Balaji Motion Pictures is the sister company of Balaji Telefilms.
It entered the Indian motion pictures business in 2002.
The company operates the Motion Pictures Division through its wholly owned subsidiary.
Till 2011, the company had produced and/or acquired 17 films, including Bhool Bhulaiyaa
and Sarkar Raj.
For 2013, it has tied up with Raaj Kamal Films International to distribute Vishwaroop across
India which is the Hindi version of Kamalhaasan's magnum opus Vishwaroopam.
Operations Balaji Motion Pictures is based in Mumbai
in the Balaji House on New Link Road, Andheri West, Mumbai.
It operates from its head office in Andheri West and has studios in Film City and other
locations in Mumbai.
In terms of studio facilities Balaji Motion Pictures is one of the largest film productions
houses in Mumbai's larg . History
Balaji Motion Pictures was set up in 2001 by Hindi television producer Ekta Kapoor with
the purpose of venturing into film production.
She produced Kyo Kii...
Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta, released in 2001 with Govinda and Sushmita Sen as the leads.
The film was not a success, collecting 13 crores.
Later, the company produced Kucch To Hai, Krishna Cottage and Koi Aap Sa in 2003, 2004
and 2005 respectively.
The movies did not fare well at the box office.
In 2005, the company produced and released Kyaa Kool Hai Hum, which grossed 21.50 crores
and made it to the top three films of 2005.
In 2007, the company co-produced Shootout at Lokhandwala with Sanjay Gupta.
The film was a critical and commercial hit, collecting 68.17 crores worldwide.
In 2008, the company produced and released C Kkompany, which was a commercial and critical
failure.
In the same year, the company co-produced Mission Istanbul and EMI – Liya Hai Toh
Chukana Parega with Sunil Shetty.
Both films failed critically and commercially.
Also in 2008, the company acquired the distribution rights of Bhool Bhulaiyaa and Sarkar Raj with
a deal of almost 40 crore.
The film were both commercially success thereby marking a step further of Balaji.
In 2010, the company sub-branded ALT Entertainment, a youth focused brand and produced a low-budget
movie, Love Sex aur Dhokha, which proved to be a critically and commercially successful
film.
In the same year, the company released Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, which was also a commercial
and critical hit.
The films also marked the company's successful entry in the films.
In 2011, the company marked its entry into Marathi films by producing Taryanche Bait.
The film was a critical and commercial hit and also won many accolades including three
awards for Best Film.
The company also released Shor in the City, a small-budget critically acclaimed movie.
The same year also saw the release of Ragini MMS, co-produced with Amit Kapoor and Sidhartha
M. Jain.
The response to the movie fetched Stardust Award for Best Film and Ekta Kapoor announced
the sequel of the film soon to be released in the year 2013 starring Indo-Canadian Star
Sunny Leone.
Later, In the same year, the company released The Dirty Picture starring Vidya Balan as
lead on 2 December 2011.
The film proved to be a huge Blockbuster and was one of the best films of 2011 thereby
bagging Vidya Balan her first National Award and all other awards of 2011 for her performance
and six awards for Best Film.
In the Year 2012, the company released first ever seen Adult Comedy Kyaa Super Kool Hai
Hum, sequel to 2005 hit Kyaa Kool Hai Hum which was slammed by critics but was a Box
Office Success thereby made at a Budget of 13 crores and collecting 33 crores itself
in its first week.
In 2013, the company released its Horror Film Ek Thi Daayan, co-produced with Vishal Bhardwaj.
The film received mostly positive response.
It was well-accepted by critics and received 3 out of 5 on an average.
Jinson John of Indian Box Office also stated "Ek Thi Daayan is not that regular Bhootiya
Isshtoorry, the plot stands out of them all, it's surely is an Experimental Plot, but not
written by an Idiot."
The film opened Ek Thi Daayan opened at around 30-40% occupancy with better opening in multiplexes
rather than single screens netted around 18.07 crore over the first weekend.
In May 2013, released by the company was 'Shootout at Wadala'.
The film opened with great reviews from many quarters.Bollywood Hungama, rated the film
with Stars whereas Times of India rated it with Stars.
Made on the string Budget of 26 crores, the film grossed 54.6 crores worldwide.
The film was declared Average by Boxoffice India.
In July 2013, the company released 'Lootera', starring Ranveer Singh & Sonakshi Sinha as
leads.
The film opened with best reviews from many critics.
Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film with Stars, describing "On the whole,
LOOTERA is an intrinsically earnest and profoundly heartwarming story that stays in your heart.
An absolute must for those who love romantic films or are romantic at heart.
This one's a cinematic gem!".
Raja Sen of Rediff rated stars and noted, "Lootera is a gorgeous, gorgeous film, one
that uses its period setting affectionately, with loving detail, and not exploitatively,
as our cinema is wont to do."
Meena Iyer of The Times of India assigned the film Stars and noted, "Lootera is a love
saga of yore."
She added, "You may find this film boring if state-of-the-art, slow romance is not your
idea of a movie outing."
The film was made on the Budget of 27 crores and netted 38 crores worldwide in its lifetime
. In August 2013, the company released 'Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara!'
the sequel to one of its most successful film, Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai.
The film opened with mixed reviews from all the critics and was also slammed by many critics
for its poor drafting and execution of story line.
The film was made on the high Budget of 85 crores to 100 crores and collected 70 crores
worldwide, thereby contributing the loss and was declared "Flop".
In the year February 2014, the company released 'Shaadi Ke Side Effects' starring Farhan Akhtar
& Vidya Balan.The film opened with positive reviews from various quarters and collected
5.7 crores on its day one.
The film went on to gross 21.2 crores in its opening weekend.
The film grossed 45.18 crores worldwide after two weeks.
In March 2014, the company is set to release 'Ragini MMS 2' starring Sunny Leone, the sequel
to yet another successful film of the company Ragini MMS.In April 2014, The company will
release 'Main Tera Hero' starring Varun Dhawan as a Male Lead directed by David Dhawan And
In June 2014, It will release 'Ek Villain — There's one in every love story' co-starring
Sidharth Malhotra & Shraddha Kapoor.
The Other films that are in pipeline unscheduled for release includes 'Badtameez Dil', 'Kuku
Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi' and 'Milan Talkies'.
Balaji Motion Pictures ranks in the top five film production companies in India.
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Film distribution Awards & ceremonies
The Global Indian Film and Television Honours References
External links Balaji Motion Pictures at the Internet Movie
Database Balaji Motion Pictures on apnkachoice.com
Profile on glamsham.com CEO of Balaji, Garg on company's next projects