Viacom18 Studios

Viacom18 Studios, a subsidiary of Viacom 18 (a Paramount Networks EMEAA and Network 18 joint venture) based in Mumbai, is one of the first studio model based motion picture & content production business in India, with an operation that involves acquisition, production, syndication, marketing and worldwide distribution of full-length feature films as well as digital only films, web series, short films. Due to Viacom owning half the company, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures also distributes films from Paramount Pictures in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka since 2011 starting with Transformers: Dark of the Moon.[2][3]

Viacom18 Studios
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryFilm
Founded2006 (2006) in Mumbai
HeadquartersMumbai, India[1]
Key people
Ajit Andhare (COO)
ParentViacom 18
Websitewww.viacom18movies.com

Filmography

Films produced
Year Film Director Notes
2008 Singh Is Kinng Anees Bazmee
2009 London Dreams Vipul Amrutlal Shah
2011 Tanu Weds Manu Aanand L. Rai
Pyaar Ka Punchnama Luv Ranjan
Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap Puri Jagannadh
Speedy Singhs Robert Lieberman English film, Dubbed in Hindi language.
2012 Players Abbas-Mustan Remake of 1969 British film The Italian Job
Kahaani Sujoy Ghosh
Blood Money Vishal Mahadkar
Bittoo Boss Supavitra Babul
Department Ram Gopal Varma
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 Anurag Kashyap First Installment of Gangs of Wasseypur
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 Anurag Kashyap Second Installment of Gangs of Wasseypur
OMG – Oh My God! Umesh Shukla Based on the 2001 Australian film The Man Who Sued God and the storyline is based on Gujarati Stage play Kanji Virudh Kanji
Aiyyaa Sachin Kundalkar
Keymon & Nani In Space Adventure DQ Entertainment Animated Film[4]
Son of Sardaar Ashwni Dhir Remake of Telugu film Maryada Ramanna
2013 Inkaar Sudhir Mishra
Special 26 Neeraj Pandey Based on the 1987 Opera House heist in Mumbai, Maharashtra
Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns Tigmanshu Dhulia Second Installment of Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster
Chasme Baddoor David Dhawan Remake of 1981 Bollywood film Chashme Buddoor
Bombay Talkies Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap Anthology film
Zapatlela 2 Mahesh Kothare Based on the Don Mancini's Hollywood movie Child's Play. Shoted in 3D in First time in Marathi Cinema.[5][6]
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Life of an Indian Athlete Milkha Singh
Madras Cafe Shoojit Sircar Debut film of Bollywood South Indian actress Raashi Khanna
Boss Anthony D'Souza Remake of 2010 Malayalam film Pokkiri Raja
Bhaji in Problem Smeep Kang Punjabi film
What the Fish Gurmeet Singh
2014 One By Two Devika Bhagat
The Royal Bengal Tiger Neeraj Pandey Based on the Chuck Palahniuk's English Novel Fight Club
Queen Vikas Bahl Remade in Kannada as Butterfly and in Telugu as That Is Mahalakshmi and in Tamil as Paris Paris and in Malayalam as Zam Zam
Manjunath Sandeep A. Based on the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow graduate Shanmugam Manjunath who was killed in Lakhimpur Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh in November 2005
Mary Kom Omung Kumar Based on the life of Indian Boxer Mary Kom.
Gollu Aur Pappu Kabir Sadanand
Mumbai Delhi Mumbai Satish Rajwade Remake of 2010 Marathi film Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai
Margarita with a Straw Shonali Bose
2015 Rahasya Manish Gupta
Dharam Sankat Mein Fuwad Khan Remake of 2010 British film The Infidel
Manjhi – The Mountain Man Ketan Mehta Based on the life of Mountain Man Dashrath Manjhi Jointly produced by NFDC India
Time Out Rikhil Bahadur
Black Raja Chanda Indo-Bangladesh film
2016 Santa Banta Pvt Ltd Akashdeep Sahir
Budhia Singh – Born to Run Soumendra Padhi Based on the Life of India's Youngest Marathon Runner Budhia Singh
Photocopy Vijay Maurya Marathi Film, co-production with Neha Rajpal Productions[7]
Motu Patlu: King of Kings Suhas D. Kadav Animated Film
2017 Rangoon Vishal Bhardwaj Based on the life and times of Mary Ann Evans aka Fearless Nadia
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Shree Narayan Singh
Lucknow Central Nikkhil Adwani Based on the Bengali film Muktodhara
Aval (The House Next Door) in Hindi Milind Rau Released in Tamil, Hindi languages and dubbed in Telugu as Gruham[8]
2018 Padmaavat Sanjay Leela Bhansali Based on the epic poem of the same name by Malik Muhammad Jayasi
Aapla Manus Satish Rajwade Marathi film, A film adaptation of the Marathi play Katkon Trikon by Dr Vivek Bele
Manto Nandita Das Based on the Prominent Urdu Novelist Saadat Hasan Manto.
Baazaar Gauravv K. Chawla
2019 Bhai: Vyakti Ki Valli Mahesh Manjrekar Based on the life of Marathi writer and humorist Pu La Deshpande
Thackeray Abhijit Panse Based on the life of Shiv Sena Party leader Bal Thackeray, Released in Hindi, Marathi languages
Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel B. Unnikrishnan Malayalam film
Romeo Akbar Walter Robbie Grewal
Manmadhudu 2 Rahul Ravindran Telugu film, Sequal of 2002 film Manmadhudu, Remake of 2006 French film I Do
Motichoor Chaknachoor Debamitra Biswal
The Body Jeethu Joseph Remake of 2012 Spanish film The Body. It was Already remade in 2016 Tamil-Kannada film Game and Oru Melliya Kodu
Thambi Jeethu Joseph Tamil film
2020 Shimla Mirchi Ramesh Sippy
Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal Desingh Periyasamy
Krishna and His Leela Ravikanth Perepu
2021 Zam Zam G. Neelakanta Reddy Malayalam film, Remake of 2014 Bollywood film Queen
Butterfly Ramesh Aravind Kannada film, Remake of 2014 Bollywood film Queen
That Is Mahalakshmi Prasanth Varma Telugu film, Remake of 2014 Bollywood film Queen
Drishyam 2: The Resumption Jeethu Joseph Malayalam film, Sequel of 2013 film Drishyam
Sarbath Prabhakaran Tamil film
Sardar Udham Shoojit Sircar Based on the life of Indian Freedom fighter Udham Singh Kamboj
Bhramam Ravi K. Chandran Remake of 2018 Bollywood film Andhadhun
2022 Hey Sinamika Brinda Tamil film
Laal Singh Chaddha Advait Chandan Remake of 1994 Hollywood film Forrest Gump. Debut film of Telugu film actor Naga Chaitanya.
Govinda Nama Mera Shashank Khaitan
Gehraiyaan Shakun Batra
Shabaash Mithu Srijit Mukherji Based on the life of current Test and ODI captain of the India women's national cricket team, Mithali Raj
2023 Fighter Siddharth Anand [9]
Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani Karan Johar

