Plan C Studios

{{Short description|Indian motion picture production company}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Plan C Studios

| logo = Plan C Studios Logo.jpg

| alt = 'C' is engraved on a chevron-like 'Play' button majorly seen in all types of media apps and softwares. Beside it, on left, 'PLAN' is written in bold. On right-side 'STUDIOS' is written in underline. Both of them are in capitalised format.

| type = Private

| industry = Film production

| genre = {{hlist|historical period drama|thriller|action|comedy|drama|crime}}

| founded = {{Start date and age|2015|12|2|df=y|paren=y}} at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

| founders = {{unbulleted list|Anil Ambani|Neeraj Pandey|Shital Bhatia}}

| hq_location_city = Mumbai

| hq_location_country = India

| areas_served =

| key_people = {{hlist|Ambani|Pandey|Bhatia}}

| products = {{unbulleted list|Rustom|Naam Shabana|Toilet: Ek Prem Katha|Aiyaary}}

| production = 4 films

| production_year = 2018

| services = Entertainment

| owners = {{unbulleted list|Ambani (50%)|Pandey and Bhatia (50%)}}

| website = {{URL|twitter.com/planc_studios}}

}}

Plan C Studios is an Indian motion picture production company founded as an alliance between Anil Ambani’s Reliance Entertainment and Neeraj Pandey and Shital Bhatia’s Friday Filmworks.{{cite book|last=Reliance|first=Entertainment |title=Reliance Entertainment and Neeraj Pandey's Plan C studio to produce Rustom|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/reliance-entertainment-and-neeraj-pandeys-plan-c-studio-to-produce-rustom/|date=2 February 2016|website=Bollywood Hungama}} It is the result of a 50:50 joint venture between the two production houses.

Plan C Studios made waves in the Indian film industry by launching its first production, Akshay Kumar starrer Rustom (film) which released on 12 August 2016.{{cite book|last=Reliance|first=Entertainment |title=Reliance Entertainment's Plan C Studios To Debut With Akshay's 'Rustom' |url=http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/reliance-entertainments-new-studio-to-debut-with-akshays-rustom/|date=2 February 2016|publisher=Koimoi}} Subsequent productions include Naam Shabana (a prequel to Pandey's 2015 film Baby) which was released on 31 March 2017.{{cite web|author=|date=2016-11-29|title=naam shabana: Taapsee Pannu is all fierce in the first look of 'Naam Shabana'|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Taapsee-Pannu-is-all-fierce-in-the-first-look-of-Naam-Shabana/articleshow/55678507.cms|website=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com|accessdate=2016-12-22}}

Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, starring Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar was released worldwide on 11 August 2017. It is a love story with a satirical flavor directed by Shree Narayan Singh and produced by Aruna Bhatia, Plan C Studios and Abundantia. It is presented by Viacom 18 and KriArj Entertainment.{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-toilet-ek-prem-katha-poster-out-akshay-kumar-and-bhumi-pednekar-gear-you-up-for-a-swachch-azaadi-2375796 |title=Akshay Kumar's 'Toilet – Ek Prem Katha' to release on 11 August 2017 – Movies to look forward to |website=Dnaindia.com |date=2017-03-30 |accessdate=2017-03-30}}

Aiyaary, starring Sidharth Malhotra and Manoj Bajpayee was released on 16 February 2018.