Emmay Entertainment

Emmay Entertainment was founded by Indian film director Nikkhil Advani, his sister Monisha Advani, and friend, Madhu Bhojwani. Currently, Nikkhil handles all the creative and talent aspects of the company, while, Monisha & Madhu look into the Marketing, Legalities & Finance of the company. Nikkhil Advani joined hands with his sister Monisha Advani & childhood friend Madhu Bhojwani in 2011 and ventured this production house. He handles all the creative ad talent aspects of the company. He is also the director and screenwriter, in addition to being the co-founder of Emmay Entertainment and Motion Pictures, LLP. In the past he's worked on films like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham and Mohabbatein.[1] The first film he directed was Kal Ho Na Ho, which won six Filmfare awards.[2] After starting Emmay, he has been involved with multiple projects like D-Day, Hero, Katti Batti, Airlift.[3]

The first feature film produced by Emmay Entertainment was D-Day, which was received with positive reviews along with a few awards. Another film produced by Emmay was Airlift, which was their first to cross 1 billion on the box office and also their first to receive a National Award. Apart from these two films, Emmay also produced Katti Batti and Hero; with the latter bagging a Filmfare award. Emmay Entertainment also produced the prison film Lucknow Central directed by Ranjit Tiwari  It stars Farhan Akhtar as the lead actor.

Their next film was Satyameva Jayate, a vigilante action film Directed by Milap Zaveri starring John Abraham, Manoj Bajpayee, Amruta Khanvilkar and Debutante Aisha Sharma that was released on 15 August 2018. Followed by Baazaar an Indian crime thriller movie  directed by Gauravv K. Chawla, and written by Nikkhil Advani, Aseem Arora and Parveez Sheikh. Starring Saif Ali Khan, debutant Rohan Vinod Mehra, Radhika Apte and Chitrangada Singh in lead roles. Nikkhil Advani announced the film Batla House a 2019 action thriller film written by Ritesh Shah starring John Abraham opposite Mrunal Thakur. Inspired by the Batla House encounter case that took place in 2008, the story showcases the encounter and its aftermath. The film was released on 15th August 2019 and became commercially successful at the box office.

In 2019, the company produced Marjaavaan a romantic action film directed by Milap Zaveri and starring Sidharth Malhotra, Riteish Deshmukh, Tara Sutaria and Rakul Preet Singh. The film is a co-production with T-Series and was released on 15 November 2019.

Their latest release was Indoo Ki Jawani, directed by Abir Sengupta starring Kiara Advani, Aditya seal and Mallika Dua. It is a coming of age comedy film that revolves around a girl from Ghaziabad and her misadventures with dating apps. The film was released on 11^th December 2020.

Emmay has currently announced more productions to be released in 2021 and beyond. This will be followed by Satyameva Jayate 2, a sequel of the 2018 film Satyameva Jayate. Directed by Milap zaveri starring John Abraham and Divya Khosla Kumar. This vigilante action film is slated to be released on EID 2021.

The production house is also set to release a new family dramedy that is a cross border love story starring Arjun Kapoor, Rakul Preet Singh and Neena Gupta. Which will be directed by debutante Kaashvie Nair and Written by Anuja Chauhan, Amitosh Nagpal, and Kaashvie Nair.

Gearing up for an April 2021 release, “roller-coaster spy ride” Bell Bottom, directed by Lucknow central Director Ranjit Tewari, will star Akshay Kumar & Vaani Kapoor in the title roles.

Hasmukh

Directed by Nikhil Gonsalves and written by Suparn Verma, Vir Das, Nikkhil Advani, Amogh Ranadive & Neeraj Pandey was released on Netflix on 17^th April. Headlined by Vir Das as ‘Hasmukh’ and Ranvir Shorey as ‘Jimmy’ the show's crew also consists of Amrita Bagchi, Mantra, Ravi Kishan, Manoj Pahwa, Joanna Robaczewska, Raza Murad, among others. Emmay Entertainment as the production house, have created this show in association with Applause Entertainment.

Mumbai Diaries 26/11

It was announced that Emmay Entertainment will also be producing a series for Amazon, Mumbai Diaries 26/11 based on 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. The Series is directed by Nikkhil Advani & Nikhil Gonsalves and will star Mohit Raina, Tina Desai alongside Konkona Sen Sharma. The teaser was released on 26^th November.

Guddu Engineer

Emmay produced the short film, Guddu Engineer for the Zeal for Unity in 2016. Targeted at Indo-Pak unity, it was based on Rumi’s poem, "Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it". Directed by Nikkhil Advani, Guddu Engineer it won awards at 5th Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival.[4]

Unpaused – Apartment

Amazon Prime Video Original series, Unpaused released on 18 December 2020, is an anthology of five Hindi short films filmed during the pandemic and featuring stories about new beginnings. Unpaused is an anthology of 5 films among which one such short film is Apartment directed by Nikkhil Advani, starring Richa Chadha, Sumeet Vyas and Ishwak Singh. The plot focuses on the fall and ultimate rise of Chadha's character as she comes to terms with her husband's indiscretions with the help of a friendly neighbour.

Emmay Entertainment produced the telefilm, Shaadi Vaadi And All That in the year 2014 for MTV India which was directed by Kaashvie Nair. It starred Auritra Ghosh, Mishal Raheja, Vishal Karwal and Nikkitasha Marwaha. Emmay Entertainment produced their first TV series titled P.O.W. Bandi Yuddh Ke in 2016 along with Star Plus, starring Satyadeep Mishra, Purab Kohli and Manish Chaudhary. It first aired on 7 November 2016 on Star Plus and Hotstar; and after 110 episodes, the series ended on 15 March 2017.

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