Films distributed
Year Film Director Production Company Notes
2007 Kya Love Story Hai Lovely Singh Adlabs Films
Jab We Met Imtiaz Ali Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision
Awarapan Mohit Suri Viacom18 Motion Pictures Remake of South Korean film A Bittersweet Life
Namastey London Vipul Amrutlal Shah Adlabs Films Ltd
Blockbuster Movie Entertainers		 Based on a true life story of Akshay Kumar's friend
2008 Dil Kabaddi Anil Sharma Viacom18 Motion Pictures
Little Zizou Sooni Taraporevala Viacom18 Motion Pictures
2009 Short Kut Neeraj Vora Anil Kapoor Film Company Remake of Malayalam movie Udayananu Tharam
Luck Soham Shah Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Adaptation of 2001 Spanish thriller film Intacto
Life Partner Rumi Jaffery Burmawala Partners
Road, Movie Dev Benegal August Entertainment
2010 Striker Chandan Arora Viacom18 Motion Pictures
Hum Tum Aur Ghost Kabeer Kaushik Shooting Star Films Remake of 2008 Hollywood film Ghost Town, Inspired from the Hollywood films The Sixth Sense (1999), Heart and Souls (1993)
2011 Tanu Weds Manu Aanand L. Rai Soundrya Production Remade in Telugu as Mr. Pellikoduku
Shaitan Bejoy Nambiar Viacom18 Motion Pictures Based on the 2007 Murder of Adnan Patrawala
Loot Rajnish Raj Thakur Viacom18 Motion Pictures Remake of 2003 Hollywood film Crime Spree
2012 Players Abbas-Mustan Viacom18 Motion Pictures Remake of 1969 British film The Italian Job
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 Anurag Kashyap Viacom18 Motion Pictures Second Sequel of Gangs of Wasseypur
2013 Luv U Soniyo Joe Rajan Viacom18 Motion Pictures
2014 Anaamika Sekhar Kammula Viacom18 Motion Pictures Remake of 2012 Bollywood film Kahaani
2015 Drishyam Nishikant Kamat Viacom18 Motion Pictures Remake of 2013 Malayalam film Drishyam
Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 Luv Ranjan Viacom18 Motion Pictures Second Installment of Pyaar Ka Punchnama
Nanak Shah Fakir Sartaj Singh Pannu Viacom18 Motion Pictures Punjabi film
2016 Force 2 Abhinay Deo Viacom18 Motion Pictures Second Installment of Force
Ki & Ka R. Balki Eros International
2018 Andhadhun Sriram Raghavan Viacom18 Motion Pictures
Jalebi: The Everlasting Taste of Love Pushpdeep Bhardwaj Viacom18 Motion Pictures Remake of 2016 Bengali film Praktan
Raid Raj Kumar Gupta Viacom18 Motion Pictures
2020 Hurdang Nikhil Nagesh Viacom18 Studios
2022 Cobra R. Ajay Gnanamuthu Viacom18 Studios Tamil Film
Jug Jugg Jeeyo Raj Mehta Viacom18 Studios

Web series
Year Title Language Network Notes Ref(s)
2021 Ray Hindi Netflix [10]

References
  1. "Viacom 18 Motion Pictures". www.viacom18.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  2. "Viacom 18 Motion Pictures to Distribute Films From Paramount Pictures in India". www.screendaily.com. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  3. "Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Paramount Pictures Team Up For Indian Distribution". www.bollywoodhungama.com. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  4. "Nick's Keymon Ache to make its theatrical debut on 9 November". 6 November 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  5. Phadke, Aparna (6 June 2013). "Don't blame the audience for poor run of Marathi films in Vidarbha: Mahesh Kothare". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  6. Kulkarni, Pooja (1 October 2012). "M-Town is ready to scare with 'Zapatlela 2'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  7. "Viacom announces the release date of its Marathi rom com PHOTO COPY". 26 May 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  8. "Mani Ratnam isn't a fan of horror films: Milind Rau".
  9. "Viacom 18 comes on board as studio partner for Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone starrer Fighter". Bollywood Hungama. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  10. Farzeen, Sana (9 June 2021). "Ray trailer: Netflix's new anthology promises a thrilling, engaging ride". The Indian Express.
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