Viacom18 Studios
Viacom18 Studios (formerly Studio 18 and Viacom18 Motion Pictures) is an Indian film distribution and production company. It is a subsidiary of Viacom18 (a Paramount Networks EMEAA and Network18 joint venture) based in Mumbai and it 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.
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India[1] |
Key people | Ajit Andhare (COO) |
| Parent | Viacom18 |
| Website | www |
Due to Viacom being one of the partners in the company, Viacom18 Studios also distributes films from Paramount Pictures in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka since 2011, starting with Transformers: Dark of the Moon.[2][3]
Filmography
Films produced
| Release date | Film | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Kya Love Story Hai | Lovely Singh | As Studio 18 |
| Jab We Met | Imtiaz Ali | As Indian Films | |
| Welcome | Anees Bazmee | As Indian Films | |
| 2008 | Bhoothnath | Vivek Sharma | As Indian Films |
| Singh Is Kinng | Anees Bazmee | As Indian Films | |
| Kidnap | Sanjay Gadhvi | As Indian Films | |
| Golmaal Returns | Rohit Shetty | As Indian Films | |
| Little Zizou | Sooni Taraporevala | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| Dil Kabaddi | Anil Sharma | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| 2009 | Short Kut | Neeraj Vora | As Indian Films; remake of Malayalam movie Udayananu Tharam |
| Luck | Soham Shah | As Indian Films; adaptation of 2001 Spanish thriller film Intacto | |
| Life Partner | Rumi Jaffery | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| Road, Movie | Dev Benegal | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| 2010 | It's a Wonderful Afterlife | Gurinder Chadha | As Indian Films and Studio 18 |
| Striker | Chandan Arora | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| Hum Tum Aur Ghost | Kabeer Kaushik | As Indian Films and Studio 18; remake of 2008 Hollywood film Ghost Town, Inspired from the Hollywood films The Sixth Sense (1999), Heart and Souls (1993) | |
| That Girl in Yellow Boots | Anurag Kashyap | ||
| 2011 | Tanu Weds Manu | Aanand L. Rai | |
| Pyaar Ka Punchnama | Luv Ranjan | ||
| Shaitan | Bejoy Nambiar | ||
| Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap | Puri Jagannadh | ||
| Speedy Singhs | Robert Lieberman | English film, Dubbed in Hindi language. | |
| Loot | Rajnish Raj Thakur | ||
| 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 | |
| Luv U Soniyo | Joe Rajan | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Gabbar Is Back | Krish Jagarlamudi | Remake of 2002 Tamil movie Ramanaa | |
| Drishyam | Nishikant Kamat | ||
| Manjhi – The Mountain Man | Ketan Mehta | Based on the life of Mountain Man Dashrath Manjhi Jointly produced by NFDC India | |
| Time Out | Rikhil Bahadur | ||
| Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 | Luv Ranjan | ||
| Black | Raja Chanda | Indo-Bangladesh film | |
| 2016 | Airlift | Raja Krishna Menon | |
| 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 | |
| Force 2 | Abhinay Deo | ||
| 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. | |
| Andhadhun | Sriram Raghavan | ||
| Jalebi: The Everlasting Taste of Love | Pushpdeep Bhardwaj | ||
| 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, Sequel 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 | Sarbath | Prabhakaran | Tamil film |
| Bhramam | Ravi K. Chandran | Remake of 2018 Bollywood film Andhadhun | |
| 2022 | Hey Sinamika | Brinda | Tamil film |
| Gehraiyaan | Shakun Batra | ||
| Jugjugg Jeeyo | Raj Mehta | ||
| Shabaash Mithu | Srijit Mukherji | Based on the life of current Test and ODI captain of the India women's national cricket team, Mithali Raj | |
| Laal Singh Chaddha | Advait Chandan | Remake of 1994 Hollywood film Forrest Gump. | |
| Drishyam 2 | Abhishek Pathak | Second part of Drishyam film | |
| Govinda Naam Mera | Shashank Khaitan | ||
| 2023 | Zwigato | Nandita Das | |
| Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani | Karan Johar | ||
| OMG 2 | Amit Rai | ||
| Suspect | Samir Karnik | ||
| Dhak Dhak | Tarun Dudeja | ||
| 2024 | Fighter | Siddharth Anand | [9] |
Films distributed
