Reliance Entertainment
{{Short description|Indian media and entertainment company}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Reliance Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
| former_names = Reliance BIG Entertainment (2005–2009), BIG Pictures (2005–2009), Reliance BIG Pictures (2009–2010){{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
| logo = Reliance Entertainment.svg
| type = Division
| slogan =
| foundation = {{start date and age|2005|2|15|df=y}}
| location = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Anil Ambani (chairman)
Tina Ambani
(director)
| num_employees =
| industry = {{hlist|Entertainment|Mass media}}
| products = {{hlist|Films|Web series|Animation|Digital|Gaming}}
| parent = Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.relianceentertainment.com/|Reliance Entertainment}}
}}
Reliance Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian media and entertainment company. It is a division of Reliance Group, handling its media and entertainment business, across content and distribution platforms. The company was founded on 15 February 2005, as two entities, namely Reliance Big Entertainment and BIG Pictures. Four years later the two companies were merged into Reliance BIG Pictures in 2009, and the company's name was changed to Reliance Entertainment the following year.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
The key content initiatives are across movies, music, sports, gaming, Internet & mobile portals, leading to direct opportunities in delivery across the emerging digital distribution platforms: digital cinema, IPTV, DTH and mobile TV.
Subsidiaries
= Current =
- Storyteller Holding Co., LLC{{Cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297401/000119312516450671/d277745dex991.htm |title=EX-99.1 |website=sec.gov |access-date=27 November 2016}} (Amblin Partners) (investor, 20%)
- Amblin Entertainment – Family-Friendly Label
- DreamWorks Pictures – Mature Label
- Amblin Television – Television Division
- Storyteller Distribution Co. LLC – Copyright Holder
- Reliance Animation (formerly BIG Animation) – (Airtight Info media)
- Reliance Home Video & Games – Home Video Division
- Reliance BIG Music – Record Label Division
- BIG Star Entertainment Awards
- Jump Games (ParadoX Studios)
- Lava Bear Films
- Riverstone Pictures
- Reliance Games – Mobile Games Development Studio
- Reliance Media Works Ltd
- Reliance ND Studios
- Big Synergy – Non Fiction TV Production Division
- Reliance MediaWorks (formerly Lowry Digital)
- Reliance Media Works Studio – Filmcity Mumbai
- Talenthouse
- Window Seat Films
- Digital Domain
= Former =
- IM Global – 80% sold to Tang Media Partners in 2016; merged with Open Road Films into Global Road Entertainment in 2017
- AutoMatik (joint venture with Entertainment One)
- IM Global Television – Television division
- Codemasters (29% owned until January 2021){{cite web |title=Anil Ambani group co raises ₹1,700 cr in London listing |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/anil-ambani-group-co-raises-1700-cr-in-london-listing/article24060558.ece |website=Business Line |date=June 2018 |access-date=28 January 2019 |language=en}}{{cite web |url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ea-has-officially-completed-its-purchase-of-codemasters/ |title=EA has officially completed its purchase of Codemasters |first=Andy |last=Robinson |date=18 February 2021 |website=Video Games Chronicle |access-date=18 February 2021 |archive-date=18 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218140837/https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ea-has-officially-completed-its-purchase-of-codemasters/ |url-status=live}}
- Phantom Films – sold to Madhu Mantena and Sheetal Talwar in 2022; renamed to Phantom Studios{{cite web |title=Phantom Films' gets revived by new owners, Madhu Mantena and Sheetal Talwar |website=The Times of India |first=Vicky |last=Lalwani |date=1 March 2022 |access-date=20 February 2023 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/phantom-films-gets-revived-by-new-owners-madhu-mantena-and-sheetal-talwar-exclusive/articleshow/89925411.cms}}
History
{{prose|date=January 2016}}
- Reliance forayed into the largely untapped video rental market in India by launching Bigflix.{{cite web |url=http://anil-ambani-news.newslib.com/story/2575-3242169/ |title=Anil Ambani eyes video rental business |publisher=Anil-ambani-news.newslib.com |access-date=24 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20120125180750/http://anil-ambani-news.newslib.com/story/2575-3242169/ |archive-date=25 January 2012 }}
- The company plans to launch TV Channels.{{cite web |url=http://anil-ambani-news.newslib.com/story/2575-3242167/ |title=Anil Ambani to launch 20 TV channels |publisher=Anil-ambani-news.newslib.com |access-date=24 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708172851/http://anil-ambani-news.newslib.com/story/2575-3242167/ |archive-date=8 July 2012 }}
- On 15 July 2009, Reliance and Steven Spielberg announced a joint venture with funding of $825 million.[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Anil-Ambani-to-provide-Rs-4K-cr-to-Spielberg-for-films/articleshow/4781120.cms Anil Ambani meets Spielberg; to provide Rs 4,000 cr for films] The Economic Times.
