Balaji Motion Pictures

Balaji Motion Pictures is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Balaji Telefilms Limited which is an Indian film production and distribution company established by Shobha Kapoor and her daughter Ekta Kapoor. Based in Mumbai, it mainly produces and distributes Hindi films. The chairman of the company is former Bollywood actor Jeetendra Kapoor.

Balaji Motion Pictures

Type	Private
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	2001
Founder	Jeetendra Kapoor
Headquarters	Mumbai , India
Key people	Shobha Kapoor Ekta Kapoor Ruchikaa Kapoor Nachiket Pantvaidya
Products	Films Music
Brands	ALT Entertainment ALTBalaji
Owner	Balaji Telefilms
Parent	Balaji Telefilms
Website	balajitelefilms.com/movies.php

Operations

Balaji Motion Pictures is based in Mumbai in the Balaji House on New Link Road, Andheri West, Mumbai. It operates from its head office in Andheri West and has studios in Film City and other locations in Mumbai. In terms of studio facilities, Balaji Motion Pictures is one of the largest film productions houses in Mumbai.

History

Balaji Motion Pictures (Balaji Films) was set up in 2001 by Hindi television producer Ekta Kapoor with the purpose of venturing into film production. She produced Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta, released in 2001 with Govinda and Sushmita Sen as the leads. The film was not a success, collecting ₹13 crore (US$1.8 million).[1] Later, the company produced Kucch To Hai, Krishna Cottage and Koi Aap Sa in 2003, 2004 and 2005 respectively. The movies did not fare well at the box office.[2] In 2005, the company produced and released Kyaa Kool Hai Hum, which grossed ₹21.5 crore (US$3.0 million)[3] and made it to the top three films of 2005.[4] In 2007, the company co-produced Shootout at Lokhandwala with Sanjay Gupta. The film was a critical and commercial hit,[5] collecting ₹68.17 crore (US$9.6 million) worldwide.[6] In 2008, the company produced and released C Kkompany, which was a commercial and critical failure.[7] In the same year, the company co-produced Mission Istanbul and EMI – Liya Hai Toh Chukana Parega with Sunil Shetty. Both films failed critically and commercially.[8] Also in 2008, the company acquired the distribution rights of Bhool Bhulaiyaa[9] and Sarkar Raj with a deal of almost ₹40 crore (US$5.6 million).[10] The film were both commercially success thereby marking a step further of Balaji. In 2010, the company sub-branded ALT Entertainment, a youth focused brand and produced a low-budget movie, Love Sex aur Dhokha,[11] which proved to be a critically and commercially successful film.[12] In the same year, the company released Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, which was also a commercial and critical hit.[13] The films also marked the company's successful entry in the films.[14][15][16]

In 2011, the company marked its entry into Marathi films by producing Taryanche Bait.[17] The film was a critical and commercial hit[18] and also won many accolades including three awards for Best Film.[19] The company also released Shor in the City, a small-budget critically acclaimed movie.[20][21] The same year also saw the release of Ragini MMS, co-produced with Amit Kapoor and Sidhartha M. Jain. The response to the movie fetched Stardust Award for Best Film and Ekta Kapoor announced the sequel of the film soon to be released in the year 2013 starring Indo-Canadian star Sunny Leone.[22] Later, In the same year, the company released The Dirty Picture starring Vidya Balan as lead on 2 December 2011. The film proved to be a huge Blockbuster and was one of the best films of 2011 thereby winning Vidya Balan her first National Award and all other awards of 2011 for her performance and six awards for Best Film. In the Year 2012, the company released first ever seen Adult Comedy Kyaa Super Kool Hai Hum, sequel to 2005 hit Kyaa Kool Hai Hum which was slammed by critics but was a Box Office Success thereby made at a Budget of ₹13 crore (US$1.8 million) and collecting ₹33 crore (US$4.6 million) itself in its first week.

