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Phantom Films
Phantom Studios (formerly Phantom Films) is an Indian film production and distribution company established by Madhu Mantena, Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl, and Vikramaditya Motwane. It was founded in 2011 by all four of them, and was cited as the "directors' company". In March 2015, Reliance Entertainment picked up 50% stake in the company. The company made its debut in the film industry with its first production, Lootera in 2013. Directed by Motwane, the period romance featured actors Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead roles. The film was a collaboration with Balaji Motion Pictures, serving as a co-producer. Next year, the company co-produced the romantic comedies Hasee Toh Phasee starring Parineeti Chopra and Sidharth Malhotra directed by Vinil Mathew, and Queen directed by Vikas Bahl starring Kangana Ranaut and Lisa Haydon. Both the films were critical and commercial successes, with the latter also winning the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonakshi Sinha
Sonakshi Sinha (; born 2 June 1987) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and series. The daughter of actors and politicians Poonam Sinha, Poonam and Shatrughan Sinha, she has appeared in ''Forbes India'' Forbes Celebrity 100, Celebrity 100 list from 2012 to 2017, and in 2019. List of awards and nominations received by Sonakshi Sinha, Her accolades include a Filmfare Award. After working as a costume designer in independent films, she made her acting debut with the action film ''Dabangg'' in 2010, which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Sinha rose to prominence by playing the leading lady in several male-dominated action films, including ''Rowdy Rathore'' (2012), ''Son of Sardaar'' (2012), ''Dabangg 2'' (2012), and ''Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty'' (2014), in addition to appearing in a variety of item numbers. Sinha received critical acclaim for playing a troubled woman suffering from tuberculosis in the period drama ''Lootera'' (2013), for which s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NH10 (film)
''NH10'' is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Navdeep Singh and written by Sudip Sharma. It stars Anushka Sharma, Neil Bhoopalam, Darshan Kumar, and Deepti Naval. ''NH10'' was jointly produced by Clean Slate Filmz, Phantom Films, Eros International and marked the production debut of Sharma. It tells the story of a young couple whose road trip goes awry after an encounter with a group of violent criminals. The title refers to the National Highway 10 that connects Delhi to the town of Fazilka in Punjab. The film was conceived by Singh and written by Sudip Sharma, who were inspired by some real-life honour killing murder cases. The soundtrack album was composed by Sanjeev-Darshan, Bann Chakraborty, Abhiruchi Chand, Ayush Shrestha, Savera Mehta and Samira Koppikar. Arbind Kannabiran served as the film's cinematographer and Jabeen Merchant was its editor. ''NH10'' was originally scheduled for release on 6 March 2015, but was postponed because it had n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronit Roy
Ronit Bose Roy (born 11 October 1965) is an Indian actor who works primarily in Hindi television and films and Bengali films. One of the highest paid television actor in India, he has earned numerous accolades including a Filmfare Award, five ITA Awards, and six Indian Telly Awards. Early life and background Roy was born on 11 October 1965 in Nagpur, Maharashtra in a Bengali family. He is the eldest son of a businessman, Brotin Bose Roy and Dolly Roy. His younger brother, Rohit Roy is also a TV and a film actor. Ronit Roy spent his childhood in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He received primary education from Ankur School, Ahmedabad. After his schooling, Roy pursued hotel management. After completing his studies, he moved to Mumbai and stayed at the residence of filmmaker Subhash Ghai. While Roy was keen to work in the film industry, Subhash Ghai persuaded him, not to pursue it due to the difficulties associated with it. Ronit worked as a management trainee at Mumbai's Sea Rock Hot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahul Bhat
Rahul Bhat is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. He began his career as a fashion model and participated in the Graviera Mr. India contest in 1998, and subsequently worked in several advertisements and music videos. He gained fame for his leading role in the television serial '' Heena'' from 1998 to 2003. After starring in the films '' Yeh Mohabbat Hai'' (2002) and '' Nayee Padosan'' (2003), he took a sabbatical from acting and began producing television serials, including '' Meri Doli Tere Angana'' (2007–2008) and '' Tum Dena Saath Mera'' (2009). Bhat made his acting comeback with a leading role in Anurag Kashyap's thriller film '' Ugly'' (2013), for which he received critical acclaim. He has since appeared in ''Fitoor'' (2016), ''Daas Dev'' (2018), ''Section 375'' (2019), and Kashyap’s ''Dobaaraa'' (2022), and ''Kennedy'' (2023). In 2025, he starred in the Netflix thriller series ''Black Warrant''. Life and career Early life and work Bhat was born in Srinagar, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugly (film)
''Ugly'' is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language thriller film written, co-produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap. Jointly produced by Phantom Films and DAR Motion Pictures, the film stars Rahul Bhat, Ronit Roy, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Vineet Kumar Singh, Girish Kulkarni, Surveen Chawla and Anshika Shrivastava in the lead roles. It also features TV actor Abir Goswami in his last film appearance before his death in 2013. Told in the course of a week, ''Ugly'' follows the story of a struggling actor Rahul Varshney (Bhat), whose daughter Kali (Shrivastava) disappears, and the events that follow. Kashyap had the idea for the film since 2006 and started writing the script after talking to one of his friends, who was in the Special Task Force, Lucknow, about kidnapping cases. He chose actors who could connect with the characters in the film. The film's background score and music were composed by Brian McOmber and G. V. Prakash Kumar respectively, while Gaurav Solanki wrote the lyr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Feature Film In Hindi
