Reliance Entertainment

Reliance Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
FormerlyReliance BIG Entertainment (2005–2009), BIG Pictures (2005–2009), Reliance BIG Pictures (2009–2010)[citation needed]
Company typeDivision
Industry
Founded15 February 2005; 19 years ago (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

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.[citation needed]

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.[5]
  • The company plans to launch TV Channels.[6]
  • On 15 July 2009, Reliance and Steven Spielberg announced a joint venture with funding of $825 million.[7]
  • Big 92.7 FM launched a radio station in Singapore considering 8% of the population residing there is Indian.[8]
  • On 5 April 2010, Reliance acquired a 50% stake in Codemasters.[9]
  • 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.[10]
  • In January 2012, it was announced that Reliance DreamWorks movies garnered 11 Oscar nominations.[11]
  • 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.[12]

Films

Bengali

Year Name Cast Note(s)
2009 Shob Charitro Kalponik Prosenjit Chatterjee, Bipasha Basu, Paoli Dam Relationship Drama Film
2010 Abohomaan Jisshu Sengupta, Riya Sen Family Relation Drama Film
2013 Ganesh Talkies Biswajit Chakraborty, Raima Sen Family Drama Film
Deewana Jeet, Srabanti Chatterjee Remake Of Deepavali
Boss: Born to Rule Jeet, Subhashree Ganguly Remake Of Businessman
2014 Chotushkone Parambrata Chatterjee, Payel Sarkar Thriller Film
Game: He Plays To Win Jeet, Subhashree Ganguly Remake Of Thuppakki
Buno Haansh Dev, Srabanti Chatterjee, Tanusree Chakraborty Based On Buno Haansh (Novel)
Bachchan Jeet, Aindrita Ray, Payel Sarkar Remake Of Vishnuvardhana
Jaatishwar Prosenjit Chatterjee, Swastika Mukherjee Musical Drama Film
2015 Ebar Shabor Saswata Chatterjee, Swastika Mukherjee Based On The Detective Story "Rin"
2016 Abhimaan Jeet, Subhashree Ganguly, Sayantika Banerjee Remake Of Attarintiki Daredi
2022 Shonibar Bikel Zahid Hasan, Nusrat Imroz Tisha, Mamunur Rashid U.S. and Canadian distribution only[13]
2023 Bagha Jatin Dev, Sreeja Dutta, Sudipta Chakraborty Overseas distribution

