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]
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| Formerly | Reliance BIG Entertainment (2005–2009), BIG Pictures (2005–2009), Reliance BIG Pictures (2009–2010)[citation needed] |
|---|---|
| Company type | Division |
| Industry | |
| Founded | 15 February 2005 |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Anil Ambani (chairman) Tina Ambani (director) |
| Products | |
| Parent | Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group |
| Website | Reliance 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
- Storyteller Holding Co., LLC[1] (Amblin Partners) (investor, 20%)
- Amblin Entertainment – Family-Friendly Label
- DreamWorks Pictures – Mature Label
- Amblin Television – Television Division
- Storyteller Distribution Co. LLC – Copyright Holder
- Reliance Animation (formerly BIG Animation) – (Airtight Info media)
- Reliance Home Video & Games – Home Video Division
- Reliance BIG Music – Record Label Division
- BIG Star Entertainment Awards
- Jump Games (ParadoX Studios)
- Lava Bear Films
- Riverstone Pictures
- Reliance Games – Mobile Games Development Studio
- Reliance Media Works Ltd
- Reliance ND Studios
- Big Synergy – Non Fiction TV Production Division
- Reliance MediaWorks (formerly Lowry Digital)
- Reliance Media Works Studio – Filmcity Mumbai
- Talenthouse
- Window Seat Films
- Digital Domain
Former
- IM Global – 80% sold to Tang Media Partners in 2016; merged with Open Road Films into Global Road Entertainment in 2017
- AutoMatik (joint venture with Entertainment One)
- IM Global Television – Television division
- Codemasters (29% owned until January 2021)[2][3]
- Phantom Films – sold to Madhu Mantena and Sheetal Talwar in 2022; renamed to Phantom Studios[4]
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
Hindi
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
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 |
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.
References
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- ^ Robinson, Andy (18 February 2021). "EA has officially completed its purchase of Codemasters". Video Games Chronicle. Archived from the original on 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ Lalwani, Vicky (1 March 2022). "Phantom Films' gets revived by new owners, Madhu Mantena and Sheetal Talwar". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ "Anil Ambani eyes video rental business". Anil-ambani-news.newslib.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ "Anil Ambani to launch 20 TV channels". Anil-ambani-news.newslib.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ Anil Ambani meets Spielberg; to provide Rs 4,000 cr for films The Economic Times.
- ^ "Anil Ambani Group launches radio station in Singapore DNA". Daily News and Analysis. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ Hinkle, David (5 April 2010). "Reliance Big Entertainment acquires 50% stake in Codemasters". Joystiq. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ 24 June 2008 at 1314 hrs IST (24 June 2008). "Reliance, Spielberg in talks over $2 bn movie venture". The Financial Express. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Reliance Dreamworks movies garner 11 Oscar nominations". The Economic Times. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ Exclusive: India's Reliance Entertainment plans to acquire Western game studios in 2015. Reuters, 15 November 2014
- ^ Ramachandran, Naman (20 February 2023). "Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's 'Saturday Afternoon' Scores U.S., Canada Release with CEPL, Reliance Entertainment". Variety. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Adarsh, Taran [@taran_adarsh] (3 April 2022). "'OPERATION ROMEO': NEERAJ PANDEY - RELIANCE UNVEIL TRAILER... #NeerajPandey, #ShitalBhatia [Friday Filmworks] and #RelianceEntertainment unveil the trailer of #OperationRomeo... Directed by #ShashantShah... #OperationRomeoTrailer: https://t.co/bCLSqqHdIt https://t.co/NZXD2TDm3H" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Ramachandran, Naman (3 February 2023). "Reliance Entertainment Pacts With T-Series, Benaras Mediaworks for International Distribution of 'Faraaz,' 'Bheed,' 'Afwaah'". Variety. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Reliance Entertainment". Reliance Entertainment. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ Fleming, Mike (10 May 2010). "Reliance Big's 'Judge Dredd' Deal Makes Scifi Film a Hot Cannes Pre-Sale Title". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "Judge Dredd to Start Filming This Fall". comingsoon.net. CraveOnline. 10 May 2010. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ Prabhakar, Binoy (19 January 2013). "Anil Ambani's Reliance Entertainment hits Oscar jackpot with Lincoln". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ Lodderhose, Diana (1 November 2010). "Reliance Big Entertainment, BBC pact on pic trio". Variety.
- ^ "'Self/Less' to release in India on July 10". Zee News. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ Yamato, Jen (21 November 2013). "AFM: Apsara Nabs American Ultra & The Night Comes for Us In Pan-Asia Pacts". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ McNary, Dave (19 March 2013). "IM Global Inks Trio of Output Deals". Variety. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Three Oscar award winner 'Green Book' to re-release in India by Reliance Entertainment". The Indian Wire. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