The National Film Award for Best Hindi Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). The National Film Awards, established in 1954, are the most prominent film awards in India that merit the best of the Indian cinema. The ceremony also presents awards for films in various regional languages. Awards for films in seven regional language ( Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu) started from 2nd National Film Awards which were presented on 21 December 1955. Three awards of "President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film", "Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film" and "Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film" were instituted. The later two certificate awards were discontinued from 15th National Film Awards (1967). Shyam Benegal won the award seven times (mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Haydon
Elisabeth Marie Haydon, better known as Lisa Haydon Lalvani, (born 17 June 1986) is an Indian-Australian actress, TV presenter and model, who mainly appears in Hindi films. Haydon made her acting debut with the ensemble romantic comedy-drama ''Aisha'' (2010) and received critical praise for her performance in the comedy-drama ''Queen'', which garnered wide recognition and a Best Supporting Actress nomination at Filmfare, among other accolades. Haydon later starred in the commercially successful comedy ''Housefull 3 (2016)'' and had a brief role in the Karan Johar-directed musical romantic drama ''Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016)''. She is a model in India and internationally. She appears on several popular Magazine covers such as ''Harper's Bazaar'', Grazia (India), ''Cosmopolitan'', Elle (India), ''Verve'', ''Vogue India'', ''Femina (India)'', FHM, Hello!, and L'Officiel. Early life Haydon was born on 17 June 1986 in Madras, India to an Indian Malayali father and Australian mother. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kangana Ranaut
Kangna Amardeep Ranaut (; born 23 March 1986) is an Indian actress, filmmaker, and politician serving as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Mandi Lok Sabha constituency, Mandi since June 2024. Known for her portrayals of strong-willed, unconventional women in female-led Hindi cinema, Hindi films, she is the recipient of List of roles and awards of Kangana Ranaut#Awards and nominations, several awards, including four National Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards, and has featured six times in ''Forbes India'' Forbes Celebrity 100, Celebrity 100 list. In 2020, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri, the country's fourth-highest civilian award. At the age of sixteen, Ranaut briefly took up modelling before being trained in acting under theatre director Arvind Gaur. She made her film debut in the 2006 thriller ''Gangster: A Love Story, Gangster'', for which she was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut, and received praise for portraying emotional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen (2014 Film)
''Queen'' is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Vikas Bahl and produced by Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, and Madhu Mantena. The film stars Kangana Ranaut in the lead role, with Lisa Haydon and Rajkummar Rao playing supporting roles. The film follows the story of Rani Mehra, a diffident Punjabi girl from New Delhi who embarks on her honeymoon to Paris and Amsterdam by herself after her fiancé calls off their wedding. Bahl co-wrote the script of ''Queen'' with Chaitally Parmar and Parveez Shaikh. Anvita Dutt Guptan wrote the dialogues for the film. Ranaut, who was encouraged by Bahl to improvise her lines during filming, is recognized as an additional dialogue writer. Amit Trivedi provided the musical score and Guptan also wrote the lyrics. Principal photography of ''Queen'' began in 2012 and took 45 days to complete. ''Queen'' received universal critical acclaim, praised for its direction, screenplay and Ranaut's titular performance, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinil Mathew
Vinil Mathew (born 1977) is an Indian filmmaker and writer, who predominantly directs and produces television commercials. He has also directed two feature films. After studying filmmaking at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), he made advertisement campaigns for several brands, including Vodafone, Nescafe and Cadbury. In feature films, Vinil has directed the 2014 romantic comedy '' Hasee Toh Phasee'', which was a critical and commercial success, and the 2021 romantic thriller '' Haseen Dillruba'', which became the most-watched Hindi film on Netflix of that year. Early life Vinil Mathew was born in a Malayali family in Delhi. He went to St. Columba's School, Delhi. Vinil was interested in films from a young age and said that watching Mani Ratnam's '' Roja'' (1992) when he was in class 10 inspired him to be a filmmaker. Vinil pursued Economics honours from Delhi University. After graduation, he studied filmmaking at the Film and Television Institute of India. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidharth Malhotra
Sidharth Malhotra (; born 16 January 1985) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. He began his career as a fashion model, but left it to pursue acting as an assistant director to Karan Johar in ''My Name Is Khan'' (2010). He had his first lead role in Johar's teen film '' Student of the Year'' (2012). Malhotra went on to star in such commercially successful films as the romantic comedy '' Hasee Toh Phasee'' (2014), the thriller ''Ek Villain'' (2014), and the drama ''Kapoor & Sons'' (2016). From 2016 to 2018, he appeared in ''Forbes India'' Celebrity 100 list. Following a career downturn, with critical and commercial failures such as ''A Gentleman'' (2017), '' Aiyaary'' (2018) and '' Jabariya Jodi'' (2019), he gained critical praise for starring as Vikram Batra in the war film '' Shershaah'' (2021), earning a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. In 2024, he led the action thriller series '' Indian Police Force''. In addition to his acting career, he serves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
