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60-634: The Global Indian Music Academy Awards (also known as the GiMA Awards ) are presented annually by Global Indian Music Academy to honour and recognise Hindi-language music. The nominees are voted by GiMA's jury, who have some of the most respected artistes in the country. GiMA provides a cohesive platform to celebrate and recognize the immense contribution of those who push the boundaries in Indian Music. Global Indian Music Academy Awards honor both film and non-film music in separate categories. The awards ceremony

120-654: A film about the Bengal famine of 1943 directed and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, and Neecha Nagar (1946), a film directed by Chetan Anand and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas that won the Grand Prize at the first Cannes Film Festival . Since then, Indian independent films were frequently in competition for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, with some of them winning major prizes at

180-574: A global audience. The most influential among them was Satyajit Ray , whose films became successful among European, American and Asian audiences. His work subsequently had a worldwide impact, with filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese , James Ivory , Abbas Kiarostami , Elia Kazan , François Truffaut , Carlos Saura and Wes Anderson being influenced by his cinematic style, and many others such as Akira Kurosawa praising his work. The "youthful coming-of-age dramas that have flooded art houses since

240-450: A large audience. The term "parallel cinema" has started being applied to off-beat films produced in Bollywood , where art films have begun experiencing a resurgence. This led to the emergence of a distinct genre known as Mumbai noir , urban films reflecting social problems in the city of Mumbai. The introduction of Mumbai noir was marked by Ram Gopal Varma 's Satya (1998). However

300-436: A much wider extent. This was led by such directors as Gulzar , Shyam Benegal , Mani Kaul , Rajinder Singh Bedi , Kantilal Rathod and Saeed Akhtar Mirza , and later on directors like Govind Nihalani , becoming the main directors of this period's Indian art cinema. Mani Kaul 's first several films Uski Roti (1971), Ashadh Ka Ek Din (1972), Duvidha (1974), and were critically appreciated and held to high esteem in

360-455: A new category of Pop-Rock Single. The 3rd edition of the award ceremonies held on 1 October 2012, was hosted by Parineeti Chopra and Saif Ali Khan at Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai . No winners were announced for 4th edition of Global Indian Music Academy Awards which was supposedly be held in 2013, though nominations were announced for the categories. 4th GiMA Awards was hosted by actor Ranveer Singh who earlier hosted along with Dhupia. The show

420-506: A poor peasant (portrayed by V. Shantaram ) who "loses his land to a greedy moneylender and is forced to migrate to the city to become a mill worker. Acclaimed as a realistic breakthrough, its shot of a howling dog near a hut, has become a milestone in the march of Indian cinema." The 1937 Shantaram film Duniya Na Mane ( The Unaccepted ) also critiqued the treatment of women in Indian society. The Parallel Cinema movement began to take shape from

480-406: A single screening basis. The advent of television and its popularity saw the film society movement decline. Gradually, the government reduced the patronage of such films, for they had only unseen films to be shown on their balance sheets. The Parallel Cinema in its true sense was always on the fringes of the mainstream cinema. Since most of the parallel cinema rejected the regressive worldview that

540-554: A strategic move by the company to infuse newer jobs into Indian Cinema in the form of actors, screenwriters, directors and technicians. In a bid to break away from the traditional star system of Indian cinema, the company ventured into producing low-budgeted independent films with new creatives (actors, creatives and technicians) from 2008. Apart from working with upcoming actors, the company independently launched several new faces as leading actors in several of their big-budgeted films through their home banner and through Y-Films . YRF

600-400: A three-film co-production agreement with YRF, Ta Ra Rum Pum , Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic and Roadside Romeo . Disney's move was seen as a bid to increase its global recognition and finally enter the increasingly lucrative Indian Cinema arena. In 2009, Disney offered a 49% acquisition of YRF for ₹ 2,500 crore (US$ 300 million) (unadjusted for inflation), which took the valuation of

660-691: A variety of independent films and Parallel Cinema productions within India, such as Godmother (1999), Zubeidaa (2001), Maqbool (2004), Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities (2004), My Brother Nikhil (2005), Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005) and Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005). YRF Distributors released several films such as Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001), Koi... Mil Gaya (2003), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Black (2005), Krrish (2006) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006). In 2013,

