards and four Zee Cine Awards, in a ...
,
Arshad Warsi
Arshad Warsi (born 19 April 1968) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He is the recipient of several awards including a Filmfare Award from five nominations and is noted for acting in varied film genres.
Before making his acting deb ...
and
Isha Koppikar
Isha Koppikar (born 19 September 1976) is an Indian actress, model and politician who has mostly appeared in Hindi cinema. She has also acted in several Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Marathi films.
Background
Koppikar was born in Mahim, Bombay (no ...
.
The next year, more prominence came in for the company as it produced the comedies ''
Golmaal: Fun Unlimited'' (2006) and ''
Bhagam Bhag
''Bhagam Bhag'' () is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language comedy thriller film written and directed by Priyadarshan from the screenplay by Neeraj Vora. It was produced by Sunil Shetty and Dhilin Mehta. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Govinda and Paresh Raw ...
'' (2006). While the former marked its first major collaboration with
Ajay Devgn
Vishal Veeru Devgan (born 2 April 1969), known professionally as Ajay Devgn, is an Indian actor, film director and producer who works in Hindi cinema. Devgn has appeared in over a hundred films and has won numerous accolades, including four ...
and
Tusshar Kapoor
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Early and personal life
Tusshar Kapoor is the son of Indian actors Jeetendra and Shobha Kapoor. His sister Ek ...
as well as director
Rohit Shetty
Rohit Shetty (born 14 March 1974) is an Indian film director, stuntman, producer and television host who works in Hindi cinema. He is one of the most recognised film director of Hindi Cinema. His movies are often mix genres of action, comedy a ...
, the latter was one of the company's first of many collaborations with
Akshay Kumar
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. Both films had Rawal in prominent roles.
''Jab We Met'' (2007)
The company produced ''
Jab We Met
''Jab We Met'' () is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Imtiaz Ali and produced by Dhilin Mehta under his banner Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision. The film stars Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor in their fou ...
'', directed by
Imtiaz Ali and starring
Shahid Kapoor
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and
Kareena Kapoor
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. It was released on 26 October 2007. The film was nominated for a number of awards, and received the
Stardust Award for Best Film in 2008.
2008-present
In early 2008, the company produced ''Superstar'' starring
Kunal Khemu
Kunal Kemmu (born Kunal Ravi Kemmu; 25 May 1983) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema.
Early life and background
Kunal Ravi Kemmu was born in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India on 25 May 1983 into a Kashmiri Pandit family to actors ...
. Late into the year, the company saw success with the hit ''
Golmaal Returns
''Golmaal Returns'' () is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty. Based on the 1973 Hindi film ''Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar'', it serves as the second installment in the '' Golmaal film series''. The film stars Ajay Devgn, A ...
'', the sequel to ''Golmaal'', whilst also producing ''
Kidnap
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''. At the end of the year the company released ''
Maharathi Maharathi may refer to:
* Maharathi (warrior)
* ''Maharathi'' (2007 film), Indian Telugu Language Film
* ''Maharathi'' (2008 film), Indian Hindi Language Film
See also
*''Maharathi Karna
''Maharathi Karna'' is a Bollywood mythological film b ...
'' starring
Boman Irani
Boman Irani (born 2 December 1959) is an Indian actor, photographer and voice artist who works predominantly in Hindi cinema he has also worked in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. He has acted in more than a 100 films in his career.
Ear ...
,
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 ...
, Ashwin Nayak,
Om Puri
Om Prakash Puri (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Bengali, Kannada,English, Punjabi and one Telugu film, as well as independent and art films and also starred ...
,
Paresh Rawal
Paresh Rawal (born 30 May 1955) is an Indian actor, comedian, film producer and politician known for his works notably in Hindi films, and Telugu, and a few Gujarati and a few Tamil films. He has appeared in over 240 films and is the recipient ...
,
Naseeruddin Shah
Naseeruddin Shah (born 20 July 1950) is an Indian actor. He is notable in Indian parallel cinema. He has also starred in international productions. He has won numerous awards in his career, including three National Film Awards, three Filmfare A ...
and
Tara Sharma
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. With the exception of ''Golmaal Returns'', none of the films was successful at the box office.
''
Blue
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'' was Shree Ashtavinayak's biggest project till date with its budget set to INR 100 crores. It was an action film shot in
the Bahamas
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and starring
Sanjay Dutt
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,
Akshay Kumar
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,
Lara Dutta
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and
Zayed Khan
Zayed Abbas Khan (born 5 July 1980) is a former Indian actor and producer who appeared in Hindi films. The son of Bollywood actor Sanjay Khan, he has received a Filmfare Award nomination.
After graduating in Business Management at the Montgom ...
. However, the film performed poorly at the box office, and got predominantly negative reviews. It also released ''
Luck
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'' with a negative result as it earned even less than ''Kidnap''.
''
Dabangg
''Dabangg'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Abhinav Singh Kashyap and produced by Malaika Arora Khan and Arbaaz Khan under Arbaaz Khan Productions with Dhilin Mehta under Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision. Khan ...
'', Shree Ashtavinayak's most commercial release performed very well at the box office, with its first day collection surpassing that of ''
3 Idiots
''3 Idiots'' (stylized as ''3 idiots'') is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, edited and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, co-written by Abhijat Joshi and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Adapted loosely from Cheta ...
