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Excel Entertainment is an Indian production company, founded by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar in 1999. Based in Mumbai,[1][2] they mainly produce Hindi films. In 2017, they released India's first original series for Amazon Prime Video – Inside Edge, which was nominated for the International Emmy Awards for Best Drama Series.[3]
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| Type | Private limited company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Motion pictures |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Founder | Farhan Akhtar Ritesh Sidhwani |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Farhan Akhtar Ritesh Sidhwani |
| Services | Film production Film distribution |
| Website | Excel Entertainment |
Their first film Dil Chahta Hai[4] received critical acclaim. They won national awards for Dil Chahta Hai and Rock On!!. With movies such as Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara,[5] Don,[6] Fukrey,[7] Raees and Dil Dhadakne Do, Excel is known for its contemporary and diversified characters and style of cinema. Their film Gully Boy was also India's official entry to the 92nd Academy Awards.[8]
Excel Entertainment also produced the Hindi dubbed versions of the 2018 Indian Kannada-language period action K.G.F: Chapter 1 starring Yash and the 2019 Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, an Indian Telugu-language epic action film, starring Chiranjeevi.
Their recently released film was Toofaan starring Farhan Akhtar on Amazon Prime Video. Their upcoming films include K.G.F: Chapter 2 starring Yash and Phone Bhoot starring Katrina Kaif, Ishaan Khatter and Siddhant Chaturvedi. Their upcoming O.T.T. show is Inside Edge Season 3.
FilmsEdit
2001 - 2010Edit
The company’s first production was the critically acclaimed film Dil Chahta Hai in 2001, which marked the directorial debut of Farhan Akhtar. The film received a National Award in the category of Best Feature Film Hindi and also screened at IFFI[9]
The company then went on to produce the war-drama film Lakshya (2004)[10] While Lakshya (2004) was critically acclaimed, it did not fare well at the box office. Excel also produced the film Don (2006),[11] an official remake of Amitabh Bachchan’s Don (1978), which did critically and commercially well. This was followed by Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007), which was directed by Reema Kagti.
They then produced a short film Positive (2007) directed by Farhan Akhtar, which was a part of AIDS JaaGo (AIDS Awake), in a joint initiative of Mira Nair's Mirabai Films, voluntary organizations Avahan and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Excel's next release was Rock On (2008), a musical drama film written and directed by Abhishek Kapoor. The movie received positive to mixed reviews from critics and did well at the box office. It also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and Best Supporting Actor for Arjun Rampal.
This was followed by Zoya Akhtar’s directorial debut film Luck by Chance (2009). The film was well received by some critics, but it again did not do well at the box office.
Excel's next release was Vijay Lalwani’s, psychological thriller film Karthik Calling Karthik (2010) starring Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone, and Ram Kapoor. To indulge and prepare for the role, Farhan Akhtar isolated himself at home and turned off his phone. He also learned to solve the Rubik's Cube, an activity that his character completes in only one try.
2011 - 2015Edit
In 2011, Excel produced an action thriller film Game (2011) directed by Abhinay Deo featuring a large ensemble cast led by Abhishek Bachchan, Kangana Ranaut, Anupam Kher, Boman Irani and Jimmy Sheirgill. Later that year, Zoya Akhtar's Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) film became a critical and commercial success; it starred Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif and Kalki Koechlin. This was followed by Farhan Akhtar’s second installment in the Don series, Don 2 (2011) starring Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani, Om Puri. With a box office gross of over ₹202 Crores, the film was one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time and is the third highest-grossing Indian film of 2011.
Excel's second collaboration with Aamir Khan was Talaash (2012), starring Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Shernaz Patel. This was followed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba’s light comedy film Fukrey (2013) starring Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Manjot Singh, Ali Fazal, Richa Chadda. The film was a sleeper hit and received mixed reviews. The film was also re-released in September 2013 due to public demand.
Excel produced a dark humour film Bangistan (2015) starring Ritesish Deshmukh and Pulkit Samrat. Later that year, the production house produced the social satire family drama film Dil Dhadakne Do (2015) directed by Zoya Akhtar starring Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Anushka Sharma, Anil Kapoor and Shefali Shah. The film grossed ₹1.45 billion at the box office against a budget of ₹830 million, and earned a number of accolades.
