Reliance Entertainment

Reliance Entertainment Pvt Ltd is an Indian media and entertainment company. It is a division of Reliance Group, handling its media and entertainment business, across content and distribution platforms. The company was founded on 15 February 2005, as two entities, namely Reliance Big Entertainment and BIG Pictures. Four years later the two companies were merged into Reliance BIG Pictures in 2009, and the company's name was changed to Reliance Entertainment the following year.

Reliance Entertainment Pvt Ltd
FormerlyReliance BIG Entertainment (2005–2009), BIG Pictures (2005–2009), Reliance BIG Pictures (2009–2010)
TypeDivision
Industry
Founded15 February 2005 (2005-02-15)
HeadquartersMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Anil Ambani
(Chairman)
Tina Ambani
(Director)
Products
ParentReliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
WebsiteReliance Entertainment

The key content initiatives are across movies, music, sports, gaming, Internet & mobile portals, leading to direct opportunities in delivery across the emerging digital distribution platforms: digital cinema, IPTV, DTH and mobile TV.

Subsidiaries

Current

Former

History
  • Reliance forayed into the largely untapped video rental market in India by launching BIGFlix.[4]
  • The company plans to launch TV Channels.[5]
  • On 15 July 2009, Reliance and Steven Spielberg announced a joint venture with funding of $825 million.[6]
  • Big 92.7 FM launched a radio station in Singapore considering 8% of the population residing there is Indian.[7]
  • On 5 April 2010, Reliance acquired a 50% stake in Codemasters.[8]
  • On 28 May 2010, the company achieved the first ever Hollywood box office market with the release of Kites.
  • Reliance co-produced director Steven Spielberg's film War Horse, which was released worldwide on Christmas Day in 2011. Many other projects from the director also have the company as a producer.[9]
  • In January 2012, it was announced that Reliance DreamWorks movies garnered 11 Oscar nominations.[10]
  • In November 2014, the company announced plans to begin the acquisition process of the North American and European mobile game studios of DreamWorks Studios in early 2015.[11]

Films

Bengali
No Year Name Cast Note(s)
1 2009 Shob Charitro Kalponik Prosenjit Chatterjee, Bipasha Basu, Paoli Dam Relationship Drama Film
2 2010 Abohomaan Jisshu Sengupta, Riya Sen Family Relation Drama Film
3 2013 Ganesh Talkies Biswajit Chakraborty, Raima Sen Family Drama Film
4 Deewana Jeet, Srabanti Chatterjee Remake Of Deepavali
5 Boss: Born to Rule Jeet, Subhashree Ganguly Remake Of Businessman
6 2014 Chotushkone Parambrata Chatterjee, Payel Sarkar Thriller Film
7 Game: He Plays To Win Jeet, Subhashree Ganguly Remake Of Thuppakki
8 Buno Haansh Dev, Srabanti Chatterjee, Tanusree Chakraborty Based On Buno Haansh (Novel)
9 Bachchan Jeet, Aindrita Ray, Payel Sarkar Remake Of Vishnuvardhana
10 Jaatishwar Prosenjit Chatterjee, Swastika Mukherjee Musical Drama Film
11 2015 Ebar Shabor Saswata Chatterjee, Swastika Mukherjee Based On The Detective Story "Rin"
12 2016 Abhimaan Jeet, Subhashree Ganguly, Sayantika Banerjee Remake Of Attarintiki Daredi