Hindi

Year Name Cast Note(s)
2008 Singh Is Kinng Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif Action Comedy Film
Rock On!! Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Prachi Desai Rock Musical Drama Film
1920 Rajneesh Duggal, Adah Sharma Horror Film
Hulla Rajat Kapoor, Kartika Rane Comedy Film
Karzzzz Himesh Reshammiya, Urmila Matondkar Remake Of Karz
2009 Luck By Chance Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma Drama Film
13B: Fear Has a New Address R. Madhavan, Neetu Chandra Psychological Horror Film
Kal Kissne Dekha Jackky Bhagnani, Nushrat Bharucha Copied From Next
Sikandar R. Madhavan, Parzaan Dastur Crime Drama Film
Daddy Cool Suniel Shetty, Kim Sharma Copied From Death At A Funeral Film
Do Knot Disturb Govinda, Sushmita Sen Remake Of The Valet
Paa Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan Comedy-Drama Film
3 Idiots Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor Based On Five Point Someone (Novel)
2010 Well Done Abba Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba Remake Of Jau Tithe Khau
Aashayein John Abraham, Sonal Sehgal Drama Film
Raavan Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Epic Adventure Film
Mirch Shreyas Talpade, Raima Sen Drama Film
Break Ke Baad Imran Khan, Deepika Padukone Romantic Comedy
2011 Shagird Nana Patekar, Anurag Kashyap Action Thriller Film
Double Dhamaal Sanjay Dutt, Kangana Ranaut, Arshad Warsi, Riteish Deshmukh, Aashish Chaudhary, Javed Jaffrey, Mallika Sherawat Comedy Film
Singham Ajay Devgn, Kajal Aggarwal Remake Of Singam
Phhir Rajneesh Duggal, Adah Sharma, Roshni Chopra Romance Thriller Film
Aarakshan Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Manoj Bajpayee Drama Film
Bodyguard Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor Remake Of Bodyguard
Don 2 Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta Action Thriller Film
2012 Dangerous Ishhq Rajneesh Duggal, Karisma Kapoor Supernatural Thriller Film
1920: The Evil Returns Aftab Shivdasani, Tia Bajpai Horror Film
Talaash: The Answer Lies Within Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor Psychological Horror Thriller
2013 David Vikram, Tabu Crime Drama Film
I, Me Aur Main John Abraham, Prachi Desai, Chitrangada Singh Romantic Comedy Film
Zanjeer (2013) Ram Charan Teja, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt, Atul Kulkarni, Mahie Gill, Prakash Raj Remake Of Zanjeer (1973), Crime Action Drama Film
Besharam Ranbir Kapoor, Pallavi Sharda Action Comedy Film
Commando: A One Man Army Vidyut Jammwal, Pooja Chopra Action Film
Sooper Se Ooper Vir Das, Kirti Kulhari Comedy Film
2014 Total Siyapaa Ali Zafar, Yami Gautam Drama Film
Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha Remake Of Thuppakki
Bobby Jasoos Ali Fazal, Vidya Balan Comedy-Drama Film
Singham Returns Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Action Film
2015 Hawaizaada Ayushmann Khurrana, Pallavi Sharda Inspired By The Biography Of Shivkar Bapuji Talpade
Masaan Richa Chadha, Vicky Kaushal, Shweta Tripathi, Sanjay Mishra Drama Film
2016 1920 London Sharman Joshi, Meera Chopra Horror Film
Wazir Farhan Akhtar, Aditi Rao Hydari Crime Thriller Film
Ghayal Once Again Sunny Deol, Soha Ali Khan Action Drama Film; co-distribution with PVR Pictures only
Te3n Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vidya Balan Remake Of Montage
Raman Raghav 2.0 Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sobhita Dhulipala Neo-Noir Psychological Thriller Film
Parched Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Adil Hussain, Surveen Chawla, Sayani Gupta Drama Film
Shivaay Ajay Devgn, Sayyeshaa, Erika Kaar, Abigail Eames, Vir Das, Girish Karnad, Saurabh Shukla Action Thriller Film
Trapped Rajkummar Rao, Geetanjali Thapa Survival Drama Film
2017 Running Shaadi Amit Sadh, Taapsee Pannu Romantic Comedy Film
Commando 2: The Black Money Trail Vidyut Jammwal, Adah Sharma, Esha Gupta Action Film
Naam Shabana Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu Action Spy-Thriller Film
Golmaal Again Ajay Devgn, Parineeti Chopra, Tabu Supernatural Action Comedy Film
2018 1921 Karan Kundra, Zareen Khan Horror Film
Aiyaary Sidharth Malhotra, Rakul Preet Singh, Pooja Chopra Action Thriller Film
Bhavesh Joshi Superhero Harshvardhan Kapoor, Shreiyah Sabharwal Vigilante Action Film; co-distribution with Eros International
Vishwaroopam II Kamal Haasan, Andrea Jeremiah Action Film; co-distribution with Rohit Shetty Picturez of Hindi version only
Namaste England Arjun Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra Romantic Comedy Film
Simmba Ranveer Singh, Sara Ali Khan Inspired From Temper
2019 Super 30 Hrithik Roshan, Mrunal Thakur Based On Anand Kumar
Saand Ki Aankh Bhumi Pednekar, Taapsee Pannu Biopical Drama Film
Commando 3 Vidyut Jammwal, Adah Sharma, Angira Dhar Action Film
Panipat Arjun Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Kriti Sanon Epic War Film
2020 Love Aaj Kal Kartik Aaryan, Sara Ali Khan, Randeep Hooda Romantic Drama Film
2021 The Girl on the Train Parineeti Chopra, Aditi Rao Hydari, Avinash Tiwary, Kirti Kulhari Mystery thriller film; distributed by Netflix
Sooryavanshi Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif Action film
83 Ranveer Singh, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Pankaj Tripathi Based on 1983 Cricket World Cup
2022 Vikram Vedha Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan and Radhika Apte Action thriller film
Cirkus Ranveer Singh, Pooja Hegde, Jacqueline Fernandez Uncredited; based on The Comedy of Errors
Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga Pankaj Tripathi
Operation Romeo Sidhant Gupta [14]
Thai Massage Gajraj Rao, Divyenndu, Rajpal Yadav
Code Name: Tiranga Parineeti Chopra, Harrdy Sandhu
2023 Bholaa Ajay Devgn , Tabu
IB71 Vidyut Jammwal, Anupam Kher
Ajmer 92 Karan Verma, Sumit Singh
The Purvanchal Files Siddharth Pandey, Shivani Thakur
Faraaz Zahan Kapoor, Aamir Ali, Juhi Babbar, Aditya Rawal International distribution only[15]
Bheed Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar
Afwaah Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bhumi Pednekar
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan Adarsh Gourav, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday International distribution only
Fukrey 3 Pulkit Samrat, Pankaj Tripathi, Manjot Singh, Richa Chaddha
2024 Bade Miyan Chote Miyan Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, Sonakshi Sinha, Alaya F, Manushi Chhillar
Singham Again Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kapoor, Tiger Shroff, Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh Action film