| Year | Film | Director | Production Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Kya Love Story Hai | Lovely Singh | VR Entertainers Adlabs Films |
As Studio 18 |
| Jab We Met | Imtiaz Ali | Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision | As Indian Films | |
| Welcome | Anees Bazmee | UTV Motion Pictures Base Industries Group |
As Indian Films | |
| 2008 | Bhoothnath | Vivek Sharma | Eros International B.R. Films |
As Indian Films |
| Singh Is Kinng | Anees Bazmee | Big Pictures Hari Om Entertainment Blockbuster Movie Entertainers Adlabs Films |
As Indian Films | |
| Kidnap | Sanjay Gadhvi | Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision | As Indian Films | |
| Golmaal Returns | Rohit Shetty | Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision | As Indian Films | |
| Little Zizou | Sooni Taraporevala | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | ||
| Dil Kabaddi | Anil Sharma | Paramhans Creations | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| 2009 | Short Kut | Neeraj Vora | Anil Kapoor Film Company | As Indian Films |
| Luck | Soham Shah | Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision | As Indian Films | |
| Life Partner | Rumi Jaffery | Burmawala Bros | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| Road, Movie | Dev Benegal | August Entertainment | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| 2010 | It's a Wonderful Afterlife | Gurinder Chadha | Icon Productions Bend It Films |
As Indian Films and Studio 18 |
| Striker | Chandan Arora | Makefilms | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| Hum Tum Aur Ghost | Kabeer Kaushik | Shooting Star Films | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| 2011 | Tanu Weds Manu | Aanand L. Rai | Soundrya Production | |
| Shaitan | Bejoy Nambiar | Tipping Point Films, Anurag Kashyap Films, Getaway Films | ||
| Keymon & Nani in Space Adventure | Swarna Prasad | Nickelodeon India, DQ Entertainment International | ||
| Loot | Rajnish Raj Thakur | Popcorn Motion Pictures | ||
| 2012 | Players | Abbas–Mustan | Paramount Pictures, Viacom18 Motion Pictures | |
| Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 | Anurag Kashyap | AKFPL | Sequel of Gangs of Wasseypur | |
| 2013 | Luv U Soniyo | Joe Rajan | Viacom18 Motion Pictures | |
| 2014 | Anaamika | Sekhar Kammula | Endemol India | |
| 2015 | Drishyam | Nishikant Kamat | Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Panorama Studios | |
| Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 | Luv Ranjan | Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Luv Films | Second installment of Pyaar Ka Punchnama | |
| Nanak Shah Fakir | Sartaj Singh Pannu | Gurbani Media | Punjabi film | |
| 2016 | Force 2 | Abhinay Deo | Viacom18 Motion Pictures, JA Entertainment, Sunshine Pictures | Second installment of Force |
| Gods of Egypt | Alex Proyas | Summit Entertainment, Mystery Clock Cinema | Indian theatrical distribution only[10] | |
| Nerve | Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman | Lionsgate, Allison Shearmur Productions | Indian theatrical distribution only[11] | |
| Deepwater Horizon | Peter Berg | Summit Entertainment, Participant Media, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Closest to the Hole Productions, Leverage | ||
| La La Land | Damien Chazelle | Summit Entertainment | ||
| Patriots Day | Peter Berg | Lionsgate, CBS Films, Bluegrass Films, Closest to the Hole Productions | ||
| 2017 | Power Rangers | Dean Israelite | Lionsgate, SCG Films, Temple Hill Entertainment | |
| 2018 | Andhadhun | Sriram Raghavan | Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Matchbox Pictures | |
| Jalebi: The Everlasting Taste of Love | Pushpdeep Bhardwaj | Vishesh Films | Remake of 2016 Bengali film Praktan | |
| 2022 | Gangubai Kathiawadi | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Pen India Limited, Bhansali Productions | International distribution only;[12] distributed by Pen Marudhar Cine Entertainment in India |
| Cobra | R. Ajay Gnanamuthu | Viacom18 Studios | Tamil Film | |
| Jugjugg Jeeyo | Raj Mehta | Dharma Productions |
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