- Big 92.7 FM launched a radio station in Singapore considering 8% of the population residing there is Indian.{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1173264 |title=Anil Ambani Group launches radio station in Singapore DNA |work=Daily News and Analysis |date=24 June 2008 |access-date=24 January 2012}}
- On 5 April 2010, Reliance acquired a 50% stake in Codemasters.{{cite web |last=Hinkle |first=David |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/05/reliance-big-entertainment-acquires-50-stake-in-codemasters/ |title=Reliance Big Entertainment acquires 50% stake in Codemasters |publisher=Joystiq |date=5 April 2010 |access-date=2 August 2010}}
- On 28 May 2010, the company achieved the first ever Hollywood box office market with the release of Kites.
- Reliance co-produced director Steven Spielberg's film War Horse, which was released worldwide on Christmas Day in 2011. Many other projects from the director also have the company as a producer.{{cite web |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/reliance-spielberg-in-talks-over-2-bn-movie-venture/326882/ |title=Reliance, Spielberg in talks over $2 bn movie venture |work=The Financial Express |date=24 June 2008 |access-date=24 January 2012}}
- In January 2012, it was announced that Reliance DreamWorks movies garnered 11 Oscar nominations.{{cite web |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/media/entertainment-/entertainment/reliance-dreamworks-movies-garner-11-oscar-nominations/articleshow/11619943.cms |title=Reliance Dreamworks movies garner 11 Oscar nominations|work=The Economic Times |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=24 January 2012}}
- In November 2014, the company announced plans to begin the acquisition process of the North American and European mobile game studios of DreamWorks Studios in early 2015.[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-reliance-gaming-exclusive-idUSKCN0IY25120141115 Exclusive: India's Reliance Entertainment plans to acquire Western game studios in 2015]. Reuters, 15 November 2014
Films
= Bengali =
= Hindi =
= Punjabi =
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Name ! Cast ! Note(s) |
| 2012
| Aman Dhaliwal, Gurleen Chopra | Drama Film |
= Tamil =
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Film ! Cast ! Note(s) |
| rowspan = 1 | 2009
| Psychological Horror Film |
| rowspan = 1 | 2010
| Singam | Action Film |
| rowspan = 2 | 2011
| Romantic Film |
| Osthe
| Silambarasan, Richa Gangopadhyay | Remake Of Dabangg |
| rowspan = 1 | 2012
| Naan Ee | Sudeep, Samantha Akkineni, Nani | Fantasy Action Film |
| rowspan = 1 | 2013
| David | Vikram, Jiiva, Isha Sharvani | Drama Film; partly dubbed |
| rowspan = 1 | 2016
| Sports Action-Drama Film |
| rowspan = 3 | 2019
| Dev | Based On Road Adventure |
| NGK
| Political Action Film |
| Game Over
| Psychological Thriller Film |
| rowspan = 3 | 2021
| Aelay | Comedy Drama film |
| Mandela
| Comedy Drama film |
| Jagame Thandhiram
| Dhanush | Action Thriller film |
= Telugu =
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Name ! Cast ! Genre(s) |
| rowspan = 1 | 2009
| Saleem | Vishnu Manchu, Ileana D'Cruz | Drama Film |
| rowspan = 1 | 2011
| Comedy Drama Film |
| rowspan = 2 | 2012
| Fantasy-Action Comedy |
| Adhinayakudu
| Nandamuri Balakrishna, Raai Laxmi | Telugu Action Drama Film |
| rowspan = 4 | 2013
| Pawan Kalyan, Samantha Akkineni, Pranitha Subhash | Comedy Drama Film |
| Toofan
| Ram Charan Teja, Priyanka Chopra, Prakash Raj, Srihari, Mahie Gill | Remake of Zanjeer (1973) Action Crime Drama Film; bilingual |
| Sahasam
| |
| Bhai
| Nagarjuna, Richa Gangopadhyay | Action Drama Film |
| rowspan = 2 | 2014
| Manam | Nagarjuna, ANR, Naga Chaitanya, Shriya Saran, Samantha Akkineni | Fantasy-Drama Film |
| Jump Jilani
| Allari Naresh, Isha Chawla, Swathi Deekshith | Comedy Drama Film; Remake of Kalakalappu |
| rowspan = 1 | 2016
| N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Rakul Preet Singh | Action Thriller Film |
| rowspan = 1 | 2019
| Psychological Thriller Film |
= Kannada =
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Name ! Cast ! Note(s) |
| 2010
| Ijjodu | Aniruddha Jatkar, Meera Jasmine | Drama Film |
| 2015
| Puneeth Rajkumar, Anjali, Adah Sharma | Action Thriller Film |
= Malayalam =
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Name ! Cast ! Note(s) |
| 2010
| Mammootty, Kamalinee Mukherjee | Drama Film |
= English =
= French =
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Name ! Cast ! Note(s) |
| 2017
| Comedy-drama film |
= Spanish =
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Name ! Cast ! Note(s) |
| 2010
| Kites | Hrithik Roshan, Bárbara Mori | Romantic Action Thriller Film |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website}}
{{Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group}}
{{Authority control}}
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Category:Producers who won the Best Feature Film National Film Award
Category:Producers who won the Best Film on Other Social Issues National Film Award