PVR Inox Pictures

PVR Inox Pictures
Type	Subsidiary
Founded	1997
Headquarters	Gurgaon, India
Products	Films
Website	www.pvrpictures.com

PVR Inox Pictures (formerly PVR Pictures) is the film distribution arm of PVR INOX, which also owns PVR Cinemas and INOX Leisure, two of the largest multiplex companies in India. PVR Pictures was renamed as PVR INOX Pictures post the completion of the merger between PVR and INOX Leisure, and the announcement was made at the Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

History

The company has its origin is Priya Cinema in Vasant Vihar in South Delhi, which was bought by current owner 's father in 1978, who also owned a trucking business, Amritsar Transport Co. In 1988, Bijli took over the running of the cinema hall, which was revamped in 1990, and its success led to the founding PVR Cinemas.^[2]^[3]

PVR Pictures film production début came in 2007 with Taare Zameen Par and Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na.^[4] It has distributed over 200 Hollywood films, including The Aviator, Mission: Impossible III, Kill Bill: Volume 1 and its sequel Volume 2, The Twilight Saga and Chicago; over 100 Bollywood films, including blockbusters such as Ghajini, Golmaal Returns, All The Best, Don, Sarkar Raj, Omkara and nearly 25 regional films since its inception. In October 2012 the company acquired the Indian distribution rights for the film adaption of Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize-winning novel Midnight's Children.^[5] In July 2023, they released the highly anticipated film Past Lives directed by debutant Celine Song in India, after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

Its CEO is Kamal Gianchandani,^[4] and its current promoters are Ajay Bijli and Sanjeev Kumar Bijli. Ajay Bijli is the Managing Director of PVR INOX Ltd while Sanjeev Kumar Bijli is the Executive Director of PVR INOX Ltd.

Recently, the group had a tie-up with HP to open Asia’s first Virtual Reality (VR) Lounge at PVR ECX, Mall of India, Noida.

Following a merger between PVR and INOX Leisure in 2023, PVR Pictures was rebranded to PVR Inox Pictures. The company will continue acquiring international films, albeit on a larger scale, for the Indian market.^[6]^[7]

Films produced

Year	Film	Director	Notes
2007	Taare Zameen Par	Aamir Khan	Co-produced with Aamir Khan Productions
2008	Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na	Abbas Tyrewala	Co-produced with Aamir Khan Productions
2008	Contract	Ram Gopal Varma	Co-produced with Ace Movie Company
2009	Tum Mile	Kunal Deshmukh	Co-produced with Vishesh Films
2010	Prem Kaa Game	Ashok Kheny	Co-produced with A K K Entertainment
	Hide & Seek	Shawn Arranha
	My Friend Ganesha 3	Rajiv S. Ruia
	Lamhaa	Rahul Dholakia	Co-produced with G. S. Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
	Aisha	Rajshree Ojha	Co-produced with Anil Kapoor Films Company and MAD Entertainment Ltd.
	Action Replayy	Vipul Amrutlal Shah	Co-produced with Hari Om Entertainment and Sunshine Pictures
2011	Teen Thay Bhai	Mrighdeep Lamba	Co-produced with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures
2012	Shanghai	Dibakar Banerjee	Co-produced with Dibakar Banerjee Productions
2017	Poorna: Courage Has No Limit	Rahul Bose	Co-produced with Rahul Bose Productions

Director's Rare

The Following films were released under PVR Director's Rare Banner.

Year	Film	Director	Language	Studio	Notes
2012	Kshay	Karan Gour	Hindi	Empatheia Films
	Anhe Ghore Da Daan	Gurvinder Singh	Punjabi	National Film Development Corporation of India
	Hansa	Manav Kaul	Hindi	Aranya Films	^[8]
2013	Lessons in Forgetting	Unni Vijayan	English	Arowana Studios
	Love in Bombay	Joy Mukherjee	Hindi		The film was originally made in 1971
	The Adventures of Sinbad	Shinjan Neogi and Abhishek Panchal	Hindi	Lodi Films Pvt. Ltd.	Animated Film
	Mere Haule Dost	Nitin Raghunath	Hindi	Fingerchop Films
	Baandhon	Jahnu Barua	Assamese	ASFFDC	Originally released in 2012 in the state of Assam
	The Lunchbox	Ritesh Batra	Hindi	DAR Motion Pictures, UTV Motion Pictures, Dharma Productions, Sikhya Entertainment, NFDC, ROH Films, ASAP Films, Cine Mosaic	Limited engagement.
2014	Liar's Dice	Geetu Mohandas	Hindi	JAR Pictures
	Station	Saad Khan	Hindi	Sumit Ghosh Media
	Raakh	Aditya Bhattacharya	Hindi	Emotion Picture Company, Saritha Films, Second Image Enterprise	Originally released in 1989
	The World Before Her	Nisha Pahuja	English	KinoSmith, Ro*co Films	Canadian Documentary Film originally released in 2012
	Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka	Prasanna Vithanage	Sinhala, Tamil		Sri Lankan film originally released in 2012
	The Nut Job	Peter Lepeniotis	English	Red Rover International, ToonBox Entertainment, Gulfstream Pictures	Animated film co-produced by production companies of Canada, US and South Korea
	Naya Pata	Pawan K Shrivastava	Hindi	Vaartul Films, Nayaab Vision Entertainmen	produced through Crowd funding
	Crossing Bridges	Sange Dorjee Thongdok	Sherdukpen		First feature film in Sherdukpen Language
	Sulemani Keeda	Amit V Masurkar	Hindi	Tulsea Pictures, Mantra/Runaway Entertainment
2015	Surkhaab	Sanjay Talreja	Hindi	Golden Gate Creations	Indo-Canadian co-production
2015	The Path of Zarathustra	Oorvazi Irani	English	SBI Impresario Pvt. Ltd.
2017	Newton	Amit V Masurkar	Hindi	Drishyam Films