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720-1025: A veteran director and producer in the Indian film industry . In 2005, Chopra built YRF Studios in Mumbai . In 2006, The first film shot at YRF Studios was the romantic thriller Fanaa in 2006. Since then, several notable films have been shot at YRF Studios, including Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), Partner (2007), Taare Zameen Par (2007), Dostana (2008), Wanted (2009), 3 Idiots (2009), Dabangg (2010), Bodyguard (2011), Ra.One (2011), Agneepath (2012), Chennai Express (2013), Jai Ho (2014), and PK (2014). The studio consists of six floors and spans 20 acres. YRF Studios has also been rented out for other film and television productions, including 10 Ka Dum , and Kaun Banega Crorepati for Sony Entertainment , as well as Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? , Koffee With Karan , and Satyamev Jayate for STAR India . The YRF has distributed

780-546: A whole new breed of young actors, including Shabana Azmi , Smita Patil , Amol Palekar , Om Puri , Naseeruddin Shah , Kulbhushan Kharbanda , Pankaj Kapoor , Deepti Naval , Farooq Shaikh , and even actors from commercial cinema like Hema Malini , Raakhee , Rekha ventured into art cinema. Adoor Gopalakrishnan extended the Indian New Wave to Malayalam cinema with his maiden feature film Swayamvaram in 1972. Long after

840-637: Is headquartered in Mumbai . In India, YRF has a network of distribution offices in Mumbai , Delhi , Jalandhar , Jaipur , Amravati , Indore , Bengaluru , Hyderabad , Kolkata , Chennai and Kochi . Internationally, there are offices in the United Kingdom , the United States of America , and the United Arab Emirates . Throughout the years of its existence, YRF inked various business agreements with independent film and media entities present in

900-433: Is known for its serious content, realism and naturalism , symbolic elements with a keen eye on the sociopolitical climate of the times, and the general rejection of inserted song-and-dance routines that are typical of mainstream Indian films. Realism in Indian cinema dates back to the 1920s and 1930s. One of the earliest examples was Baburao Painter 's 1925 silent film classic Savkari Pash ( Indian Shylock ), about

960-468: Is now used by scholars and historians alike to map the changing demographics and socio-economic as well as political temperament of the Indian populace. Right from its inception, Indian cinema has had people who wanted to and did use the medium for more than entertainment. They used it to highlight prevalent issues and sometimes to throw open new issues for the public. Early examples of Indian cinema's social realist movement include Dharti Ke Lal (1946),

1020-564: The Sight & Sound Critics' Poll, including The Apu Trilogy (ranked No. 4 in 1992 if votes are combined), The Music Room (ranked No. 27 in 1992), Charulata (ranked No. 41 in 1992) and Days and Nights in the Forest (ranked No. 81 in 1982). The 2002 Sight & Sound critics' and directors' poll also included the Guru Dutt films Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool (both tied at #160), and

1080-633: The Sutherland Trophy at the London Film Festival , as well as Mathilukal (1989) which won major prizes at the Venice Film Festival . Shaji N. Karun's debut film Piravi (1989) won the Camera d'Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival , while his second film Swaham (1994) was in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival . His third film Vanaprastham (1999)

1140-495: The greatest films of all time . Certain art films have also garnered commercial success, in an industry known for its surrealism or 'fantastical' movies, and successfully combined features of both art and commercial cinema. An early example of this was Bimal Roy 's Do Bigha Zamin (1953), which was both a commercial and critical success. The film won the International Prize at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival and paved

1200-732: The Century" critics' poll also included The Apu Trilogy (ranked No. 5 if votes are combined). The Apu Trilogy , Pyaasa and Mani Ratnam 's Nayakan were also included in Time magazine's "All-TIME" 100 best movies list in 2005. In 1992, the Sight & Sound Critics' Poll ranked Ray at No. 7 in its list of "Top 10 Directors" of all time, while Dutt was ranked No. 73 in the 2002 Sight & Sound greatest directors poll. The cinematographer Subrata Mitra , who made his debut with Ray's The Apu Trilogy , also had an importance influence on cinematography across