In 2013, the company released its Horror Film Ek Thi Daayan, co-produced with Vishal Bhardwaj. The film received mostly positive response. It was well-accepted by critics and received 3 out of 5 on an average. Jinson John of Indian Box Office also stated "Ek Thi Daayan is not that regular Bhootiya Isshtoorry, the plot stands out of them all, it's surely is an Experimental Plot, but not written by an Idiot." The film opened Ek Thi Daayan opened at around 30-40% occupancy with better opening in multiplexes rather than single screens netted around ₹18.07 crore (US$2.5 million) over the first weekend. In May 2013, released by the company was Shootout at Wadala. The film opened with great reviews from many quarters. Bollywood Hungama, rated the film with stars whereas The Times of India rated it with stars.[23] Made on the string Budget of ₹26 crore (US$3.6 million), the film grossed ₹54.6 crore (US$7.7 million) worldwide. The film was declared Average by Box office India. In July 2013, the company released Lootera, starring Ranveer Singh & Sonakshi Sinha as leads. The film opened with best reviews from many critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film with Stars, describing "On the whole, LOOTERA is an intrinsically earnest and profoundly heartwarming story that stays in your heart. An absolute must for those who love romantic films or are romantic at heart. This one's a cinematic gem!".[24] Raja Sen of Rediff.com rated stars and noted, "Lootera is a gorgeous, gorgeous film, one that uses its period setting affectionately, with loving detail, and not exploitatively, as our cinema is wont to do."[25] Meena Iyer of The Times of India assigned the film Stars and noted, "Lootera is a love saga of yore." She added, "You may find this film boring if state-of-the-art, slow romance is not your idea of a movie outing."[26] The film was made on the Budget of ₹27 crore (US$3.8 million) and netted ₹38 crore (US$5.3 million) worldwide in its lifetime .[27] In August 2013, the company released Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara! the sequel to one of its most successful film, Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai.[28] The film opened with mixed reviews from all the critics and was also slammed by many critics for its poor drafting and execution of story line.[29] The film was made on the high Budget of ₹85 crore (US$12 million) to ₹100 crore (US$14 million) and collected ₹70 crore (US$9.8 million) worldwide, thereby contributing the loss and was declared "Flop". In 2014, On February 28, the company released Shaadi Ke Side Effects starring Farhan Akhtar & Vidya Balan. The film opened with positive reviews from various quarters and collected ₹5.7 crore (US$800,000) on its day one. The film went on to gross ₹21.2 crore (US$3.0 million) in its opening weekend. The film grossed ₹70 crore (US$9.8 million) worldwide during its lifetime run and was declared "Below Average" by Boxoffice India.[30] In the same year, On March 21, the company released Ragini MMS 2 starring Sunny Leone, the sequel to yet another successful film of the company Ragini MMS. Made on the budget of ₹18 crore (US$2.5 million), the film opened with mixed reviews from the critics and went on to collect ₹65 crore (US$9.1 million).[30] The film was a major commercial success and was declared "Hit" by Boxoffice India.[31]

On April 4, 2014, the company released Main Tera Hero starring Varun Dhawan as the protagonist, directed by David Dhawan. The film released with positive reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated Stars, & wrote "On the whole, Main Tera Hero is a wild, wacky, madcap entertainer that has the unmistakable stamp of the master of entertainers -- David Dhawan. An over the top plot, humor quotient and performances are three aces the film stands on. The film should work well with admirers of typical Bollywood masalathons, also because Varun Dhawan pulls off the act with flamboyance and bowls you over with an uproarious act in this zany entertainer. Go, have fun and laugh out loud!".[32] Srijana Mitra Das of The Times of India gave the movie stars saying, Main Tera Hero is a pav bhaji picture, quick, spicy, hot. It has the depth of a comic strip but it also has its neon-shaded fun. For those who want a light laugh, here's your boy." Made on the budget of ₹42.5 crore (US$6.0 million), the movie went on to collect ₹77 crore (US$11 million) worldwide[30] and was declared "Hit" by Box office India. On May 30, 2014, the company released small Budget film Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi which was co-produced by Bejoy Nambiar. The film opened with mixed reviews from critics and also failed to collect at Box office. The film collected a mere ₹3 crore (US$420,000) from Boxoffice thereby recovering its costs. In June 2014, the company released Ek Villain co-starring Sidharth Malhotra & Shraddha Kapoor. The film opened with positive reviews from its critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama awarded the movie 4/5 stars and wrote that, "On the whole, Ek Villain is a stylish, spellbinding and terrifying edge-of-the-seat thriller. It's a step forward in this genre, without doubt. A sure-shot winner!"[33] Raedita Tandon from Filmfare gave the film stars and noted that, "Though indulgent in parts, Ek Villain packs in a punch. Copy of a Korean film or not, it's ‘good’ paisa vasool entertainment. Make it your weekend watch." Meena Iyer of The Times of India gave the film Stars, stating that "You cannot fault the scale of Ek Villain or berate its lead star cast. But you wish you could celebrate this thriller like you did Suri's last movie outing Aashiqui 2. The film made on the budget of ₹35 crore (US$4.9 million) went on to collect ₹105.05 crore (US$15 million) from India[34] and grossed ₹135 crore (US$19 million) (approx) with a distributor share of ₹49.75 crore (US$7.0 million) itself in India.[35] The film was declared "Super Hit" by Boxoffice India.

