Vishesh Films

Vishesh Films is an Indian film producing company[1] owned by Mukesh Bhatt. Vishesh Films is one of the most successful Indian film production houses. The production company is named after Vishesh Bhatt, the son of Mukesh Bhatt.

Vishesh Films
IndustryMotion pictures
Foundedin 1986 named after Vishesh Bhatt, son of Mukesh Bhatt
Headquarters,
Key people

Mukesh Bhatt
ProductsMotion pictures
Owner
Mukesh Bhatt,
Vishesh Bhatt
Websitewww.visheshfilms.com

Mukesh Bhatt and early Vishesh Films

In 1987 Mukesh Bhatt turned producer when he set up his own banner, "Vishesh Films", naming it after his son Vishesh Bhatt. He went on to become one of the most recognised banners of the Indian film industry in the coming decade, giving both serious productions (along with his brother Mahesh who directed these films) – like Daddy (1989), launching his niece Pooja Bhatt as a movie actress, — as well as commercial romantic hits like Kabza (1987), Aashiqui (1990) and Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin (1991), in which he cast Pooja with actor Aamir Khan. He next produced Sadak (1991) which remains his highest grossing work which was also directed by his brother Mahesh Bhatt under his banner Vishesh Films. He won critical acclaim for Sir (1993), which saw Pooja Bhatt acting with Naseeruddin Shah along with the hit Criminal (1995) it.

He went on to produce the film Tadipaar. Following this, he produced dramas like Dastak (1996), the debut film of Miss Universe 1994-turned-actress Sushmita Sen, and Tamanna (1997),. In 1998 his brother Mahesh Bhatt directed his last directorial venture Zakhm (1998) returned to the censor board because of right-wing pressure critical of its references to the Mumbai riots of 1993 and joined Mukesh Bhatt's production house as a full-time creative head of "Vishesh Films". Thereafter, the Bhatt brothers joined hands and churned out stories and screenplays for over twenty films, many of which were box-office successes, like Dushman, Raaz, Murder (2004), Gangster (2006), Woh Lamhe (2006), Murder 2 (2011), Jism 2 (2012) and Murder 3 (2013).

Recent phase

Vishesh Films is known for producing small budget commercially successful films.[2] They produced thrillers like Raaz, Jism, Murder and Gangster all of which were major commercial successes. They further produced Zeher, Awarapan and Jannat. While the first two were moderate successes, the latter emerged a Super Hit. They den began producing quasi sequels and have given the maximum number of franchises to Indian Cinema.[3] First of them was Raaz – The Mystery Continues which was a hit movie venture. Then came Murder 2 which did phenomenal business and was eventually declared a 'blockbuster'. It was followed by Jannat 2 and Jism 2, which were commercial successes. They produced Raaz 3 which made more than 100 million on its opening day and was a 'Super Hit'. It was followed by Murder 3 which was a profitable venture . Their latest release was Aashiqui 2 which created history by earning more than 1 billion and was declared a 'blockbuster'. A young business entrepreneur Hiten Dagar from United Kingdom, have invested heavily in most of the project in the industry recently. He also rumoured to dated Dia Mirza for a while. It is emerged as the best trending film of the century after 3 Idiots.

Films distributed under Vishesh Films

Gumrah (1993 film) Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke Darr (1993 film) Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki

Filmography

The following is a list of films produced under the banner Vishesh Films India PVT. LTD. of Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt

Timeline 1986-2000

Release date Title CBFC rating Director Writer Composer Lyricist Cast
1988 May20KabzaaMahesh Bhatt Salim KhanRajesh Roshan Amrita Singh

