JAR Pictures

Jar Pictures
Company typePrivate
IndustryMotion picture
Founded2011
FounderAjay G. Rai
Alan McAlex
Headquarters
ProductsFilm production
Websitewww.jarpictures.com

JAR Pictures is an Indian motion picture production company based in Mumbai. The company was founded in 2011 by Bollywood producers Ajay G. Rai and Alan McAlex.[1] Jar Pictures is mostly known for making independent films. Jar Pictures also provides production services to leading studios in India.

Jar Pictures' Liar's Dice was India's Official Entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the 87th Academy Awards.[2][3]

History

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Jar Pictures was formerly known as Jar Entertainment, a company wholly owned by Ajay G. Rai. Ajay met Alan McAlex while working on the film Thank you (2011) where Ajay was the Executive Producer and Alan was the line producer. They decided to collaborate and Jar Pictures was formed.

Filmography

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Films produced by Jar Pictures

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Year Film Director Other notes
2012 Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 Anurag Kashyap Co-production with Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Tipping Point Films, AKFPL, Phantom Films, Elle Driver, and Bohra Bros
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 Anurag Kashyap Co-production with Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Tipping Point Films, AKFPL, Phantom Films, and Bohra Bros
Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana Sameer Sharma Co-production with UTV Spotboy and AKFPL
2013 I.D. Kamal K.M. Co-production with Collective Phase One
Vakratunda Mahakaaya Punarvasu Naik
Mastram Akhilesh Jaiswal Co-production with Bohra Bros
2014 Njan Steve Lopez (I Am Steve Lopez) Rajeev Ravi
Liar's Dice Geetu Mohandas Co-production with Unplugged and Hubert Bals Fund, India's official entry to the 87th Academy Awards
2015 Killa (The Fort) Avinash Arun
Nil Battey Sannata Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari Co-production with Eros International, Colour Yellow Productions, and Opticus Inc
2017 Gurgaon Shanker Raman Co-production with Hashtag Film Studios and M R Filmworks
Qarib Qarib Singlle Tanuja Chandra Co-production with Zee Studios
2018 Once Again Kanwal Sethi
Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3 Tigmanshu Dhulia Co-production with Raju Chadha Films and Rahul Mittra Films
2019 Moothon Geetu Mohandas
Hummingbird Ajitpal Singh
River Song Sange Dorjee Thongdok
Chaar Pandrah Saif Baidya
2020 Bamfaad Ranjan Chandel Distributed by ZEE5
London Confidential Kanwal Sethi
Choked Anurag Kashyap Co-production with Good Bad Films, distributed by Netflix
2021 Lahore Confidential Kunal Kohli Distributed by ZEE5
2023 Sergeant Prawaal Raman Co-production with Jio Studios, distributed by JioCinema

Film Production Services by Jar Pictures

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Year Film Director Studio Other notes
2009 Gulaal Anurag Kashyap
2011 No One Killed Jessica Rajkumar Gupta UTV SpotBoy (Credited as Jar Entertainment)
7 Khoon Maaf Vishal Bhardwaj UTV SpotBoy
VB Pictures
(Credited as Jar Entertainment)
Thank you Anees Bazmee UTV Motion Pictures (Credited as Jar Entertainment)
Chillar Party Nitesh Tiwari
Vikas Bahl
UTV SpotBoy (Credited as Jar Entertainment)
Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Tigmanshu Dhulia
2013 Kai Po Che! Abhishek Kapoor UTV Motion Pictures
2014 Bhoothnath Returns Nitesh Tiwari B R Films
2015 Talvar Meghna Gulzar Junglee Pictures
Fitoor Abhishek Kapoor UTV Motion Pictures
2016 Rocky Handsome Nishikant Kamat T-Series
Madaari Nishikant Kamat Pooja Entertainment
2017 Simran (film) Hansal Mehta T-Series
Mukkabaaz Anurag Kashyap Eros International
2018 Mental Hai Kya Prakash Kovelamudi Balaji Motion Pictures
2020 Choked Anurag Kashyap Good Bad Films
2023 Sergeant Prawaal Raman JioCinema
2024 Jo Tera Hai Woh Mera Hai Raj Trivedi JioCinema

OTT

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Year Title Creator(s) Network Other notes
2021 Grahan Shailendra Kumar Jha Hotstar
2022 London Files Sachin Pathak Voot

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Jar Pictures funded India's official entry to Oscar 'Liar's Dice'". Archived from the original on 25 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Geethu Mohandas' 'Liar's Dice' is India's official entry to the Oscars". CNN-IBN. 23 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Oscars: India Selects 'Liar's Dice' for Foreign-Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  4. ^ "62nd National Film Awards for 2014 (Press Release)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
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