'', which was distributed by Big Pictures. ''Dabangg'' is one of biggest hits of Bollywood. 2010 also earned the company some acclaim and success with the comedies ''
Khatta Meetha ''Khatta Meetha ''is a Hindi/Urdu phrase which means "sweet and sour". It may refer to:
* ''Khatta Meetha'' (1978 film), a Bollywood film directed by Basu Chatterjee, starring Ashok Kumar and Rakesh Roshan in the lead roles
* ''Khatta Meetha'' (20 ...
'' and ''
Golmaal 3
''Golmaal 3'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty and the third film in the '' Golmaal series''. The film contains an ensemble cast starring Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Mithun Chakraborty, Kareena Kapoor, ...
'', which were successful.
Shree Ashtavinayak Cine vision entered into Joint Venture with LFS Global for creating India's largest film city near Mumbai. In 2011, it produced the iconic ''
Rockstar
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* ''Rock Star'' (2001 film), an American film starring Mark Wahlberg
* ''Rockstar'' (2011 film), an Indian Hindi-language film by Imtiaz Ali
* ''Rockstar'' (2015 film), an Indian Malayalam-language fi ...
'', also directed by Ali. As the company faced judicial crisis, it halted operations after producing its final film, the 2012 comedy ''
Bol Bachchan
''Bol Bachchan'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Ajay Devgn & Dhillin Mehta under Ajay Devgn FFilms and Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Limited respectively, with Fox Star Studios ser ...
'', also directed by Shetty.
However, on 20 June 2014, the company was suspended from trading. Additionally, the Bombay High Court assigned a liquidator after the company failed to pay its creditors.
Later, it had to sell the rights of the ''
Golmaal Golmaal is the title of the following Indian films:
*''Gol Maal'', 1979 Hindi comedy film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee starring Amol Palekar
* ''Golmaal'' (1998 film), a Tamil film starring Selva
* ''Golmaal'' (2008 film), a Bengali film starri ...
'' franchise to Shetty, who became a producer in 2014.
Some time later, in 2017–18, when
Zee Entertainment Enterprises
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was rechristened with a new logo, theme and slogans, it syndicated the company's pre-2008 releases, and began broadcasting them on its channels, the only three exceptions being ''Fun2shh'', ''
Agnipankh
Agnipankh (''The Wings of Fire'' in Hindi) is a 2004 Indian film written and directed by Sanjiv Puri about pilots in the Indian Air Force. It is produced by Dhilin Mehta and Seema Kar under Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Limited, and stars Jimm ...
'' and ''
Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya
''Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?'' () is a romantic comedy directed by David Dhawan. It is the adaptation of the 1969 English film, '' Cactus Flower''. It stars Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen, Katrina Kaif and Sohail Khan, with Arshad Warsi, Beena Kak, Rajpa ...
'' which were readily acquired by
Viacom18
Viacom18 Media Private Limited is an Indian media and entertainment joint venture between TV18 and Paramount Global based in Mumbai. It was founded in 2007 and owns various channels, as well as content production studios in India.
History
In ...
. Films from 2008 onwards, with the exception of ''
Bol Bachchan
''Bol Bachchan'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Ajay Devgn & Dhillin Mehta under Ajay Devgn FFilms and Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Limited respectively, with Fox Star Studios ser ...
'', lying with
Disney Star
Disney Star Private Limited is an Indian media conglomerate and a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Disney Star network runs more than 70 TV channels in eight languages, reac ...
, ''
Luck
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'', lying with
Sony Pictures Networks India
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Culver Max Entertainment manages and operates 26 television channels, ...
, and ''
Khatta Meetha ''Khatta Meetha ''is a Hindi/Urdu phrase which means "sweet and sour". It may refer to:
* ''Khatta Meetha'' (1978 film), a Bollywood film directed by Basu Chatterjee, starring Ashok Kumar and Rakesh Roshan in the lead roles
* ''Khatta Meetha'' (20 ...
'', ''
Rockstar
Rock Star or Rockstar may refer to:
Films
* ''Rock Star'' (2001 film), an American film starring Mark Wahlberg
* ''Rockstar'' (2011 film), an Indian Hindi-language film by Imtiaz Ali
* ''Rockstar'' (2015 film), an Indian Malayalam-language fi ...
'' and ''
Golmaal Returns
''Golmaal Returns'' () is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty. Based on the 1973 Hindi film ''Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar'', it serves as the second installment in the '' Golmaal film series''. The film stars Ajay Devgn, A ...
'', lying with Zee, have all been acquired by
Viacom18
Viacom18 Media Private Limited is an Indian media and entertainment joint venture between TV18 and Paramount Global based in Mumbai. It was founded in 2007 and owns various channels, as well as content production studios in India.
History
In ...
. Among these, both of the company's most successful releases in 2010, ''
Dabangg
''Dabangg'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Abhinav Singh Kashyap and produced by Malaika Arora Khan and Arbaaz Khan under Arbaaz Khan Productions with Dhilin Mehta under Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision. Khan ...
'' and ''
Golmaal 3
''Golmaal 3'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty and the third film in the '' Golmaal series''. The film contains an ensemble cast starring Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Mithun Chakraborty, Kareena Kapoor, ...
'', lie jointly with Disney Star and Viacom18.
Films produced
References
External links
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