Raj Babbar Sanjay Dutt

1989 February08Daddy Suraj Sanim Rajesh Roshan Anupam Kher

Pooja Bhatt Manohar Singh Raj Zutshi

1990 July13Jurm Rajesh Roshan Indeevar

Payam Sayeedi

Meenakshi Sheshadri

Sangeeta Bijlani Vinod Khanna

August17Aashiqui Akash Khurana

Robin Bhatt

Nadeem-Shravan Sameer, Rani Malik & Madan Pal Rahul Roy

Anu Agarwal Deepak Tijori

1991 July3Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin Robin Bhatt

Sharad Joshi

Nadeem-Shravan Faiz Anwar Aamir Khan

Anupam Kher Pooja Bhatt Tiku Talsania

December3Sadak Robin Bhatt Nadeem-Shravan Pooja Bhatt

Sanjay Dutt

1992 September18Junoon Robin Bhatt Nadeem-Shravan Avinash Wadhawan

Pooja Bhatt Rahul Roy

1993 JaanamVikram Bhatt Anu Malik Paresh Rawal

Pooja Bhatt Rahul Roy

July9SirMahesh Bhatt Jay Dixit Anu Malik Atul Agnihotri

Naseeruddin Shah Pooja Bhatt

December17TadipaarMahesh Bhatt Nadeem-Shravan Anupam Kher

Gulshan Grover Juhi Chawla Mithun Chakraborty Pooja Bhatt

1994 August19NaaraazMahesh Bhatt Jay Dixit Anu Malik Dev Kohli

Maya Govind Qateel Shifai Rahat Indori Zameer Qazmi

Atul Agnihotri

Gulshan Grover Mithun Chakraborty Pooja Bhatt Sonali Bendre

1995 March17NaajayazMahesh Bhatt Jay Dixit Anu Malik Ajay Devgn

Juhi Chawla Naseeruddin Shah

July21CriminalMahesh Bhatt M. M. Keeravani Manisha Koirala

Nagarjuna Akkineni Ramya Krishnan

1996 June28FarebVikram Bhatt Iqbal Durrani Jatin Lalit Kundan singh

Milind Gunaji Suman Ranganathan

November29DastakMahesh Bhatt Vikram Bhatt Rajesh Roshan Bhavna Datta

Manoj Bajpai Mukul Dev Sharad Kapoor Sushmita Sen Tiku Talsania Vishwajeet Pradhan

1998 May29DushmanTanuja Chandra Sachin Bhowmick Aadesh Shrivastava

Uttam Singh

Ashutosh Rana

Kajol Sanjay Dutt

June19GhulamVikram Bhatt Jatin-Lalit Anjum Rajabali Indeevar, Nitin Raikwar, Sameer, Vinod Mahendra Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Deepak Tijori, Sharat Saxena
Pooja Bhatt
1999 September3SangharshTanuja Chandra Girish Dhamija

Mahesh Bhatt

Jatin-Lalit Akshay Kumar

Ashutosh Rana Preity Zinta

Timeline 2001-Current

Release date Title CBFC rating Director Writer Composer Lyricist Cast
2001 February2KasoorVikram Bhatt Girish Dhamija

Mahesh Bhatt

Nadeem-Shravan Sameer Aftab Shivdasani

Apurva Agnihotri Ashutosh Rana Divya Dutta Irrfan Khan Lisa Ray

November16Yeh Zindagi Ka SafarTanuja Chandra Mahesh Bhatt Daboo Malik

Sajid-Wajid

Ameesha Patel

Gulshan Grover Jimmy Shergill Nafisa Ali

2002 February1RaazVikram Bhatt Girish Dhamija

Mahesh Bhatt

Nadeem-Shravan Sameer Ashutosh Rana

Bipasha Basu Dino Morea Malini Sharma

September20GunaahAmol Shetge Mahesh Bhatt Anand Raj Anand

Sajid-Wajid

Praveen Bhardwaj, Anand BakshiBipasha Basu

Dino Morea Irrfan Khan

2003 July4SaayaAnurag Basu Amol Shetge Anu Malik

M. M. Keeravani

Sayeed QuadriJohn Abraham

Mahima Chaudhry Tara Sharma

August15FootpathVikram Bhatt Mahesh Bhatt Himesh Reshammiya

Nadeem-Shravan

Sameer Aftab Shivdasani

Bipasha Basu Emraan Hashmi Rahul Dev

October24IntehaVikram Bhatt Mahesh Bhatt Anu Malik Rahat Indori, Praveen Bhardwaj and Dev KohliAshmit Patel