2016 - presentEdit
In 2016, Excel produced Nitya Mehra’s romance film Baar Baar Dekho (2016) starring Sidharth Malhotra, Katrina Kaif, as well as Rock On 2 (2016) starring Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Shraddha Kapoor among others.
The company’s first film in 2017 was Rahul Dholakia’s Raees (2017). It featured Shah Rukh Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Mahira Khan. Raees received positive reviews from critics and was a success at Box Office.
This was followed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba’s Fukrey Returns (2017), which was a sequel of the film Fukrey. It received negative reviews.
In 2018, Excel produced a Thriller Drama Film Three Storeys (2018).
After this came Reema Kagti’s historical sports drama Gold (2018) starring Akshay Kumar, Kunal Kapoor, Amit Sadh, Mouni Roy, Vineet Kumar Singh and Sunny Kaushal. The film netted ₹25.25 crores on its opening day, becoming one of the year's biggest opening day releases.
Excel Entertainment then teamed with Anil Thadani and distributed K.G.F:Chapter 1. The movie received a positive response from audiences while critics gave the film mixed reviews. KGF: Chapter 1 on the first day of its release collected ₹25 crores worldwide, which was the highest opening in the Kannada film industry.
February 2019 saw the release of Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy starring Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Vijay Varma, Kalki Koechlin. The movie won a record 13 Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Ranveer Singh), and Best Actress (Alia Bhatt), and became the second film to win all four acting awards. Additionally, the film was India’s official entry for The Academy Awards in 2020 in the Best Foreign Film Category. Gully Boy received positive reviews from critics with praise directed to Akhtar’s direction, Maurya’s dialogue, Ranveer Singh, Siddhant Chaturvedi, and Alia Bhatt for their performances.
In October, Excel distributed the Hindi-dubbed version of Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, starring superstar Chiranjeevi and Amitabh Bachchan, which was originally filmed in Telugu. The movie has also been touted as one of the most expensive films to date with a budget of about ₹ 300 crores. It also boasts of some extravagant VFX shots which promise to be a visual delight.
On 16 July 2021, Toofaan an action sports drama entertainer released on Amazon Prime Video starring Farhan Akhtar, Paresh Rawal, Mrunal Thakur. The film's writing and performances were applauded with boxing sequences too. Bollywood Bubble stated Toofan, literal meaning ‘storm’ lives up to its name in all honestly. It is a film about life and choices.[12]
OTTEdit
In July 2017, Excel pioneered into the OTT sphere with a sports-drama series Inside Edge created by Karan Anshuman starring Vivek Oberoi, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Richa Chadha, Angad Bedi, Tanuj Virwani, Sayani Gupta among others. The series was critically acclaimed for its strong performances and story line. The series was also nominated for the 46th International Emmy Awards in the category for Best Drama Series.
Their second web series was a Crime-Thriller named Mirzapur (2018) created by Karan Anshuman and Puneet Krishna starring Ali Fazal, Vikrant Massey, Pankaj Tripathi, Divyendu Sharma, Shweta Tripathi. The series was well received by audiences, but received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Pankaj Tripathi won the Best-Actor Drama at the iReel Awards for the series.
The TV series Made In Heaven (2019) released in March. The show was created by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti starring Sobhita Dhulipala, Arjun Mathur, Kalki Koechlin, Jim Sarbh among others. The web-series was appreciated heavily by several critics and multiple positive online reviews. The web-series received an award at the ITA awards for the category Best Series Jury Award and prize for the Best Direction.
A show named Fukrey Boyss (2019) was launched on Discovery Kids.
December 2019 saw the release of Karan Anshuman’s Inside Edge season 2. The second season invites viewers to look at cricket much beyond just a game and manifested a huge public demand.
On 23 October 2020, season 2 of Mirzapur released on Amazon Prime Video.
