Excel Entertainment

Excel Entertainment
Type	Private Limited
Industry	Feature films, Television commercials
Founded	1999
Headquarters	Mumbai, India
Key people	Ritesh Sidhwani; Farhan Akhtar
Website	Official Website

Excel Entertainment is an Indian film studio based in Mumbai. It was created by Farhan Akhtar, and Ritesh Sidhwani in 1999. The two have gone on to create several films under Excel's banner.

PersonalitiesEdit

Farhan AkhtarEdit

Faran Akhtar is the son of very well known scriptwriter, poet and lyricist, Javed Akhtar and renowned screenplay writer, Honey Irani. He is also the grandson of Urdu poet, Jan Nisar Akhtar. His stepmother is actress Shabana Azmi.

Ritesh SidhwaniEdit

He played a key role in his family's business, Marlex, India's largest home appliance company.

Feature filmsEdit

Year	Film	Director	Cast	Notes
2001	Dil Chahta Hai	Farhan Akhtar	Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, Dimple Kapadia	Filmfare Award - Best Film (critics) National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
2004	Lakshya	Farhan Akhtar	Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta
2006	Don	Farhan Akhtar	Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Arjun Rampal, Kareena Kapoor, Isha Koppikar
2006	Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.	Reema Kagti	Amisha Patel, Shabana Azmi, Boman Irani, Kay Kay Menon, Raima Sen	Ensemble cast
2007	Positive	Farhan Akhtar	Arjun Mathur, Shabana Azmi, Boman Irani	Short film
2008	Rock On!!	Abhishek Kapoor	Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Luke Kenny
2009	Luck by Chance	Zoya Akhtar	Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Isha Sharvani, Juhi Chawla	Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director
2010	Karthik Calling Karthik	Vijay Lalwani	Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone
2011	Game	Abhinay Deo	Abhishek Bachchan, Sarah-Jane Dias, Boman Irani, Anupam Kher, Kangana Ranaut
	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara	Zoya Akhtar	Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif, Kalki Koechlin	Filmfare Award - Best Film
	Don 2	Farhan Akhtar	Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani, Om Puri, Kunal Kapoor
2012	Talaash	Reema Kagti	Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor Khan	Co-produced with Aamir Khan Productions
2013	Fukrey	Mrighdeep Singh Lamba	Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Manjot Singh, Ali Fazal, Richa Chadda, Priya Anand, Vishakha Singh
2015	Bangistan	Karan Anshuman	Riteish Deshmukh, Pulkit Samrat
2015	Dil Dhadakne Do	Zoya Akhtar	Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Anushka Sharma, Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah
2016	Baar Baar Dekho	Nitya Mehra	Sidharth Malhotra, Katrina Kaif	Co-produced with Dharma Productions
2016	Rock On!! 2	Shujaat Saudagar	Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Shraddha Kapoor
2017	Raees	Rahul Dholakia	Shahrukh Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Mahira Khan	Co-produced with Red Chillies Entertainment
2017	Fukrey Returns	Mrighdeep Singh Lamba	Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Manjot Singh, Ali Fazal, Richa Chadda
2018	3 Storeys	Arjun Mukerjee	Richa Chadha, Sharman Joshi, Pulkit Samrat, Renuka Shahane^[1]
	Gold	Reema Kagti	Akshay Kumar, Kunal Kapoor, Amit Sadh, Mouni Roy^[2]
	Gully Boy	Zoya Akhtar	Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt

SeriesEdit

Series	Aired	Production partner	Original network	Cast	Notes
Inside Edge	2017	Amazon Studios	Amazon Prime Video	Vivek Oberoi, Richa Chadha, Angad Bedi, Tanuj Virwani, Sayani Gupta, Sanjay Suri	Amazon Prime Video’s first Indian original series ^[3]^[4]

Crew working under Excel EntertainmentEdit

DirectorsEdit

The following directors work under the Excel Entertainment Films banner:

Reema Kagti -
- Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007)
- Talaash (2012)
- Gold (2018)
Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On!!(2008)
Zoya Akhtar -
- Luck by Chance (2009),
- Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)
- Dil Dhadakne Do (2015)
Vijay Lalwani - Karthik Calling Karthik (2010)
Abhinay Deo - Game (2011)
Farhan Akhtar -
- Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
- Lakshya (2004)
- Don: The Chase Begins Again (2006)
- Don 2 (2011)
Karan Anshuman -
- Bangistan (2015)
- Inside Edge (2017 TV series)
Nitya Mehra - Baar Baar Dekho (2016)
Shujaat Saudagar - Rock On 2 (2016)
Rahul Dholakia - Raees (2017)
Mrighdeep Singh Lamba -
- Fukrey (2013)
- Fukrey Returns (2017)

Music DirectorsEdit

The trio of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have scored music for all the films by Excel Entertainment Films, except for Reema Kagti's films and Farhan Akhtar's short film Positive. They are listed below:

Ram Sampath -
- Positive
- Game (2011) (Background score only)
- Talaash (2012)
- Fukrey (2013)
- Bangistan (2015)
- Raees (2017)
MIDIval Punditz
- Don: The Chase Begins Again (2006) (Background score and single)
- Karthik Calling Karthik (2010) (Background score and remix)
Vishal-Shekhar - Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007)
Arko, Badshah, Bilal Saeed, Amaal Mallik, and Jasleen Royal - Baar Baar Dekho (2016)
JAM8 - Raees (2017)

ReferencesEdit

^ "3 Storeys: Here's the motion poster for Pulkit Samrat's new film, produced by Farhan Akhtar". hindustantimes. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
^ "Check out Akshay Kumar's 'Gold' look for Reema Kagti's next". DNA India. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
^ "Amazon Unveils First Indian Original Series 'Inside Edge'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
^ "Amazon web series 'Inside Edge' turns the murky side of Indian cricket inside out". Retrieved 11 September 2017.

External linksEdit

Excel Entertainment
Excel Entertainment on IMDbPro (subscription required)

[1] "3 Storeys: Here's the motion poster for Pulkit Samrat's new film, produced by Farhan Akhtar". hindustantimes. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

[2] "Check out Akshay Kumar's 'Gold' look for Reema Kagti's next". DNA India. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

[3] "Amazon Unveils First Indian Original Series 'Inside Edge'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

[4] "Amazon web series 'Inside Edge' turns the murky side of Indian cricket inside out". Retrieved 11 September 2017.

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