JAR Pictures
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Motion picture |
Founded | 2011 |
Founder | Ajay G. Rai Alan McAlex |
Headquarters | |
Products | Film production |
Website | www |
JAR Picturesis an Indianmotion pictureproductioncompany based inMumbai.The company was founded in 2011 byBollywoodproducers Ajay G. Rai and Alan McAlex.[1]Jar Pictures is mostly known for making independent films. Jar Pictures also provides production services to leading studios in India.
Jar Pictures'Liar's DicewasIndia's Official Entryfor theBest Foreign Language Filmfor the87th Academy Awards.[2][3]
History[edit]
Jar Pictures was formerly known as Jar Entertainment, a company wholly owned by Ajay G. Rai. Ajay met Alan McAlex while working on the filmThank you(2011) where Ajay was the Executive Producer and Alan was the line producer. They decided to collaborate and Jar Pictures was formed.
Filmography[edit]
Films produced by Jar Pictures[edit]
Year | Film | Director | Other notes |
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2012 | Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 | Anurag Kashyap | Co-production withViacom18 Motion Pictures,Tipping Point Films,AKFPL,Phantom Films,Elle Driver, and Bohra Bros |
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 | Anurag Kashyap | Co-production withViacom18 Motion Pictures,Tipping Point Films,AKFPL,Phantom Films,and Bohra Bros | |
Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana | Sameer Sharma | Co-production withUTV SpotboyandAKFPL | |
2013 | I.D. | Kamal K.M. | Co-production with Collective Phase One |
Vakratunda Mahakaaya | Punarvasu Naik | ||
Mastram | Akhilesh Jaiswal | Co-production with Bohra Bros | |
2014 | Njan Steve Lopez(I Am Steve Lopez) | Rajeev Ravi | |
Liar's Dice | Geetu Mohandas | Co-production with Unplugged and Hubert Bals Fund,India's official entry to the 87th Academy Awards | |
2015 | Killa(The Fort) | Avinash Arun | |
Nil Battey Sannata | Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari | Co-production withEros International,Colour Yellow Productions,and Opticus Inc | |
2017 | Gurgaon | Shanker Raman | Co-production with Hashtag Film Studios and M R Filmworks |
Qarib Qarib Singlle | Tanuja Chandra | Co-production withZee Studios | |
2018 | Once Again | Kanwal Sethi | |
Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3 | Tigmanshu Dhulia | Co-production with Raju Chadha Films and Rahul Mittra Films | |
2019 | Moothon | Geetu Mohandas | |
Hummingbird | Ajitpal Singh | ||
River Song | Sange Dorjee Thongdok | ||
Chaar Pandrah | Saif Baidya | ||
2020 | Bamfaad | Ranjan Chandel | Distributed byZEE5 |
London Confidential | Kanwal Sethi | ||
Choked | Anurag Kashyap | Co-production with Good Bad Films, distributed byNetflix | |
2021 | Lahore Confidential | Kunal Kohli | Distributed byZEE5 |
2023 | Sergeant | Prawaal Raman | Co-production withJio Studios,distributed byJioCinema |
Film Production Services by Jar Pictures[edit]
Year | Film | Director | Studio | Other notes |
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2009 | Gulaal | Anurag Kashyap | ||
2011 | No One Killed Jessica | Rajkumar Gupta | UTV SpotBoy | (Credited as Jar Entertainment) |
7 Khoon Maaf | Vishal Bhardwaj | UTV SpotBoy VB Pictures |
(Credited as Jar Entertainment) | |
Thank you | Anees Bazmee | UTV Motion Pictures | (Credited as Jar Entertainment) | |
Chillar Party | Nitesh Tiwari Vikas Bahl |
UTV SpotBoy | (Credited as Jar Entertainment) | |
Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster | Tigmanshu Dhulia | |||
2013 | Kai Po Che! | Abhishek Kapoor | UTV Motion Pictures | |
2014 | Bhoothnath Returns | Nitesh Tiwari | B R Films | |
2015 | Talvar | Meghna Gulzar | Junglee Pictures | |
Fitoor | Abhishek Kapoor | UTV Motion Pictures | ||
2016 | Rocky Handsome | Nishikant Kamat | T-Series | |
Madaari | Nishikant Kamat | Pooja Entertainment | ||
2017 | Simran (film) | Hansal Mehta | T-Series | |
Mukkabaaz | Anurag Kashyap | Eros International | ||
2018 | Mental Hai Kya | Prakash Kovelamudi | Balaji Motion Pictures | |
2020 | Choked | Anurag Kashyap | Good Bad Films | |
2023 | Sergeant | Prawaal Raman | JioCinema |
OTT[edit]
Year | Title | Creator(s) | Network | Other notes |
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2021 | Grahan | Shailendra Kumar Jha | Hotstar | |
2022 | London Files | Sachin Pathak | Voot |
Awards[edit]
References[edit]
- ^"Jar Pictures funded India's official entry to Oscar 'Liar's Dice'".Archived fromthe originalon 25 November 2014.
- ^ "Geethu Mohandas' 'Liar's Dice' is India's official entry to the Oscars".CNN-IBN.23 September 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 24 September 2014.Retrieved19 October2014.
- ^"Oscars: India Selects 'Liar's Dice' for Foreign-Language Category".Hollywood Reporter.Retrieved23 September2014.
- ^"62nd National Film Awards for 2014 (Press Release)"(PDF).Directorate of Film Festivals.24 February 2015.Retrieved25 March2015.