Films distributed

Hindi

Ganapath (2023)
Mission Raniganj (2023)
Akelli (2023)
Bholaa (2023)
Vikram Vedha (2022)
Velle (2021)
83 (2021)
Sooryavanshi (2021)
Mamangam (2019)
Saand Ki Aankh (2019)
Super 30 (2019)
FryDay (2018)
Nanu Ki Jaanu (2018)
Chauranga (2016)
Gulabi (2014)
Mahabharat (2013)
Shorts (2013)
Bandook (2013)
Chhota Bheem and the Curse of Damyaan (2012)
Men Will Be Men (2011)
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010)
Action Replayy (2010)
Soul of Sand (2010)
Antardwand (2010)
Lamhaa (2010)
Rann (2010)
Tum Mile (2009)
All the Best: Fun Begins (2009)
Blue (2009)
Aloo Chaat (2009)
Ghajini (2008)
Golmaal Returns (2008)
Phoonk (2008)
Contract (2008)
Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008)
Via Darjeeling (2008)
Mere Baap Pehle Aap (2008)
Sarkar Raj (2008)
Shaurya: It Takes Courage to Make Right... Right (2008)
Victoria No. 203: Diamonds Are Forever (2007)
Bheja Fry (2007)
Being Cyrus (2005)

Telugu

Kushi (2023)
Godfather (2022)
A: Ad Infinitum (2021)

Tamil

Don (2022)

Kannada

Vikrant Rona (2022)

Bengali

References

↑ "PVR Pictures renamed as PVR Inox Pictures". The Hindu Business Line. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
↑ "Questions & Answers: Ajay Bijli". Wall Street Journal. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
↑ Peerzada Abrar (24 August 2012). "How Ajay Bijli, the man behind PVR, managed to crack the movie theater business in India". The Economic Times. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
1 2 "After reports claim Brahmastra caused ₹800 cr loss for cinema chains, PVR CEO slams 'false and negative' reports on film". Hindustan Times. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
↑ Ramnath, Nandini. "PVR to distribute 'Midnight's Children' in India". Mint. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
↑ Shackleton, Liz (16 May 2023). "Indian Exhibitor PVR Inox Launches PVR Inox Pictures To Increase Acquisitions Of International Films For India". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
↑ Ramachandran, Naman (16 May 2023). "Indian Exhibitor PVR Inox Pictures to Strengthen Distribution Business – Global Bulletin". Variety. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
↑ Ravindran, Nirmala (13 August 2012). "Chinwag with... Manav Kaul". Bangalore Mirror. Archived from the original on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
↑ Squires, John (10 June 2022). "'The Crow' Reboot Taking Flight With Several Big Deals Made for International Rights". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
↑ Kay, Jeremy (10 June 2022). "FilmNation sells out on 'The Crow' reboot in Cannes (exclusive)". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

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[1] "PVR Pictures renamed as PVR Inox Pictures". The Hindu Business Line. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.

[2] "Questions & Answers: Ajay Bijli". Wall Street Journal. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2014.

[3] Peerzada Abrar (24 August 2012). "How Ajay Bijli, the man behind PVR, managed to crack the movie theater business in India". The Economic Times. Retrieved 24 September 2014.

[fin-4] 1 2 "After reports claim Brahmastra caused ₹800 cr loss for cinema chains, PVR CEO slams 'false and negative' reports on film". Hindustan Times. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2023.

[5] Ramnath, Nandini. "PVR to distribute 'Midnight's Children' in India". Mint. Retrieved 22 October 2012.

[6] Shackleton, Liz (16 May 2023). "Indian Exhibitor PVR Inox Launches PVR Inox Pictures To Increase Acquisitions Of International Films For India". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

[7] Ramachandran, Naman (16 May 2023). "Indian Exhibitor PVR Inox Pictures to Strengthen Distribution Business – Global Bulletin". Variety. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

[BM_Interview_Manav-8] Ravindran, Nirmala (13 August 2012). "Chinwag with... Manav Kaul". Bangalore Mirror. Archived from the original on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[9] Squires, John (10 June 2022). "'The Crow' Reboot Taking Flight With Several Big Deals Made for International Rights". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[10] Kay, Jeremy (10 June 2022). "FilmNation sells out on 'The Crow' reboot in Cannes (exclusive)". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

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