Nauheed Cyrusi Vidya Malvade

2004 April2MurderAnurag Basu Anurag Basu Anu Malik Rahat Indori

Sayeed Quadri

Ashmit Patel

Emraan Hashmi Mallika Sherawat

2005 Film StarTanuja Chandra Mahima Chaudhry

Priyanshu Chatterjee Vasundhara Das

March25ZeherMohit Suri Mahesh Bhatt Anu Malik

Roop Kumar Rathod

Sayeed Quadri Emraan Hashmi

Sameer Kochhar Shamita Shetty Udita Goswami

May20NazarSoni Razdan Mahesh Bhatt Anu Malik Aly Khan

Ashmit Patel Meera Rupak Mann

December9KalyugMohit Suri Mohit Suri Anu Malik Sayeed Quadri Amrita Singh

Emraan Hashmi Kunal Khemu

2006 April28GangsterAnurag Basu Mahesh Bhatt Pritam Mayur Puri

Neelesh Misra Sayeed Quadri

Emraan Hashmi

Kangana Ranaut Shiney Ahuja

July21The KillerHasnain Hydrabadwala, Raksha Mistry Mahendra LakhanSajid-Wajid Sayeed Quadri Emraan Hashmi

Irfan Khan Nisha Kothari

September29Woh LamheMohit Suri Mahesh Bhatt Pritam Sayeed Quadri Kangana Ranaut

Shiney Ahuja

2007 June29AwarapanMohit SuriShagufta Rafique Pritam Asif Ali Baig

Annie Khalid Sayeed Quadri

Emraan Hashmi

Mrinalini Sharma Shriya Saran

August31DhokhaPooja Bhatt Shagufta Rafique M. M. Keeravani Shagufta RafiqueAshutosh Rana