The second collaboration of Farhan Akhtar and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra happened after their first successful film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. An action sports drama entertainer Toofaan released on July 16, 2021 on Amazon Prime Video starring Farhan Akhtar, Paresh Rawal, Mrunal Thakur. The film was directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.[13]
Upcoming projectsEdit
Excel’s next project, Toofaan starring Farhan Akhtar, Paresh Rawal and Mrunal Thakur directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is scheduled to release on 16 July 2021, on Amazon Prime Video.[14]
Phone Bhoot, a horror/comedy is currently being shot and is starring Katrina Kaif, Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ishaan Khatter in the lead roles, directed by Gurmmeet Singh.
On 15 February 2021, Yudhra starring Siddhant Chaturvedi, Malavika Mohanan and Raghav Juyal was announced. The film is helmed by Ravi Udhyavar and is slated to release in Summer 2022.
On 11 August 2021, Jee Le Zaraa starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt was announced. The female-centric road movie will be directed by Farhan Akhtar from a story written by him, Zoya Akhtar, and Reema Kagti.[15]
FilmographyEdit
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| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Cast | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2001 | Dil Chahta Hai | Farhan Akhtar | Ritesh Sidhwani | Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Dimple Kapadia, Sonali Kulkarni | National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi, 7 Filmfare Awards, 7 Screen Awards, 4 IIFA Awards, 2 Zee Cine Awards | [16] |
| 2004 | Lakshya | Farhan Akhtar | Ritesh Sidhwani | Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Om Puri, Boman Irani | National Film Awards for Best Choreography - Mai Aisa Kyun Hoon, 2 Filmfare Awards | |
| 2006 | Don | Farhan Akhtar | Ritesh Sidhwani | Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Arjun Rampal, Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani | Winner of Best Asian Film at Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival | |
| 2007 | Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. | Reema Kagti | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar | Shabana Azmi, Boman Irani, Kay Kay Menon, Raima Sen, Amisha Patel, Karan Khanna, Vikram Chatwal, Sandhya Mridul, Diya Mirza, Ranvir Shorey, Abhay Deol, Minissha Lamba and Arjun Rampal | ||
| Positive | Farhan Akhtar | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar | Arjun Mathur, Shabana Azmi and Boman Irani | Positive was a part of AIDS JaaGo (AIDS Awake), a series of four short films | [17] | |
| 2008 | Rock On!! | Abhishek Kapoor | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar | Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Luke Kenny, Prachi Desai, Shahana Goswami | National Film Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Supporting Actor, 7 Filmfare Awards, 6 Screen Awards, 3 IIFA Awards. | [18] |
| 2009 | Luck by Chance | Zoya Akhtar | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar | Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Isha Sharvani, Juhi Chawla, Sanjay Kapoor, Aly Khan, Sheebha Chadda and Hrithik Roshan | 22 Actors made a guest appearance in the film | |
| 2010 | Karthik Calling Karthik | Vijay Lalwani | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar | Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone | [19] | |
| 2011 | Game | Abhinay Deo | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar | Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Anupam Kher, Jimmy Shergill, Kangana Ranaut, Shahana Goswami, Gauhar Khan and Sarah-Jane Dias | ||
| Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara | Zoya Akhtar | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar | Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif, Kalki Koechlin | National Film Awards for Best Choreography and Best Audiography, 9 IIFA Awards, 7 Filmfare Awards, 6 Star Guild Awards, 4 Zee Cine Awards, 2 Mirchi Music Awards, 2 Screen Awards, 1 Stardust Awards, 1 Big Star Entertainment Awards | ||
| Don 2 | Farhan Akhtar | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, Shah Rukh Khan | Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani, Om Puri, Kunal Kapoor, Lara Dutta | Co-Produced with Red Chillies Entertainment, 2 Filmfare Awards, 2 Producers Film Guild Awards, 2 Screen Awards, 2 Lions Gold Awards, 1 ETC Bollywood Business Awards, 1 Zee Cine Awards | ||