Film production

No	Year	Title	Director(s)	Cast	Genre	Notes
1	2001	Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta	David Dhawan	Govinda, Sushmita Sen, Rambha	Comedy
2	2003	Kucch To Hai	Anurag Basu Anil Vimal Kumar	Tusshar Kapoor, Esha Deol, Anita Hassanandani, Yash Tonk	Horror
3	2004	Krishna Cottage	Santram Verma	Sohail Khan, Isha Koppikar, Anita Hassanandani Reddy	Horror
4	2005	Kyaa Kool Hai Hum	Sangeeth Sivan	Tusshar Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh, Isha Koppikar, Neha Dhupia	Comedy Thriller
5	2005	Koi Aap Sa	Partho Mitra	Aftab Shivdasani, Anita Hassanandani, Dipannita Sharma, Himanshu Malik	Romance
6	2007	Shootout at Lokhandwala	Apoorva Lakhia	Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Vivek Oberoi, Arbaaz Khan, Amrita Singh, Tusshar Kapoor, Rohit Roy	Crime
7	2008	Mission Istanbul	Apoorva Lakhia	Vivek Oberoi, Shriya Saran, Zayed Khan	Crime	Co-produced with Popcorn Motion Pictures
8	2008	C Kkompany	Sachin Yardi	Tusshar Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Rajpal Yadav, Raima Sen	Comedy
9	2008	EMI – Liya Hai Toh Chukana Parega	Saurabh Kabra	Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, Urmila Matondkar, Malaika Arora Khan, Aashish Chaudhary, Neha Oberoi	Social	Co-produced with Popcorn Motion Pictures
10	2010	Love Sex aur Dhokha	Dibakar Banerjee	Anshuman Jha, Nushrat Bharucha, Sandeep Bose, Rajkummar Rao	Found footage
11	2010	Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai	Milan Luthria	Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut, Prachi Desai	Gangster
12	2011	Taryanche Bait	Kiran Yadnyopavit	Vinay Apte, Sachin Khedekar, Ashwini Giri, Ashmita Joglekar	Drama	Marathi Film
13	2011	Shor in the City	Raj Nidimoru & Krishna D.K.	Sendhil Ramamurthy, Tusshar Kapoor, Nikhil Dwivedi	Drama
14	2011	Ragini MMS	Pawan Kripalani	Rajkummar Rao, Kainaz Motivala	Horror Thriller	Co-produced with iRock Films
15	2011	The Dirty Picture	Milan Luthria	Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi, Tusshar Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah	Biographic
16	2012	Kyaa Super Kool Hai Hum	Sachin Yardi	Tusshar Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh, Neha Sharma	Comedy
17	2013	Ek Thi Daayan	Kannan Iyer	Emraan Hashmi, Konkana Sen Sharma, Huma Qureshi, Kalki Koechlin	Thriller	Co-produced with VB Pictures
18	2013	Shootout at Wadala	Sanjay Gupta	Anil Kapoor, John Abraham, Kangana Ranaut, Manoj Bajpayee, Tusshar Kapoor	Gangster Crime	Prequel to Shootout at Lokhandwala Co-produced with White Feather Films
19	2013	Lootera	Vikramaditya Motwane	Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha	Romance	Co-produced with Phantom Films
20	2013	Once Upon a Time In Mumbaai Dobara	Milan Luthria	Akshay Kumar, Imran Khan, Sonakshi Sinha	Crime Romance	Sequel to Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
21	2014	Shaadi Ke Side Effects	Saket Chaudhary	Farhan Akhtar, Vidya Balan	Romcom	Sequel to Pyaar Ke Side Effects Co-Produced with Pritish Nandy Communications
