Sikhya Entertainment
Sikhya Entertainment Pvt Ltd was founded in 2008 by producer Guneet Monga, it believes in giving voice to new and unique talent and has pioneered in taking Indian cinema across with world.
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | , India |
Key people | Guneet Monga Achin Jain |
| Products | Films |
| Services | Film Production Production Services |
| Website | sikhyaentertainment |
Over the years they have ventured successfully into different verticals - feature films, short films, documentaries, web series and podcasts.
As quoted by the founder, "Sikhya Entertainment is a company born out of love for cinema". Hence, it is amongst the first content-driven film studios in India, backing films like The Lunchbox (winner Grand Golden Rail award - Cannes Film Festival 2013), Masaan (FIPRESCI Prize - Un Certain Regard, Prix de l'Avenir - Un Certain Regard - Cannes Film Festival 2015), Oscar winning, Period. End Of Sentence, Oscar nominated, Kavi and many others. A twelve-year-old production house has a total of 9 films at Cannes, 14 films at TIFF, and over 30 awards at other prestigious film festivals.
They have collaborated with some of the finest filmmakers from different parts of the world including Oscar-winning Bosnian director Danis Tanovic (Tigers), French director Nicolas Saada (Taj Mahal) and British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom (Trishna), to name a few.
In 2016, Sikhya Entertainment ventured into its first English Language film, The Ashram, starring Academy Award-winning actress Melissa Leo and Kal Penn, Norwegian-German film, What Will People Say, directed by Iram Haq which premiered at Toronto Film Festival 2017 amongst others.
The range of Production Services offered by Sikhya includes- Research, Creative collaborations with local Writers, Location Scouting, Budgeting, Casting, Permits, Travel & Accommodation, Hiring of Crew, extensive Post Production services and transparent accounting practices including Third party audit system.
In 2020 they released one of a kind short-film anthology, Zindagi In Short, in collaboration with India's leading e-commerce giant Flipkart. The anthology opened to a thunderous response from both critics and audiences. In addition, Sikhya has successfully ventured into the Southern Film Industry with the blockbuster film on the life of Captain Gopinath, founder of Air Deccan, Soorarai Pottru.
Having received accolades from all over and box office success, Sikhya Entertainment is striving towards making world class cinema which has a global impact.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Director | Other notes |
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| 2008 | Dasvidaniya | Shashank Shah | |
| 2011 | That Girl in Yellow Boots | Anurag Kashyap | |
| 2013 | The Lunchbox | Ritesh Batra | |
| Peddlers | Vasan Bala | ||
| Monsoon Shootout | Amit Kumar | ||
| 2020 | Pagglait | Umesh Bist | |
| 2020 | Soorarai Pottru | Sudha Kongara |
