Rajshri Productions
{{Short description|Indian film production and distribution company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Rajshri Productions
| logo = Rajshri.png
| logo_size = 200px
| type = Private
| founded = {{start date and age|1947}}
| location_city = Mumbai
| location_country = India
| founder = Tarachand Barjatya
| key_people = Sooraj Barjatya
(Chairman & Managing Director)
| industry = Entertainment
| products = *Film production
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.rajshri.com/}}
}}
Rajshri Productions is an Indian film production and distribution company based in Mumbai, India, established in 1947,{{cite web|url=http://www.rajshri.com|title=Rajshri - India's Leading Entertainment Studios since 1947|publisher=rajshri|access-date=20 July 2018}} which is primarily involved in producing Hindi films.{{Cite web |title=Rajshri Productions PVT LTD Information - Rajshri Productions PVT LTD Company Profile, Rajshri Productions PVT LTD News on The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/company/ |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=The Economic Times |language=en}}
History
Rajshri Productions, the film production division of Rajshri, was established in 1947. Its first release Aarti met with critical acclaim and was screened at international film festivals. This was followed by Dosti, a non-star-cast film which became a box office success, and received the National Award for the Best Hindi Film of the Year (1964) and six Filmfare Awards.
Rajshri Productions made several more successful and critically acclaimed movies between the 1960s and 1980s including Uphaar, Geet Gaata Chal, Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se, Chitchor, Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye and Saaransh. At the end of the 1980s, when the film industry experienced a slump due to the advent of home video, Rajshri was on the verge of closing down. However, the company had a hit with a musical teenage romance, Maine Pyar Kiya, directed in-house by Sooraj R. Barjatya, which saved the company from closure.{{cite news |title=Sooraj Bhajatya's superhit film Maine Pyar Kiya saves Rajshri Productions |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19900515-sooraj-bhajatya-s-superhit-film-maine-pyar-kiya-saves-rajshri-productions-812575-1990-05-15 |access-date=6 October 2013 |work=India Today |date=15 May 1990}} It became one of Indian cinema's biggest grossers, and won six Filmfare Awards including Best Film and the Most Sensational Debut of the Year for 24-year-old Salman Khan.
Salman Khan followed up the success of Maine Pyar Kiya with Rajshri blockbusters Hum Aapke Hain Koun and Hum Saath Saath Hain. Hum Aapke Hain Koun remains one of the highest grossing releases in the history of Indian cinema, and won the National Award for the most popular film providing wholesome entertainment, as well as eight Filmfare Awards and six Screen Awards, including Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director.
Television
- Paying Guest (1985) - Doordarshan{{cite web|title=Rajshri.com - Paying Guest(1985) TV Show Official webpage|url= https://rajshri.com/tv/paying-guest-1985/|accessdate=10 August 2023}}
- Koie Jane Na (2004) - STAR Plus
- Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki (30 May 2005 – 20 January 2011) - Sahara One
- Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli (17 November 2009 – 13 July 2012) - Zee TV
- Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam (2006) - STAR Plus
- Do Hanson Ka Jodaa (2010) - NDTV Imagine
- Main Teri Parchhain Hoon (2008–2009) - NDTV Imagine
- Jhilmil Sitaaron Ka Aangan Hoga (27 February 2012 – 18 October 2013) - Sahara One
- Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara (18 June 2012 – 1 November 2014) - STAR Plus
- Mere Rang Mein Rangne Waali (17 November 2014 – 10 July 2015) - Life OK
- Swabhiman (19 December 2016 -29 September 2017) - Colors TV
- Piyaa Albela (6 March 2017 – 24 August 2018) - Zee TV
- Dadi Amma... Dadi Amma Maan Jaao! (2020) - Star Plus
- OTT
- Bada Naam Karenge (2025) - on SonyLIV
Digital
{{Main|Rajshri Media}}
In November 2006, Rajshri Productions launched a broadband entertainment portal, [http://www.rajshri.com Rajshri.com], offering streaming and downloads of various forms of content including movies, music videos, concerts, and documentaries.{{cite news|title=Bollywood films now a click away|website=Rediff.com|author=Aminah Sheikh|place=Mumbai|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/feb/01films.htm|date=1 February 2007|access-date=20 July 2018}} The digital content is from its own production house and others.