Hindi
No Year Name Cast Note(s)
1 2007 Guru Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, R. Madhavan, Vidya Balan, Mithun Chakraborty Drama Film
2 2008 Singh Is Kinng Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif Action Comedy Film
3 Rock On!! Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Prachi Desai Rock Musical Drama Film
4 1920 Rajneesh Duggal, Adah Sharma Horror Film
5 Hulla Rajat Kapoor, Kartika Rane Comedy Film
6 Karzzzz Himesh Reshammiya, Urmila Matondkar Remake Of Karz
7 Ghajini Aamir Khan, Asin Remake Of Ghajini; international distribution only
8 2009 Luck By Chance Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma Drama Film
9 13B: Fear Has a New Address R. Madhavan, Neetu Chandra Psychological Horror Film
10 Kal Kissne Dekha Jackky Bhagnani, Nushrat Bharucha Copied From Next
11 Sikandar R. Madhavan, Parzaan Dastur Crime Drama Film
12 Daddy Cool Suniel Shetty, Kim Sharma Copied From Death At A Funeral Film
13 Do Knot Disturb Govinda, Sushmita Sen Remake Of The Valet
14 Paa Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan Comedy-Drama Film
15 3 Idiots Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor Based On Five Point Someone (Novel)
16 2010 Well Done Abba Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba Remake Of Jau Tithe Khau
17 Aashayein John Abraham, Sonal Sehgal Drama Film
18 Raavan Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Epic Adventure Film
19 Mirch Shreyas Talpade, Raima Sen Drama Film
20 Break Ke Baad Imran Khan, Deepika Padukone Romantic Comedy
21 2011 Shagird Nana Patekar, Anurag Kashyap Action Thriller Film
22 Double Dhamaal Sanjay Dutt, Kangana Ranaut, Arshad Warsi, Riteish Deshmukh, Aashish Chaudhary, Javed Jaffrey, Mallika Sherawat Comedy Film
23 Singham Ajay Devgn, Kajal Aggarwal Remake Of Singam
24 Phhir Rajneesh Duggal, Adah Sharma, Roshni Chopra Romance Thriller Film
25 Aarakshan Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Manoj Bajpayee Drama Film
26 Bodyguard Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor Remake Of Bodyguard
27 Don 2 Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta Action Thriller Film
28 2012 Dangerous Ishhq Rajneesh Duggal, Karisma Kapoor Supernatural Thriller Film
29 1920: The Evil Returns Aftab Shivdasani, Tia Bajpai Horror Film
30 Talaash: The Answer Lies Within Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor Psychological Horror Thriller
31 2013 David Vikram, Tabu Crime Drama Film
32 I, Me Aur Main John Abraham, Prachi Desai, Chitrangada Singh Romantic Comedy Film
33 Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor Based On The Race of My Life; international distribution only
34 Zanjeer Ram Charan, Priyanka Chopra Remake Of Zanjeer
35 Besharam Ranbir Kapoor, Pallavi Sharda Action Comedy Film
36 Commando: A One Man Army Vidyut Jammwal, Pooja Chopra Action Film
37 Sooper Se Ooper Vir Das, Kirti Kulhari Comedy Film
38 Gori Tere Pyaar Mein Imran Khan, Kareena Kapoor Romantic Comedy Film; international distribution only
39 2014 Hasee Toh Phasee Sidharth Malhotra, Parineeti Chopra, Adah Sharma Romantic Comedy Drama Film; international distribution only
40 Total Siyapaa Ali Zafar, Yami Gautam Drama Film
41 Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha Remake Of Thuppakki
42 Bobby Jasoos Ali Fazal, Vidya Balan Comedy-Drama Film
43 Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt Romantic Comedy Film; international distribution only
44 Singham Returns Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Action Film
45 2015 Hawaizaada Ayushmann Khurrana, Pallavi Sharda Inspired By The Biography Of Shivkar Bapuji Talpade
46 Masaan Richa Chadha, Vicky Kaushal, Shweta Tripathi, Sanjay Mishra Drama Film
47 Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha, Sonnalli Seygall, Ishita Raj Sharma, Omkar Kapoor, Sunny Singh Comedy Film; international distribution only
48 2016 1920 London Sharman Joshi, Meera Chopra Horror Film
49 Wazir Farhan Akhtar, Aditi Rao Hydari Crime Thriller Film
50 Ghayal Once Again Sunny Deol, Soha Ali Khan Action Drama Film; co-distribution with PVR Pictures only
51 Rocky Handsome John Abraham, Shruti Haasan Remake Of The Man from Nowhere; international distribution only
52 Te3n Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vidya Balan Remake Of Montage
53 Udta Punjab Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Diljit Dosanjh, Alia Bhatt Black Comedy-Crime Film
54 Raman Raghav 2.0 Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sobhita Dhulipala Neo-Noir Psychological Thriller Film
55 Rustom Akshay Kumar, Ileana D'Cruz, Esha Gupta Based on