22	2014	Ragini MMS 2	Bhushan Patel	Sunny Leone	Horror Thriller	Sequel to Ragini MMS
23	2014	Main Tera Hero	David Dhawan	Varun Dhawan, Ileana D'Cruz, Nargis Fakhri	Romance
24	2014	Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi	Aman Sachdeva	Siddharth Gupta, Simran Kaur Mundi	Comedy Romance	Co-Produced with Bejoy Nambiar
25	2014	Ek Villain — There's one in every love story	Mohit Suri	Sidharth Malhotra, Ritesh Deshmukh, Shraddha Kapoor	Romance Thriller
26	2016	Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3	Umesh Ghadge	Tusshar Kapoor, Aftab Shivdasani, Mandana Karimi	Adult Comedy
27	2016	Azhar	Tony D'Souza	Emraan Hashmi, Nargis Fakhri, Prachi Desai, Lara Dutta	Biopic	Co-Produced with Sony Pictures Networks
28	2016	Udta Punjab	Abhishek Chaubey	Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Diljit Dosanjh	Romance Drama	Co-Produced with Phantom Films
29	2016	Great Grand Masti	Indra Kumar	Vivek Oberoi, Ritesh Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani, Urvashi Rautela	Adult Comedy
30	2016	A Flying Jatt	Remo D'souza	Tiger Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez	Superhero, Romance
31	2017	Half Girlfriend	Mohit Suri	Arjun Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor	Romance
32	2017	Super Singh	Anurag Singh	Diljit Dosanjh, Sonam Bajwa	Superhero, Drama	Punjabi film Co-produced with Brat Films
33	2018	Veere Di Wedding	Shashanka Ghosh	Kareena Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar, Shikha Talsania, Sumeet Vyas	Comedy-drama	Co-produced with Anil Kapoor Films
34	2018	Laila Majnu	Sajid Ali	Mir Sarwar, Avinash Tiwary, Tripti Dimri, Ruchika Kapoor	Romance, Drama	Co-production with PI Pictures[36]
35	2019	Judgementall Hai Kya	Prakash Kovelamudi	Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao	Comedy, Thriller	Co-produced with Karma Media and Entertainment and ALT Entertainment
36	2019	Jabariya Jodi	Prashant Singh	Sidharth Malhotra, Parineeti Chopra	Romance, Comedy	Co-produced with Karma Media and Entertainment and ALT Entertainment
37	2019	Dream Girl	Raaj Shaandilyaa	Ayushman Khurrana, Nushrat Bharucha	Comedy, Humour	Co-produced with ALT Entertainment and Zee Studios

Upcoming films

No.	Year	Title	Director(s)	Cast	Genre	Notes
1	2020	Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare	Alankrita Shrivastava	Konkona Sen Sharma, Bhumi Pednekar	Comedy, Satire	Premiered at the 24th Busan International Film Festival on 4 October 2019.[37]
2	2020	KTina	Ashima Chibber	Disha Patani	Comedy	Filming[38]
3	2020	Pagglait	Umesh Bist	Sanya Malhotra	Comedy	Filming[39]
4	2021	Shararara	Anees Bazmee	Vicky Kaushal, Sara Ali Khan	Comedy	Pre-Production[40]
5	2021	Ek Villian 2	Mohit Suri	John Abraham , Aditya Roy Kapur, Tara Sutaria, Disha Patani	Suspense	Scripting[41]
6	2021	Untitled Ma Remake	Prakash Kovelamudi	TBA	Psychological horror	Scripting
7	2021	Veere Di Wedding 2	Shashanka Ghosh	Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Swara Bhaskar, Shikha Talsania and Sumeet Vyas	Comedy Drama	Scripting