Punjabi

Year Name Cast Note(s)
2012 Ajj De Ranjhe Aman Dhaliwal, Gurleen Chopra Drama Film

Tamil

Year Film Cast Note(s)
2009 Yavarum Nalam R. Madhavan, Neetu Chandra Psychological Horror Film
2010 Singam Suriya, Anushka Shetty Action Film
2011 Yuvan Yuvathi Bharath, Rima Kallingal Romantic Film
Osthe Silambarasan, Richa Gangopadhyay Remake Of Dabangg
2012 Naan Ee Sudeep, Samantha Akkineni, Nani Fantasy Action Film
2013 David Vikram, Jiiva, Isha Sharvani Drama Film; partly dubbed
2016 Irudhi Suttru R. Madhavan, Ritika Singh Sports Action-Drama Film
2019 Dev Karthi, Rakul Preet Singh Based On Road Adventure
NGK Suriya, Rakul Preet Singh Political Action Film
Game Over Taapsee Pannu Psychological Thriller Film
2021 Aelay Samuthirakani Comedy Drama film
Mandela Yogi Babu Comedy Drama film
Jagame Thandhiram Dhanush Action Thriller film

Telugu

Year Name Cast Genre(s)
2009 Saleem Vishnu Manchu, Ileana D'Cruz Drama Film
2011 Money Money, More Money Brahmanandam Comedy Drama Film
2012 Devudu Chesina Manushulu Ravi Teja, Ileana D'Cruz Fantasy-Action Comedy
Adhinayakudu Nandamuri Balakrishna, Raai Laxmi Telugu Action Drama Film
2013 Attarintiki Daredi Pawan Kalyan, Samantha Akkineni, Pranitha Subhash Comedy Drama Film
Toofan Ram Charan Teja, Priyanka Chopra, Prakash Raj, Srihari, Mahie Gill Remake of Zanjeer (1973) Action Crime Drama Film; bilingual
Sahasam Gopichand, Taapsee Pannu
Bhai Nagarjuna, Richa Gangopadhyay Action Drama Film
2014 Manam Nagarjuna, ANR, Naga Chaitanya, Shriya Saran, Samantha Akkineni Fantasy-Drama Film
Jump Jilani Allari Naresh, Isha Chawla, Swathi Deekshith Comedy Drama Film; Remake of Kalakalappu
2016 Nannaku Prematho N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Rakul Preet Singh Action Thriller Film
2019 Game Over Taapsee Pannu Psychological Thriller Film

Kannada

Year Name Cast Note(s)
2010 Ijjodu Aniruddha Jatkar, Meera Jasmine Drama Film
2015 Rana Vikrama Puneeth Rajkumar, Anjali, Adah Sharma Action Thriller Film