K. M. Nanavati vs. State of Maharashtra

56 Parched Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Adil Hussain, Surveen Chawla, Sayani Gupta Drama Film
57 Shivaay Ajay Devgn, Sayyeshaa, Erika Kaar, Abigail Eames, Vir Das, Girish Karnad, Saurabh Shukla Action Thriller Film
58 Dear Zindagi Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt Coming-Of-Age Drama Film
59 Trapped Rajkummar Rao, Geetanjali Thapa Survival Drama Film
60 2017 Running Shaadi Amit Sadh, Taapsee Pannu Romantic Comedy Film
61 Commando 2: The Black Money Trail Vidyut Jammwal, Adah Sharma, Esha Gupta Action Film
62 Naam Shabana Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu Action Spy-Thriller Film
63 Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Akshay Kumar, Bhumi Pednekar Comedy-Drama Film; international distribution only
64 Golmaal Again Ajay Devgn, Parineeti Chopra, Tabu Supernatural Action Comedy Film
65 2018 1921 Karan Kundra, Zareen Khan Horror Film
66 Aiyaary Sidharth Malhotra, Rakul Preet Singh, Pooja Chopra Action Thriller Film
67 Bhavesh Joshi Superhero Harshvardhan Kapoor, Shreiyah Sabharwal Vigilante Action Film; co-distribution with Eros International
68 Vishwaroopam II Kamal Haasan, Andrea Jeremiah Action Film; co-distribution with Rohit Shetty Picturez of Hindi version only
69 Namaste England Arjun Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra Romantic Comedy Film
70 Simmba Ranveer Singh, Sara Ali Khan Inspired From Temper
71 2019 Super 30 Hrithik Roshan, Mrunal Thakur Based On Anand Kumar
72 Saand Ki Aankh Bhumi Pednekar, Taapsee Pannu Biopical Drama Film
73 Commando 3 Vidyut Jammwal, Adah Sharma, Angira Dhar Action Film
74 Panipat Arjun Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Kriti Sanon Epic War Film
75 2020 Love Aaj Kal Kartik Aaryan, Sara Ali Khan, Randeep Hooda Romantic Drama Film
76 2021 The Girl on the Train Parineeti Chopra, Aditi Rao Hydari, Avinash Tiwary, Kirti Kulhari Mystery thriller film; distributed by Netflix
77 Sooryavanshi Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif Action film
78 83 Ranveer Singh, Tahir Raj Bhasin , Pankaj Tripathi Based on 1983 Cricket World Cup
79 2022 Cirkus Ranveer Singh, Pooja Hegde, Jacqueline Fernandez Based on The Comedy of Errors
80 Goodbye Amitabh Bachchan, Rashmika Mandanna Filming[12]
81 Vikram Veda Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan and Radhika Apte Filming
82 Untitled Jai Khatri film Jai Khatri

Punjabi
No Year Name Cast Note(s)
1 2012 Ajj De Ranjhe Aman Dhaliwal, Gurleen Chopra Drama Film

Tamil
No Year Film Cast Note(s)
1 2009 Yavarum Nalam R. Madhavan, Neetu Chandra Psychological Horror Film
2 2010 Singam Suriya, Anushka Shetty Action Film
3 2011 Yuvan Yuvathi Bharath, Rima Kallingal Romantic Film
4 Osthe Silambarasan, Richa Gangopadhyay Remake Of Dabangg
5 2012 Naan Ee Sudeep, Samantha Akkineni, Nani Fantasy Action Film
6 2013 David Vikram, Jiiva, Isha Sharvani Drama Film; bilingual film
7 2016 Irudhi Suttru R. Madhavan, Ritika Singh Sports Action-Drama Film
8 2019 Dev Karthi, Rakul Preet Singh Based On Road Adventure
9 NGK Suriya, Rakul Preet Singh Political Action Film
10 Game Over Taapsee Pannu Psychological Thriller Film
11 2021 Aelay Samuthirakani Comedy Drama film
12 Mandela Yogi Babu Comedy Drama film
13 Jagame Thandhiram Dhanush Action Thriller film

Telugu
No Year Name Cast Genre(s)
1 2009 Saleem Vishnu Manchu, Ileana D'Cruz Drama Film
2 2011 Money Money, More Money Brahmanandam Comedy Drama Film
3 2012 Devudu Chesina Manushulu Ravi Teja, Ileana D'Cruz Fantasy-Action Comedy
4 Adhinayakudu Nandamuri Balakrishna, Raai Laxmi Telugu Action Drama Film
5 2013 Attarintiki Daredi Pawan Kalyan, Samantha Akkineni, Pranitha Subhash Comedy Drama Film
6 Toofan Ram Charan, Priyanka Chopra Remake of Zanjeer; bilingual
7 Sahasam Gopichand, Taapsee Pannu
8 Bhai Nagarjuna, Richa Gangopadhyay Action Drama Film
9 2014 Manam Nagarjuna, ANR, Naga Chaitanya, Samantha Akkineni, Shriya Saran Fantasy-Drama Film
10 Jump Jilani Allari Naresh, Isha Chawla, Swathi Deekshith Comedy Drama Film; Remake of Kalakalappu
11 2016 Nannaku Prematho N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Rakul Preet Singh Action Thriller Film
12 2019 Game Over Taapsee Pannu Psychological Thriller Film