Awards
- {{Awards|award=National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment|year=1975|title=Tapasya{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.nic.in/Attachments/Documents/93_23rdNfacatalogue.pdf|title=23rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=20 July 2018}}|name=Won|year2=1994|title2=Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.nic.in/Attachments/Documents/75_42ndNfacatalogue.pdf|title=42nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=20 July 2018}}}}
- {{Awards|award=Filmfare Best Movie Award|year=1965|title=Dosti|name=Won|year2=1990|title2=Maine Pyar Kiya|year3=1995|title3=Hum Aapke Hain Kaun}}
- {{Awards|award=Filmfare Best Movie Award|year=1977|title=Chitchor|name=Nominated|year2=1977|title2=Tapasya|year3=1979|title3=Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se|year4=1985|title4=Saaransh|year5=2023|title5=Uunchai}}
- {{Awards|award=Zee Rishtey Award for Favourite Show (Fiction)|year=2009|title=Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli|name=Nominated|year2=2010|title2=Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli|name2=Nominated}}
- {{Awards|award=Zee Rishtey Award for Favourite Show (Fiction)|year=2011|title=Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli|name=Won}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Film !Director !Notes |
| 1962
|Phani Majumdar | |
| 1964
|Satyen Bose | |
| 1966
|T. Prakash Rao | |
| 1967
|Taqdeer |A. Salaam |{{cite news |last=Lokapally |first=Vijay |author-link=Vijay Lokapally |date=1 March 2012 |title=Taqdeer (2012) |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/taqdeer-1967/article2950921.ece |work=The Hindu |access-date=11 August 2024 |url-access=subscription}} |
| 1970
|Satyen Bose | |
| 1971
|Sudhendu Roy | |
| rowspan="2" |1972
|Satyen Bose | |
| Piya Ka Ghar
|Basu Chatterjee | |
| rowspan="2" |1973
|Sudhendu Roy | |
| Honeymoon
|Hiren Nag | |
| rowspan="2" |1975
|Toofan |Kedar Kapoor | |
| Geet Gaata Chal
|Hiren Nag | |
| rowspan="2" |1976
|Anil Ganguly | |
| Chitchor
|Basu Chatterjee | |
| rowspan="4" |1977
|Prashant Nanda | |
| Alibaba Marjinaa
|Kedar Kapoor | |
| Agent Vinod
|Deepak Bahry | |
| Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaaye
|Lekh Tandon | |
| rowspan="2" |1978
|Hiren Nag | |
| Bandie
|Alo Sarkar | |
| rowspan="8" |1979
|Sunayana |Hiren Nag | |
| Shikshaa
|S. Ramanathan | |
| Sawan Ko Aane Do
|Kanak Mishra | |
| Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin
|Satyen Bose | |
| Gopal Krishna
|Vijay Sharma | |
| Raadha Aur Seeta
|Vijay Kapoor | |
| Tarana
|Deepak Bahry | |
| Naiyya
|Prashant Nanda | |
| rowspan="6" |1980
|Satyen Bose | |
| Manokaamnaa
|Kedar Kapoor | |
| Maan Abhiman
|Hiren Nag | |
| Jazbaat
|Sooraj Prakash | |
| Ek Baar Kaho
|Lekh Tandon | |
| Humkadam
|Anil Ganguly | |
| 1981
|Kanak Mishra | |
| rowspan="3" |1982
|Govind Moonis | |
| Tumhare Bina
|Satyen Bose | |
| Sun Sajna
|Chander Bahl | |
| rowspan="2" |1983
|Sun Meri Laila |Chander H. Bahl | |
| Dard-E-Dil
|Suraj Prakash | |
| rowspan="4" |1984
|Rakt Bandhan |Rajat Rakshit | |
| Abodh
|Hiren Nag | |
| Saaransh
|Mahesh Bhatt | |
| Phulwari
|Mukul Datt | |
| 1986
|Babul |Govind Moonis | |
| 1989
|rowspan="3" |Sooraj Barjatya | |
| 1994
| |
| 1999
| |
| 2002
|Mohan Singh Rathore | |
| 2003
| |
| 2003
|Sasu Ghara Chali Jibi |Basant Sahu | |
| 2004
|Uuf Kya Jadoo Mohabbat Hai..! |Manoj J. Bhatia | |
| 2005
| |
| 2006
| |
| 2008
|Kaushik Gatak |written by Sooraj Barjatya |
| 2010
|Vidhi Kasliwal | |
| Rowspan=2|2011
| |
| Jaana Pehchana
|Sachin Pilgaonkar | |
| 2014
|Kaushik Gatak | |
| 2015
| |
| 2016
|Syed Hussain |Urdu film |
| 2019
|Abhishek Dixit | |
| 2022
| Uunchai | |
| 2023
|Dono |Ashvin S. Barjatya | |
| 2024
|Marathi Film |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.rajshri.com/ Rajshri's Official website]
- {{IMDb name|0023532}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080505011732/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/company/filmography/1230/index.html Rajshri Productions Filmography] at Bollywood Hungama
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Category:Film distributors of India
Category:Mass media companies established in 1947
Category:Film production companies based in Mumbai
Category:Television production companies of India