Malayalam

Year Name Cast Note(s)
2010 Kutty Srank Mammootty, Kamalinee Mukherjee Drama Film

English

Year Name Cast Note(s)
2010 Tucker & Dale vs. Evil Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk
Kites Hrithik Roshan, Bárbara Mori Romantic Action Thriller Film
Skyline Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson Indian distribution only[16]
The Fighter Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture; Indian distribution only[16]
2011 I Am Number Four Alex Pettyfer, Teresa Palmer Based On I Am Number Four (Novel)
The Help Jessica Chastain Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture; Based On The Help (Novel)
Fright Night Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots Remake Of Fright Night
War Horse David Thewlis, Emily Watson Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture; based on War Horse (novel)
Scream 4 David Arquette, Neve Campbell Indian co-distribution with Cinergy Independent Film Services only
Foster Toni Collette, Ioan Gruffudd
Cowboys & Aliens Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford
Jesus Henry Christ Jason Spevack, Toni Collette, Michael Sheen, Samantha Weinstein
One Life Daniel Craig
2012 Safe Jason Statham, Catherine Chan Indian distribution only[16]
People Like Us Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks Drama Film
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[17][18]
Lincoln Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture; Inspired From Team of Rivals (Book)[19]
2013 The Last Stand Arnold Schwarzenegger, Johnny Knoxville Indian distribution only[16]
Bullet to the Head Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang
Rush Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl
The Fifth Estate Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl Based On Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy (Book)
Delivery Man Vince Vaughn, Cobie Smulders Remake Of Starbuck
Walking with Dinosaurs Justin Long, John Leguizamo Inspired by Walking with Dinosaurs[20]
Paranoia Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Amber Heard, Harrison Ford
2014 Need for Speed Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots Inspired by Need for Speed (Game)
The Hundred-Foot Journey Om Puri, Helen Mirren Based On The Hundred-Foot Journey (Novel)
Enchanted Kingdom Idris Elba
Vampire Academy Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Danila Kozlovsky, Dominic Sherwood
2015 Self/less Ryan Reynolds, Ben Kingsley Indian distribution only[21]
American Ultra Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg Indian distribution only[22][23]
Bridge of Spies Tom Hanks, Amy Ryan Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture; Historical Drama Film
Broken Horses Vincent D'Onofrio, Anton Yelchin, Chris Marquette
2016 The BFG Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill Based On The BFG by Roald Dahl (Novel)
The Light Between Oceans Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander Drama Romance Film
The Girl on the Train Justin Theroux, Emily Blunt Based On The Girl on the Train (Novel)
Office Christmas Party Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn Comedy Film
2017 Viceroy's House Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson Historical Drama Film
A Dog's Purpose KJ Apa, Britt Robertson Based On A Dog's Purpose (Novel)
Ghost in the Shell Pilou Asbæk, Scarlett Johansson Based On Ghost in the Shell
Thank You for Your Service Miles Teller, Haley Bennett Based On Thank You for Your Service (Book)
2018 7 Days in Entebbe Daniel Brühl, Rosamund Pike Indian distribution only[16]
The House with a Clock in Its Walls Jack Black, Cate Blanchett Based On The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Novel)
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[24]
2019 A Dog's Journey Henry Lau, Marg Helgenberger Based On A Dog's Journey (Book)
1917 George MacKay, Claire Duburcq Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture; War Film
2020 Come Play Gillian Jacobs, John Gallagher Jr., Azhy Robertson, Winslow Fegley Based On Larry (Short Film)
2021 Finch Tom Hanks, Caleb Landry Jones
2022 Easter Sunday Jo Koy, Lou Diamond Phillips
The Good House Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline
The Fabelmans Michelle Williams, Paul Dano
2023 The Last Voyage of the Demeter Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi

French

Year Name Cast Note(s)
2017 To the Top Kev Adams, Vincent Elbaz Comedy-drama film

Spanish

Year Name Cast Note(s)
2010 Kites Hrithik Roshan, Bárbara Mori Romantic Action Thriller Film

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