Film distribution

Year	Film	Director	Notes
2007	Darling	Ram Gopal Varma
2008	Bhool Bhulaiyaa	Priyadarshan
2008	Sarkar Raj	Ram Gopal Varma
2013	Vishwaroop	Kamal Haasan
2017	Lipstick Under My Burkha	Alankrita Shrivastava

Awards & ceremonies

• The Global Indian Film and TV Honours

References

1. "Box Office Report of 2001". Archived from the original on 18 January 2013.
2. Television Queen Ekta Kapoor flops at Box-office
3. "Kya Kool grossess Rs 21.5 crores". Archived from the original on 30 June 2012.
4. "Kya Kool in 3 Top hits of 2005". Archived from the original on 30 April 2013.
5. "Shoot Out is the biggest hit of Balaji till date".
6. "Box Office report of Shootout At Lokhandwala".
7. C Kkompany flops at Indian Box-office
8. "Mission Istanbul fails at Box Office".
9. "Balaji acquires Priyadarshan's Bhool Bhulaiyaa".
10. "Balaji acquires Ram Gopal's Sarkar Raj".
11. "Ekta to produce up a different film". Archived from the original on 13 May 2013.
12. "LSD a rare to see hit film".
13. "Once Upon a Time is Superhit". Archived from the original on 7 August 2010.
14. Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai markks successful re-entry of Balaji
15. The return of Ekta Kapoor
16. A Brand called Ekta Kapoor
17. "Ekta's next in Marathi". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013.
18. "Ekta's Taryanche Bait takes Extraordinary opening".
19. "Ekta's marathi venture bags top accolades".
20. "Lifetime Box-office collection of Shor in the City".
21. "Review:Shor in the City is a terrific Film". Archived from the original on 21 September 2012.
22. "Sunny Leone signed for Ragini MMS 2". Archived from the original on 15 July 2012.
23. Review:Shootout At Wadala- The Times of India
24. Lootera is a terrific gem - Taran Adarsh
25. Lootera is an absolute masterpiece - Raja Sen
26. Lootera is Lovesaga of yore - Meena Iyer, The Times of India
27. Lifetime collections and Economics of Lootera
28. Once Upon Ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara: Another film to hit the jackpot?
29. Anupama Chopra's review: Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobaara!
30. Box office collextions Jan to April 2014 Archived 8 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
31. Ragini MMS 2 is one of the major commercial success of 2014
32. Main Tera Hero is the masala entertainer of 2014 - Taran Adarsh
33. Ek Villain is stylish and a sure-shot winner - Taran Adarsh
34. Ek Villain is first for Balaji to enter 100 crore club
35. Ek Villain makes 49.75 crore share for its distributors
36. Balaji Motion Pictures next Laila Majnu with Imtiyaz Ali
37. "Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare: Konkona, Bhumi's movie to have world premiere at Busan International Film Festival- Entertainment News, Firstpost". Firstpost. 5 September 2019.
38. "Disha Patani starts shooting for KTina. Is she playing Ekta Kapoor? See first look". India Today. 25 October 2019.
39. "Two powerful producers. One heartwarming tale. Ekta Kapoor and Guneet Monga join hands for #Pagglait starring Sanya Malhotra. Directed by Umesh Bist, the first schedule of the film kickstarted in Lucknow!". Balaji Motion Pictures on Twitter. 21 November 2019.
40. "Sara Ali Khan to romance Vicky Kaushal in Anees Bazmee's next produced by Ekta Kapoor".
41. "Arjun Kapoor roped in for the sequel of Ek Villian".

External links

• Balaji Motion Pictures on Facebook
• Balaji Motion Pictures on Twitter
• Balaji Motion Pictures on Instagram
• Balaji Motion Pictures on YouTube
• Balaji Motion Pictures on IMDb