Emmay Entertainment

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Emmay Entertainment

Industry	Entertainment
Founded	2011; 10 years ago (2011) in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Founder	Nikkhil Advani Monisha Advani Madhu Bhojwani
Headquarters	Mumbai , India
Website	emmay.com

Emmay Entertainment and Motion Pictures LLP is an Indian content production company based in Mumbai, India. It was founded by Nikkhil Advani, Monisha Advani and Madhu Bhojwani in 2011. After its inception, it began with full-length feature films and gradually expanded to television, short films, telefilms and digital content.

Founders[]

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]

Feature film[]

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 , and written by Nikkhil Advani, Aseem Arora and Parveez Sheikh. Starring Saif Ali Khan, debutant Rohan Vinod Mehra, Radhika Apte and Chitrangada Singh. 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 15 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 December 2020.

Upcoming projects[]

Emmay has announced more productions to be released in 2021 and beyond. With 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.

Their next upcoming film, , in association with Zee Studios is currently on floors. Starring Rani Mukerji in the lead, the movie is the directorial of Ashima Chibber. The film is an untold story about a journey of a mother's battle against an entire country. Inspired by the 2011 true story of an Indian couple whose children were taken away from them by Norwegian welfare services.

Web series[]

Hasmukh

Directed by Nikhil Gonsalves and written by Suparn Verma, Vir Das, Nikkhil Advani, Amogh Ranadive & Neeraj Pandey was released on Netflix on 17 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

A series for Amazon, Mumbai Diaries 26/11 is based on 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. The Series is directed by Nikkhil Advani and Nikhil Gonsalves and stars Mohit Raina, Tina Desai, Shreya Dhanwantary alongside Konkona Sen Sharma.

The Empire

The Empire is an Indian historical fiction streaming television series created by Nikkhil Advani based on Empire of the Moghul by Alex Rutherford for Disney+ Hotstar. Directed by Mitakshara Kumar & it stars Shabana Azmi, Kunal Kapoor, Dino Morea & Drashti Dhami among others.

Short films[]

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.

Telefilms[]

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.

Filmography[]

Awards and recognition[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Emmay Entertainment on Internet Movie Database