1260-518: The Diwali day of 2012 and went on to earn ₹ 241 crore (US$ 29 million) and became the fifteenth highest-grossing film in India. Dhoom 3 released in (Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Arabic) on the Christmas week of 2013 and grossed approximately ₹ 542 crore (US$ 65 million), in the worldwide market and went on to become the twelfth highest-grossing film of Indian cinema, as of January 2022 . After

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1320-644: The Golden Age of Indian cinema, Malayalam cinema experienced its own 'Golden Age' in the 1980s and early 1990s. Some of the most acclaimed Indian filmmakers at the time were from the Malayalam industry, including Adoor Gopalakrishnan , K. P. Kumaran , G. Aravindan , John Abraham , Padmarajan , Bharathan , T. V. Chandran and Shaji N. Karun . Gopalakrishnan, who is often considered to be Satyajit Ray 's spiritual heir, directed some of his most acclaimed films during this period, including Elippathayam (1981) which won

1380-1381: The Indian art film directors active today include Buddhadeb Dasgupta , Aparna Sen , Gautam Ghose , Sandip Ray ( Satyajit Ray 's son), Kaushik Ganguly , Suman Mukhopadhyay , Kamaleshwar Mukherjee and Soukarya Ghosal in Bengali cinema ; Adoor Gopalakrishnan , Shaji N. Karun , T. V. Chandran , M.P. Sukumaran Nair, Shyamaprasad , Dr. Biju and Sanal Kumar Sasidharan in Malayalam cinema ; Kumar Shahani , Ketan Mehta , Govind Nihalani , Shyam Benegal , Amit Dutta , Manish Jha , Ashim Ahluwalia , Mudasir Dar , Anurag Kashyap , Anand Gandhi , and Deepa Mehta in Hindi Cinema; Mani Ratnam and Bala in Tamil, Rajnesh Domalpalli and Narasimha Nandi in Telugu cinema , Jahnu Barua in Hindi cinema and Assamese Cinema, Amol Palekar , Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni in Marathi Cinema and Amartya Bhattacharyya who makes independent films in Odia and Bengali. Aamir Khan , with his production studio, introduced his own brand of social cinema in

1440-486: The Indian entertainment company to ₹ 5,000 crore (equivalent to ₹ 130 billion or US$ 1.5 billion in 2023), In 2011, a 99% share acquisition offer by Disney was accepted by UTV for ₹ 2,000 crore (US$ 240 million) (unadjusted for inflation). The two companies together established Disney UTV , which functioned as the Indian subsidiary of the American company. In December 2016, Disney announced that it

1500-524: The Lifetime Achievement Award to her sister Lata Mangeshkar . The show was hosted by Sajid Khan , Shreyas Talpade and Dia Mirza . A total of 29 awards under Film and non-film categories were presented. The 2nd Chevrolet Global Indian Music Academy Awards was held on 30 October 2011 in Gurgaon which was hosted by Ranveer Singh and Neha Dhupia . With a total of 31 awards, the edition introduced

1560-1438: The Mumbai noir is a genre that is not considered artistic in ambition even though it concentrates on realistic portrayal of the Mumbai underworld ; these are generally commercial films. Other modern examples of art films produced in India which are classified as part of the parallel cinema genre include Rituparno Ghosh 's Utsab (2000) and Dahan (1997), Tarun Majumdar 's Alo (2003), Mani Ratnam 's Yuva (2004), Nagesh Kukunoor 's 3 Deewarein (2003) and Dor (2006), Manish Jha 's Matrubhoomi (2004), Sudhir Mishra 's Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005), Jahnu Barua 's Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005), Pan Nalin 's Valley of Flowers (2006), Onir 's My Brother… Nikhil (2005) and Bas Ek Pal (2006), Anurag Kashyap 's Black Friday (2007), Vikramaditya Motwane 's Udaan (2009), Kiran Rao 's Dhobi Ghat (2010), Amit Dutta 's Sonchidi (2011), and Anand Gandhi 's Ship of Theseus (2013). Independent films spoken in Indian English include Revathi 's Mitr, My Friend (2002), Aparna Sen 's Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002) and 15 Park Avenue (2006), Homi Adajania 's Being Cyrus (2006), Rituparno Ghosh 's The Last Lear (2007), and Sooni Taraporevala 's Little Zizou (2009). Some of