| 2012 | Talaash | Reema Kagti | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, Aamir Khan | Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Shernaz Patel | Co-Produced with Aamir Khan Productions, 1 Mirchi Music Award | [20] |
| 2013 | Fukrey | Mrighdeep Singh Lamba | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar | Pulkit Samrat, Manjot Singh, Ali Fazal, Varun Sharma, Richa Chadda, Priya Anand, Pankaj Tripathi and Vishakha Singh | 1 Screen Award, 1 Star Guild Award | [21] |
| 2015 | Bangistan | Karan Anshuman | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar | Riteish Deshmukh, Pulkit Samrat, Jacqueline Fernandez | [22] | |
| Dil Dhadakne Do | Zoya Akhtar | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar | Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma and Farhan Akhtar | 3 Stardust Awards, 2 Screen Awards, 1 Big Star Entertainment Award, 1 Filmfare Award, 1 IIFA Award, 1 Times of India Film Awards | [23] | |
| 2016 | Baar Baar Dekho | Nitya Mehra | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, Karan Johar | Sidharth Malhotra, Katrina Kaif | Co-Produced with Dharma Productions, 1 Zee Cine Awards | [24] |
| Rock On 2 | Shujaat Saudagar | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar | Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Shraddha Kapoor | [25] | ||
| 2017 | Raees | Rahul Dholakia | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, Gauri Khan | Shah Rukh Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Mahira Khan | Co-Produced with Red Chillies Entertainment, 1 Mirchi Music Award, 1 Screen AWrds, 1 Zee Cine Awards, 1 Indian Recording Arts Awards | [26] |
| Fukrey Returns | Mrighdeep Singh Lamba | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar | Pulkit Samrat, Manjot Singh, Ali Fazal, Varun Sharma, Richa Chadha, Priya Anand, Pankaj Tripathy and Vishakha Singh | [27] | ||
| 2018 | 3 Storeys | Arjun Mukerjee | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, Priya Sreedharan | Pulkit Samrat, Richa Chadda, Renuka Shahane, Masumeh Makhija, Sharman Joshi, Tarun Anand, Ankit Rathi and Aisha Ahmed | [28] | |
| Gold | Reema Kagti | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar | Akshay Kumar, Mouni Roy, Kunal Kapoor, Amit Sadh, Vineet Kumar Singh and Sunny Kaushal | [29] | ||
| K.G.F: Chapter 1 | Prashanth Neel | Vijay Kiragandur | Yash, Srinidhi Shetty, Ramachandra Raju, Archana Jois, Anant Nag, Vasishta N. Simha and Mouni Roy | First Kannada Movie to release in 5 Languages (Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam) | [30] | |
| 2019 | Gully Boy | Zoya Akhtar | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar | Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Vijay Verma, Kalki Koechlin, Vijay Raaz, Amruta Subhash | Co-produced with Tiger Baby Films, The film was selected as the Indian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards,13 Filmfare Awards, 12 Screen Awards, 9 Zee Cine Awards, 1 Mirchi Music Awards | [31][32] |
| Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy | Surender Reddy | Ram Charan, Konidela Production Company | Chiranjeevi, Amitabh Bachchan, Kiccha Sudeep, Jagapathi Babu, Vijay Sethupathi, Nayanthara, Tamannaah Bhatia and Ravi Kishan | [33] | ||
| 2021 | Hello Charlie | Pankaj Saraswat | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar | Jackie Shroff, Aadar Jain, Shlokka Pandit, Elnaaz Norouzi | Released on Amazon Prime Video | [34] |
| Toofaan | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Farhan Akhtar, Paresh Rawal, Mrunal Thakur | Co-Produced with ROMP Pictures Released on Amazon Prime Video |
[35] | |
| 2022 | Sharmaji Namkeen | Hitesh Bhatia | Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani, Honey Trehan, Abhishek Chaubey | Rishi Kapoor, Paresh Rawal | Co-produced with McGuffin Pictures Released on Amazon Prime Video |
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| K.G.F: Chapter 2 | Prashanth Neel | Vijay Kirugandur | Yash, Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon, Srinidhi Shetty | [36] | ||
| Phone Bhoot |
Gurmeet Singh | Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar | Katrina Kaif, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ishaan Khatter | [37] |
SeriesEdit
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2017–Present | Inside Edge |
| 2018–Present | Mirzapur |
| 2019–Present | Made in Heaven |
| 2019–Present | Fukrey Boyzzz[38] |
| 2022 | Eternally Confused and Eager for Love |
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