Yoodlee films

Yoodlee Films

Type	Private
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra , India
Key people	Siddharth Anand Kumar
Products	Film production
Owner	Saregama
Website	yoodleefilms.com

Yoodlee Films is the film division of Saregama India Limited, India's oldest music label. Founded in 2017, it is being headed by Siddharth Anand Kumar and is headquartered in Mumbai, India. With its purpose set in the core thought of fearless storytelling, this writer's studio believes in cinema that has bold themes and powerful stories.^[1] One of the main highlights of their films is that they are shot at real locations with sync sound.^[2]

Their first film was the critically acclaimed Ajji (2017) directed by Devashish Makhija, starring Sushama Deshpande,^[3] Sharvani Suryavanshi, Abhishek Banerjee, Vikas Kumar, Sadiya Siddiqui, Sudhir Pandey and Smita Tambe. Their next film Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz (2018) was by National Award-winning director Onir, starring Zain Khan Durrani, Geetanjali Thapa, Shray Rai Tiwari and Mona Ambegaonkar.

Since its inception, Yoodlee Films has gone on to make 17 films across genres and languages and has carved a niche for itself in the world of cinema by exploring unconventional themes.

2021 will see the release of Zombivli, the first Marathi zombie horror comedy.

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Yoodlee's first film ‘Ajji’ released in November, 2017. It is a modern-day version of the European children's story Little Red Riding Hood.^[4]

Their third film ‘Abhiyum Anuvum’ was the production house's first venture in regional cinema.

'Brij Mohan Amar Rahey' was the first Netflix original from Yoodlee Films was released across 190 countries.

‘Noblemen’, their 6th release and a thematic representation of The Merchant of Venice, premiered at the New York Indian Film Festival in 2018 for which actor Ali Haji won the ‘Best Child Actor’ award.

They ended the year 2018 with 'Hamid'- an adaptation of the play Phone No. 786 by Mohd. Amin Bhat. The film went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Urdu at the 66th National Film Awards

K.D., was their first release of 2019. Actor Naga Vishal won the Best Actor Award at the Jagran Film Festival 2019 and Madhumita the Best Director at the UK Asian Film Festival 2019 for the same. During the 67th National Film Awards, Naga Vishal bagged the National Award for 'Best Child Artist' for his role as Kutty in the film.

Their next, Chote Nawab, directed by Kumud Chaudhary won the Best Feature Film award at at the Indian Film Festival of Cincinnati 2020. Habbadi, directed by Nachiket Samant, was also officially selected at the Indian Film Festival of Cincinnati 2020.

Bahut Hua Sammaan, a political satire directed by Ashish R Shukla, starring Raghav Juyal, Abhishek Chauhan, Sanjay Mishra, Ram Kapoor, Nidhi Singh, Namit Das and Flora Saini opened to good critic reviews with Free Press Journal describing the film as "refreshing", while The New Indian Express terming the movie as "stylish and contemporary".

Their first film of 2021, was Collar Bomb which released under the banner of "Disney+Hotstar Multiplex" and went on to become the most streamed content of the week (12 - 18 July) across OTT platforms as it registered over 5.6 million views.

Their next, 200: Halla Ho which stars Amol Palekar, Rinku Rajguru, Barun Sobti and Sahil Khattar in lead roles is inspired by true events and will release on 20 August on Zee5.

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