1620-508: The Ritwik Ghatak films Meghe Dhaka Tara (ranked #231) and Komal Gandhar (ranked #346). In 1998, the critics' poll conducted by the Asian film magazine Cinemaya included The Apu Trilogy (ranked No. 1 if votes are combined), Ray's Charulata and The Music Room (both tied at #11), and Ghatak's Subarnarekha (also tied at #11). In 1999, The Village Voice top 250 "Best Film of

1680-448: The company's distribution team sold the satellite rights of its venture Dhoom 3 for ₹ 75 crore (US$ 9.0 million) to Sony Entertainment Television. The company impacted the music industry through Darr (1993), Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995) and Dil To Pagal Hai (1997). In 2004, YRF established its independent feature music distribution company named YRF Music. The first soundtrack to be distributed under YRF Music

1740-578: The country. Parallel Cinema Inspired by Italian Neorealism , Parallel Cinema began just before the French New Wave and Japanese New Wave , and was a precursor to the Indian New Wave of the 1960s. The movement was initially led by Bengali cinema and produced internationally acclaimed filmmakers such as Satyajit Ray , Mrinal Sen , Ritwik Ghatak , Tapan Sinha and others. It later gained prominence in other film industries of India . It

1800-547: The death of Yash Chopra in October 2012, Aditya Chopra was elevated to the position of chairman and Chief Executive of the company's studio wing. Facing overwhelming pressure by the Indian bourses to be publicly listed around the same period, the company went for a soft-launch on 3 January 2013. The company received angel investment by institutional fund-raisers such as LIC of India , RNT Associates , PremjiInvest , Catamaran Ventures , Maruti Udyog and Unilazer Ventures . YRF

1860-523: The directors were graduates of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), in Pune . The Bengali film director Ritwik Ghatak was a professor at the institute and a well-known director. Unlike Ray, however, Ghatak did not gain international fame during his lifetime. For example, Ghatak's Nagarik (1952) was perhaps the earliest example of a Bengali art film, preceding Ray's Pather Panchali by three years, but

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1920-421: The distribution or exhibition of these films. The mainstream exhibition system did not pick up these films because these films did not have the so-called 'entertainment value' that they were looking for. There was a talk of building small theatres for such film, but there was no serious attempt made to realise this alternative mode of exhibition. Thus, it left to a few Film Societies to screen these film; that too on

1980-499: The early 1990s, the rising costs involved in film production and the commercialisation of the films had a negative impact on the art films. The fact that investment returns cannot be guaranteed made art films less popular amongst filmmakers. One of the major reasons for the decline of the parallel cinema in India is that the F.F.C. or the National Film Development Corporation of India did not seriously look into

2040-409: The early 21st century, blurring the distinction between commercial masala films and realistic parallel cinema, combining the entertainment and production values of the former with the believable narratives and strong messages of the latter. He has helped introduce parallel cinema to mainstream audiences, with his films earning both commercial success and critical acclaim in India and overseas. During

2100-401: The festival. During the 1950s and the 1960s, intellectual filmmakers and story writers became frustrated with musical films . To counter this, they created a genre of films which depicted reality from an artful perspective. Most films made during this period were funded by state governments to promote an authentic art genre from the Indian film fraternity. The most famous Indian " neo-realist "

2160-426: The film was both a critical and commercial success. Produced by Vadiraj , it set a landmark by being the first ever Kannada film to screen at an International film festival. The movement gained significant momentum in the 1970s and 1980s resulting in numerous national awards and international recognition to Kannada cinema. During the 1970s and the 1980s, parallel cinema entered into the limelight of Hindi cinema to