Aushima Sawhney Muzammil Ibrahim Tulip Joshi

December28ShowbizRaju Khan Shagufta Rafique Lalit Pandit Gulshan Grover

Mrinalini Sharma Sushant Singh

2008 May16JannatKunal Deshmukh Vishesh Bhatt Pritam Kamran Ahmed

Neelesh Misra Sayeed Quadri

Emraan Hashmi

Javed Sheikh Sonal Chauhan Sameer Kochhar Vishal Malhotra

2009
January23Raaz – The Mystery ContinuesMohit Suri Shagufta Rafique Gourov Dasgupta

Pranay M Rijia Raju Singh Sharib Sabri Toshi Sabri

Kumaar

Sayeed Quadri

Adhyayan Suman

Emraan Hashmi Kangana Ranaut

July17JashnnHasnain Hyderabadwala

Raksha Mistry

Nouman Javaid

Sandesh Shandilya Sharib Sabri Toshi Sabri

Kumaar

Neelesh Misra Nouman Javaid

Adhyayan Suman

Anjana Sukhani Humayun Saeed Shahana Goswami

November13Tum MileKunal Deshmukh Pritam Kumaar

Sayeed Quadri

Emraan Hashmi

Soha Ali Khan

2010 October8CrookMohit Suri Ankur Tewari Pritam Kumaar Arjan Bajwa

Emraan Hashmi Neha Sharma

2011 July8Murder 2Mohit Suri Mahesh Bhatt

Shagufta Rafique

Harshit Saxena

Mithoon Sangeet Haldipur Siddharth Haldipur

Kumaar

Mithoon Sayeed Quadri

Emraan Hashmi

Jacqueline Fernandez Prashant Narayanan Sudhanshu Pandey

2012 March30Blood MoneyVishal Mahadkar Upendra Sidhye Jeet Gannguli

Pranay M Rijia Sangeet Haldipur Siddharth Haldipur

Kumaar

Sayeed Quadri

Amrita Puri

Kunal Khemu

May4Jannat 2Kunal Deshmukh Shagufta Rafique Pritam Sayeed Quadri Emraan Hashmi

Esha Gupta Randeep Hooda

September7Raaz 3Vikram Bhatt Shagufta Rafique Jeet Gannguli

Mithoon Rashid

Bipasha Basu

Emraan Hashmi Esha Gupta

2013 February15Murder 3Vishesh Bhatt Mahesh Bhatt Pritam

Roxen (band)

Sayeed Quadri Randeep Hooda

Aditi Rao Hydari Sara Loren

April26Aashiqui 2Mohit Suri Shagufta Rafique Jeet Gannguli

Mithoon Ankit Tiwari

Aditya Roy Kapoor

Shraddha Kapoor

2014 May30CityLightsHansal Mehta Jeet GannguliPatraleka
Rajkummar Rao
2015 January30KhamoshiyanKaran Darra Jeet Gannguli Bobby-Imran Ankit Tiwari Naved ZafarSapna Pabbi
Ali Fazal
Gurmeet Choudhary
April17Mr. XVikram Bhatt Jeet Gannguli Mithoon Ami MishraEmraan Hashmi
Amyra Dastur
June12Hamari Adhuri KahaniMohit Suri Jeet Gannguli Ankit TiwariEmraan Hashmi
Vidya Balan
Rajkummar Rao
2016 April8Love GamesVikram Bhatt Vikram BhattSangeet Haldipur Sidharth HaldipurKausar Munir, Vikram BhattPatraleka
Tara Alisha Berry
Gaurav Arora
September16Raaz: RebootVikram Bhatt Girish Dhamija Jeet Gannguli Sangeet Haldipur Sidharth HaldipurEmraan Hashmi
Kriti Kharbanda
Gaurav Arora
2017 April14Begum JaanSrijit Mukherji Sumair MalikAnu MalikKausar MunirVidya Balan
Ila Arun
Naseeruddin Shah
Rajit Kapoor
Ashish Vidyarthi
Gauahar Khan
Chunky Pandey
Pallavi Sharda
Mishti
2018 October12JalebiPushpadeep Bharadwaj Kausar Munir, Pushpdeep BhardwajJeet Gannguli, Tanishk Bagchi, Javed-Mohsin, Abhishekh Mishra, Samuel-AkankshaRashmi Virag, Prashant Ingole, Manoj Kumarnath, Arafat Mehmood and Kunaal VermaaRhea Chakraborty
Varun Mitra
Digangana Suryavanshi
2020 August28Sadak 2Mahesh Bhatt Mahesh Bhatt, Sumitra SenguptaJeet Gannguli, Ankit Tiwari, Samidh Mukherjee, Urvi, SuniljeetJeet Gannguli, Rashmi Virag, Vijay Vijawatt, Shabbir Ahmed, Suniljeet and Shalu VaishSanjay Dutt
Pooja Bhatt
Aditya Roy Kapoor
Alia Bhatt
2021 TBDTBDShock LagaRishabh SethVishesh Bhatt--Amol Parashar
Smiriti Kalra

Top-grossing films

RankNameYearDomestic GrossStarring
1Aashiqui 22013854.0 million (US$12 million)Aditya Roy Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor
2Raaz 32012729.0 million (US$10 million)Bipasha Basu, Emraan Hashmi, Esha Gupta
3Murder 22011500.3 million (US$7.0 million)Emraan Hashmi, Jacqueline Fernandez
4Jannat 22012420 million (US$5.9 million)Emraan Hashmi, Esha Gupta, Randeep Hooda
5Jism 22012349.7 million (US$4.9 million)Sunny Leone, Randeep Hooda, Arunoday Singh

References

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