Carnival Motion Pictures Private Limited

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Carnival Motion Pictures Private Limited
TypePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2011
FounderShrikant Bhasi
Headquarters
Mumbai
,
India
Area served
India
Key people
 (CEO & Director)
ParentCarnival Group
WebsiteOfficial website

Carnival Motion Pictures Private Limited[1] (formally known as AOPL Entertainment Private Limited) is an Indian film production and distribution company established in 2011. It acts as a subsidiary of its parent company Carnival Group, a diversified corporate group with interests in multiplex, media, entertainment, hospitality and real estate, and has set up headquarters base at Mumbai in India.[2]

History[]

Carnival Motion Pictures was established in 2011 by Shrikant Bhasi,[3] who currently serves as the chair of Carnival Group.[2] It forayed into film production in 2011 with Violin, a Malayalam musical romance film starring Asif Ali and Nithya Menon. Carnival Motion Pictures have produced many films in Malayalam like Second Show in 2012, which was an action crime film starring Dulquer Salmaan and Gauthami Nair, Matinee (2012) starring Maqbool Salmaan and Mythilli.[2] Its subsequent productions included Sreejith Sukumaran's Hangover, the comedy horror Adi Kapyare Kootamani, Mudhugauv,[4] and Edakkad Battalion 06 with Tovino Thomas and Samyuktha Menon in lead roles.[5]

In 2013, Carnival Motion Pictures ventured into Bollywood by producing War Chhod Na Yaar, starring Sharman Joshi, Soha Ali Khan and Javed Jaffrey. The movie was released on 11 October 2013.[6]

Carnival Motion Pictures in 2017, made a comeback in Bollywood by producing a biography on Sachin Tendulkar titled 'Sachin: A Bullion Dreams'. Sachin Tendulkar himself starred in this movie and also gave a narration in the film.[2] It follows Tendulkar's cricket and personal life in substantial detail, as well as reveals a few aspects of his life which have never been heard of or seen before.[7] The film was declared tax free in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Odisha[8] and in 2018 was awarded two awards at the Tehran International FICTS Fest.[9]

In January 2019, they released ‘Thackeray’ based on the life of Shiv Sena leader, Balasaheb Thackeray. Nawazuddin Siddiqui played the lead. Bal Thackeray.[10]

In the same year, 3 May, they released Blank starring Sunny Deol and Karan Kapadia, son of former Indian actress Simple Kapadia.[2][11]

In 2020 Carnival Motion Pictures announced its upcoming patriotic-family drama, Mere Desh Ki Dharti, with actor Divyenndu, Anupriya Goenka and Anant Vidhaat.[12]

Film production[]

Year Film Director Cast
2011 Violin Sibi Malayil Asif Ali

Nithya Menen

2012 Second Show Srinath Rajendran Dulquer Salmaan

Sunny Wayne

Gauthami Nair

Matinee Aneesh Upasana Maqbool Salmaan

Mythili

2013 War Chhod Na Yaar Faraz Haider Sharman Joshi

Soha Ali Khan

Javed Jaffrey

2014 Hangover Sreejith Sukumaran Maqbool Salmaan

Shine Tom Chacko

Bhagath Manuel

2015 Adi Kapyare Kootamani John Varghese Dhyan Sreenivasan

Namitha Pramod

Vineeth Mohan

Aju Varghese

Neeraj Madhav

2016 Mudhugauv Vipin Das Gokul Suresh

Arthana Binu

2017 Sachin: A Billion Dreams James Erskine Sachin Tendulkar

MS Dhoni

Virender Sehwag

2018 Thackeray Abhijit Panse Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Amrita Rao

2019 Blank Behzad Khambata Sunny Deol

Karan Kapadia

Karanvir Sharma

Ishita Dutta

Edakkad Battalion 06 Swapnesh K. Nair Tovino Thomas

Samyuktha Menon

References[]

  1. ^ "Carnival Motion Pictures Private Limited". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2021-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e "Carnival Motion Pictures: Where the new talent blooms at its best". DNA India. 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2021-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Vaishali Sarwankar: CEO Carnival Motion Pictures is a woman with vision and wisdom". United News of India. 18 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Carnival gears up to bring back exciting cine-experience". The Pioneer (India). 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Carnival Motion Pictures announces two Malayalam movies". The Times of India. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 2021-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Carnival Group appoints Ms Vaishali Sarwankar as CEO & Director of Carnival Motion Pictures". Tellychakkar.com. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 2021-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Cuteness alert! Kareena Kapoor Khan's son Taimur Ali Khan's picture gone viral". Mumbai Mirror. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 2021-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "'Sachin: A Billion Dreams' made tax-free in Kerala, Chhattisgarh". India Today. Retrieved 2021-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "'Sachin: A Billion Dreams' wins two awards at Tehran International FICTS Festival 2018". DNA India. 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2021-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Carnival Motion Pictures Join Hands With Sanjay Raut To Co-Produce Thackeray!". Koimoi. 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2021-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Sunny Deol and Dimple Kapadia's nephew Karan Kapadia's debut film Blank looks intense". 2019-06-08. Archived from the original on 2019-06-08. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  12. ^ Dhiman, Virender (31 December 2020). "Vaishali Sarwankar CEO Carnival motion picture on being a female CEO in Production House". The Asian Chronicle.
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