2220-570: The formative period of Indian parallel cinema in the 1940s and 1950s, the movement was influenced by Italian cinema and French cinema , particularly by Italian neorealism as well as French poetic realism . Satyajit Ray particularly cited Italian filmmaker Vittorio De Sica 's Bicycle Thieves (1948) and French filmmaker Jean Renoir 's The River (1951), which he assisted, as influences on his debut film Pather Panchali (1955), alongside influences from Bengali literature and classical Indian theatre . Bimal Roy 's Do Bigha Zamin (1953)

2280-533: The international spotlight. Benegal's directorial debut, Ankur (Seeding, 1974) was a major critical success, and was followed by numerous works that created another field in the movement. Kumar Shahani , a student of Ritwik Ghatak , released his first feature Maya Darpan (1972) which became a landmark film of Indian art cinema. These filmmakers tried to promote realism in their own different styles, though many of them often accepted certain conventions of popular cinema. Parallel cinema of this time gave careers to

2340-418: The late 1940s, by pioneers such as Satyajit Ray , Ritwik Ghatak , Bimal Roy , Mrinal Sen , Tapan Sinha , Khwaja Ahmad Abbas , Buddhadeb Dasgupta , Chetan Anand , Guru Dutt and V. Shantaram . This period is considered part of the 'Golden Age' of Indian cinema. This cinema borrowed heavily from the Indian literature of the times, hence became an important study of the contemporary Indian society, and

2400-454: The mid-fifties owe a tremendous debt to the Apu trilogy " (1955–1959). Ray's film Kanchenjungha (1962) introduced a narrative structure that resembles later hyperlink cinema . Ray's 1967 script for a film to be called The Alien , which was eventually cancelled, is widely believed to have been the inspiration for Steven Spielberg 's ET (1982). Ira Sachs ' Forty Shades of Blue (2005)

2460-511: The most unsuccessful films produced under the banner were Jhoom Barabar Jhoom , Laaga Chunari Mein Daag , Aaja Nachle , Tashan , Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic , Roadside Romeo , Dil Bole Hadippa! , Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year and Pyaar Impossible . Aditya Chopra then took over as the vice-chairman of Yash Raj Films in 2010, soon after the release of the film Badmaash Company under

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2520-483: The same banner. In 2011, the company went into production of three individual films with Aamir Khan for Dhoom 3 , Shah Rukh Khan for Jab Tak Hai Jaan and with Salman Khan for Ek Tha Tiger , the first installment in the YRF Spy Universe . The three films would become the most expensive productions ever undertaken by YRF; Ek Tha Tiger was produced at ₹ 75 crore (US$ 9.0 million), Jab Tak Hai Jaan

2580-769: The way for parallel cinema in the Kannada film industry . Many literary stalwarts entered or collaborated with cinema in this period. Some of the other notable filmmakers of this period were P. Lankesh , G. V. Iyer , M. S. Sathyu who were later followed by T. S. Nagabharana , Baraguru Ramachandrappa , Shankar Nag , Chandrashekhara Kambara in the 1980s. Actors like Lokesh , Anant Nag , L. V. Sharada , Vasudeva Rao , Suresh Heblikar , Vaishali Kasaravalli , Arundhati Nag and others rose to fame. Bhabendra Nath Saikia and Jahnu Barua did it for Assamese cinema , while Aribam Syam Sharma pioneered parallel movies in Manipuri cinema. By

2640-614: The way for the Indian New Wave. Hrishikesh Mukherjee , one of Hindi cinema's most successful filmmakers, was named the pioneer of 'middle cinema', and was renowned for making films that reflected the changing middle-class ethos. According to Encyclopædia Britannica , Mukherjee "carved a middle path between the extravagance of mainstream cinema and the stark realism of art cinema". Renowned Filmmaker Basu Chatterjee also built his plots on middle-class lives and directed films like Piya Ka Ghar , Rajnigandha and Ek Ruka Hua Faisla . Another filmmaker to integrate art and commercial cinema

2700-461: The world. Another Bengali independent filmmaker, Ritwik Ghatak , began reaching a global audience long after his death; beginning in the 1990s, a project to restore Ghatak's films was undertaken, and international exhibitions (and subsequent DVD releases) have belatedly generated an increasingly global audience. Alongside Ray's films, Ghatak's films have also appeared in several all-time greatest film polls. A number of Satyajit Ray films appeared in