Kannada
No Year Name Cast Note(s)
1 2010 Ijjodu Aniruddha Jatkar, Meera Jasmine Drama Film
2 2015 Rana Vikrama Puneeth Rajkumar, Anjali, Adah Sharma Action Thriller Film

Malayalam
No Year Name Cast Note(s)
1 2010 Kutty Srank Mammootty, Kamalinee Mukherjee Drama Film

English
No Year Name Cast Note(s)
1 2010 Tucker & Dale vs. Evil Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk
2 Kites Hrithik Roshan, Bárbara Mori Romantic Action Thriller Film
3 Skyline Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson Indian distribution only[13]
4 The Fighter Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture; Indian distribution only[13]
5 2011 I Am Number Four Alex Pettyfer, Teresa Palmer Based On I Am Number Four (Novel)
6 The Help Jessica Chastain Based On The Help (Novel)
7 Fright Night Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots Remake Of Fright Night
8 War Horse David Thewlis, Emily Watson War Horse (novel)
9 Scream 4 David Arquette, Neve Campbell Indian distribution only
10 Foster Toni Collette, Ioan Gruffudd
11 Cowboys & Aliens Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford
12 2012 Safe Jason Statham, Catherine Chan Indian distribution only[13]
13 People Like Us Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks Drama Film
14 Dredd Karl Urban, Lena Headey Based on the 2000 AD comic strip Judge Dredd and its eponymous character created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra[14][15]
15 Lincoln Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field Inspired From Team of Rivals (Book)[16]
16 2013 The Last Stand Arnold Schwarzenegger, Johnny Knoxville Indian distribution only[13]
17 Bullet to the Head Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang
18 Rush Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl
19 The Fifth Estate Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl Based On Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy (Book)
20 Delivery Man Vince Vaughn, Cobie Smulders Remake Of Starbuck
21 Walking with Dinosaurs Justin Long, John Leguizamo Inspired by Walking with Dinosaurs[17]
22 2014 Need for Speed Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots Inspired by Need for Speed (Game)
23 The Hundred-Foot Journey Om Puri, Helen Mirren Based On The Hundred-Foot Journey (Novel)
24 2015 Bridge of Spies Tom Hanks, Amy Ryan Historical Drama Film
25 2016 The BFG Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill Based On The BFG by Roald Dahl (Novel))
26 The Girl On The Train Justin Theroux, Emily Blunt Based On The Girl On The Train (Novel)
27 Office Christmas Party Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn Comedy Film
28 2017 Viceroy's House Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson Historical Drama Film
29 A Dog's Purpose KJ Apa, Britt Robertson Based On A Dog's Purpose (Novel)
30 Ghost In The Shell Pilou Asbæk, Scarlett Johansson Based On Ghost in the Shell
31 Thank You for Your Service Miles Teller, Haley Bennett Based On Thank You for Your Service (Book)
32 2018 Entebbe Daniel Brühl, Rosamund Pike Indian distribution only[13]
33 The House with a Clock in Its Walls Jack Black, Cate Blanchett Based On The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Novel)
34 Green Book Mahershala Ali, Viggo Mortensen Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture; Indian, Pakistani and Indonesian distribution only, re-released in India on 1 March 2019[18]
35 2019 A Dog's Journey Henry Lau, Marg Helgenberger Based On A Dog's Journey (Book)
36 1917 George MacKay, Claire Duburcq War Film
37 2020 Come Play Gillian Jacobs, John Gallagher Jr., Azhy Robertson, Winslow Fegley Based On Larry (Short Film)
38 2021 Finch Tom Hanks, Caleb Landry Jones

French
No Year Name Cast Note(s)
31 2017 To the Top Kev Adams, Vincent Elbaz Comedy-drama film

Web series and TV

One of its subsidiaries, Phantom Films run by the likes of Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap is actively contributing to web series. They are currently developing two more web series for Amazon; Stardust and Vish Puri, the former being directed by Motwane himself and the latter will be helmed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwary.

Big Synergy, its other subsidiary, was responsible for shows like Bose: Dead/Alive with ALTBalaji and Yay kay hua Bro with Voot.

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