2760-471: Was Guru Dutt , whose film Pyaasa (1957) featured in Time magazine's "All-TIME" 100 best movies list. The most recent example of an art film becoming commercially successful is Harpreet Sandhu 's Canadian Punjabi film Work Weather Wife ; it marks the beginning of cinema in the Punjabi film industry. In the 1960s, the Indian government began financing independent art films based on Indian themes. Many of

2820-813: Was a loose remake of Charulata , and in Gregory Nava 's My Family (1995), the final scene is duplicated from the final scene of The World of Apu (1959). Similar references to Ray films are found in recent works such as Sacred Evil (2006), the Elements trilogy of Deepa Mehta , and in the films of Jean-Luc Godard . Another prominent filmmaker is Mrinal Sen , whose films have been well known for their Marxist views. During his career, Mrinal Sen's film have received awards from almost all major film festivals, including Cannes , Berlin, Venice , Moscow, Karlovy Vary , Montreal, Chicago, and Cairo . Retrospectives of his films have been shown in almost all major cities of

2880-508: Was also influenced by De Sica's Bicycle Thieves . The Indian New Wave also began around the same time as the French New Wave and the Japanese New Wave . Ever since Chetan Anand 's Neecha Nagar won the Grand Prize at the inaugural Cannes Film Festival in 1946, Indian parallel cinema films frequently appeared in international fora and film festivals for the next several decades. This allowed Indian independent filmmakers to reach

2940-663: Was also selected to Cannes Film Festival , making him the only Indian film maker who could take consecutively three films to Cannes. K. Balachander , C.V. Sridhar , Mahendran , Balu Mahendra , Bharathiraja , Mani Ratnam , Kamal Haasan , Bala , Selvaraghavan , Mysskin , Vetrimaaran and Ram have done the same for Tamil cinema , During the domination of commercial cinema in Telugu, Pattabhirami Reddy , K. N. T. Sastry , B. Narsing Rao , and Akkineni Kutumba Rao pioneered Telugu parallel cinema to international recognition. Girish Kasaravalli , Girish Karnad and B. V. Karanth led

3000-874: Was announced as a subsidiary of Yash Raj Films, in Beverly Hills, California , USA, with Uday Chopra serving as the CEO. By 2023, YRF Entertainment was transformed into the streaming division of Yash Raj Films. YRF launched a number of budding screenwriters and directors under their banner throughout these years. Directors and screenwriters such as Kunal Kohli , Kabir Khan , Sanjay Gadhvi , Ali Abbas Zafar , Jaideep Sahni , Siddharth Anand , Shimit Amin , Habib Faisal , Shaad Ali , Maneesh Sharma and Vijay Krishna Acharya debuted under YRF and have gone on to become independent entities in films. The company also produced films for filmmakers such as Anil Mehta , Chandraprakash Dwivedi and Pradeep Sarkar under their banner. The company

3060-501: Was first televised in 2010 and has been presented annually ever since, except for 2013. In 2013, nominees for the awards were announced though no ceremony was held to honor the winners. The 4th GiMA Awards ceremony was held on 20 January 2014 at National Sports Club of India Stadium. The 1st edition of Global Indian Music Academy Awards was held on 10 November 2010 at Yash Raj Studios in Andheri . In its first edition, Asha Bhosle presented

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3120-405: Was held at National Sports Club of India Stadium on 20 January 2014. Yash Raj Films#Yash Raj Studios Yash Raj Films ( YRF ) is an Indian film production and distribution company founded by filmmaker Yash Chopra in 1970. Since 2012, it has been led by his son Aditya Chopra . The company mainly produces and distributes Hindi films . In 1970, YRF was founded by Yash Raj Chopra ,

3180-652: Was largely embodied the mainstream cinema they never found acceptance in the mainstream production, distribution and exhibition system. With an absence of an alternative exhibition system or an art house circuit as it is called in the west, many of the off beat films made by present generation film makers like Sushant Mishra, Himanshu Khatua, Ashish Avikunthak , Murali Nair, Amitabh Chakraborty, Paresh Kamdar, Priya Krishnaswamy, Vipin Vijay , Ramchandra PN , Ashwini Mallik, Anand Subramanian, Sanjivan Lal, Amit Dutta , Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni , Gurvinder Singh , and Bela Negi have never had

3240-420: Was made open to Indian enterprises only and no FDI was accepted. Venture capitalists also showed interest with Adi Godrej , Y. C. Deveshwar , Kumar Birla , Arundhati Bhattacharya , Anand Mahindra , Chanda Kochhar , Sunil Mittal , Shikha Sharma and Uday Kotak investing undisclosed sums. YRF produced more films under the chairmanship of Chopra and the new management. In November 2011, YRF Entertainment

3300-743: Was not released until after his death in 1977. His first commercial release Ajantrik (1958) was also one of the earliest films to portray an inanimate object, in this case an automobile , as a character in the story, many years before the Herbie films. The protagonist of Ajantrik , Bimal, can also be seen as an influence on the cynical cab driver Narasingh (played by Soumitra Chatterjee ) in Satyajit Ray's Abhijan (1962). The Cinema of Karnataka saw its first ray of hope of surrealism in N. Lakshminarayan's directorial debut Naandi (1964). Featuring mainstream actors like Rajkumar , Kalpana and Harini ,

3360-484: Was produced at ₹ 60 crore (US$ 7.2 million) and Dhoom 3 was produced at ₹ 150 crore (US$ 18 million). All three of these films broke box office records in India and went on to become some of the highest-grossing films of their time. Ek Tha Tiger , which released on the 66th Independence Day of India, earned approximately ₹ 320 crore (US$ 38 million) and became the eleventh highest-grossing film of Indian cinema. Jab Tak Hai Jaan opened worldwide on

3420-818: Was ranked #1 (among the most successful film production companies in India) in a survey conducted by Filmfare and Number 27 (among the most successful film production companies in the world) in a survey by The Hollywood Reporter . Apart from producing big-budgeted films with established actors, YRF also announced several films featuring relative newcomers in the fourth quarter of 2012; Aurangzeb starring Prithviraj Sukumaran , Sashaa Agha and Arjun Kapoor , Gunday starring Ranveer Singh , Bewakoofiyaan starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Sonam Kapoor , Daawat-e-Ishq with Aditya Roy Kapur , Mardaani with Rani Mukerji , and Kill Dil starring Ali Zafar and Govinda . The films released all through 2013 and 2014 were seen as

3480-411: Was restructuring its Indian operations and UTV will no longer produce movies and will focus only on the distribution of its Hollywood films. From 2007 to 2010 the company saw an all-time low, with several of their high-budgeted films failing at the box office, and thereby suffering losses amounting to millions. The films broke YRF's perfect success ratio and were oddly released one after another. Some of

3540-536: Was the Bengali film director Satyajit Ray , followed by Shyam Benegal , Mrinal Sen , Adoor Gopalakrishnan , G. Aravindan and Girish Kasaravalli . Ray's most famous films were Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956) and The World of Apu (1959), which formed The Apu Trilogy . Produced on a shoestring budget of Rs. 150,000 ($ 3000), the three films won major prizes at the Cannes , Berlin and Venice Film Festivals , and are today frequently listed among

3600-748: Was the company's critical and commercial blockbuster epic love saga Veer-Zaara . It supported the careers of upcoming composers such as Jatin–Lalit ( Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge ), Anu Malik ( Dum Laga Ke Haisha ), Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy ( Bunty Aur Babli ), Pritam ( Dhoom ), Vishal–Shekhar ( Salaam Namaste ), Salim–Sulaiman ( Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi ), Amit Trivedi ( Ishaqzaade ), Ram Sampath ( Luv Ka The End ), Sajid–Wajid ( Daawat-e-Ishq ), Sohail Sen ( Mere Brother Ki Dulhan ), Raghu Dixit ( Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge ), Sachin–Jigar ( Shuddh Desi Romance ), Mithoon ( Shamshera ), Jasleen Royal ( Hichki ), and Amartya Rahut ( Aurangzeb ). In 2007, The Walt Disney Company entered Indian Entertainment through

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