Reliance Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian media and entertainment company. It is a division of Reliance Group, handling its media and entertainment business, across content and distribution platforms. The company was founded on 15 February 2005, as two entities, namely Reliance Big Entertainment and BIG Pictures. Four years later the two companies were merged into Reliance BIG Pictures in 2009, and the company's name was changed to Reliance Entertainment the following year.
The key content initiatives are across movies, music, sports, gaming, Internet & mobile portals, leading to direct opportunities in delivery across the emerging digital distribution platforms: digital cinema, IPTV, DTH and mobile TV.
Subsidiaries Current Storyteller Holding Co., LLC (Amblin Partners) (investor, 20%) Amblin Entertainment – Family-Friendly Label DreamWorks Pictures – Mature Label Amblin Television – Television Division Storyteller Distribution Co. LLC – Copyright Holder Reliance Animation (formerly BIG Animation) – (Airtight Info media) Reliance Home Video & Games – Home Video Division Reliance BIG Music – Record Label Division BIG Star Entertainment Awards Jump Games (ParadoX Studios) Lava Bear Films Riverstone Pictures Reliance Games – Mobile Games Development Studio Reliance Media Works Ltd Reliance ND Studios Big Synergy – Non Fiction TV Production Division Reliance MediaWorks (formerly Lowry Digital) Reliance Media Works Studio – Filmcity Mumbai Talenthouse Window Seat Films Digital Domain
Former IM Global – 80% sold to Tang Media Partners in 2016; merged with Open Road Films into Global Road Entertainment in 2017 AutoMatik (joint venture with Entertainment One) IM Global Television – Television division Codemasters (29% owned until January 2021) Phantom Films – sold to Madhu Mantena and Sheetal Talwar in 2022; renamed to Phantom Studios
History
Reliance forayed into the largely untapped video rental market in India by launching Bigflix. The company plans to launch TV Channels. On 15 July 2009, Reliance and Steven Spielberg announced a joint venture with funding of $825 million.Anil Ambani meets Spielberg; to provide Rs 4,000 cr for films The Economic Times. Big 92.7 FM launched a radio station in Singapore considering 8% of the population residing there is Indian. On 5 April 2010, Reliance acquired a 50% stake in Codemasters. On 28 May 2010, the company achieved the first ever Hollywood box office market with the release of Kites. Reliance co-produced director Steven Spielberg's film War Horse, which was released worldwide on Christmas Day in 2011. Many other projects from the director also have the company as a producer. In January 2012, it was announced that Reliance DreamWorks movies garnered 11 Oscar nominations. In November 2014, the company announced plans to begin the acquisition process of the North American and European mobile game studios of DreamWorks Studios in early 2015.Exclusive: India's Reliance Entertainment plans to acquire Western game studios in 2015. Reuters, 15 November 2014
Films
Bengali Year Name Cast Note(s) 2009 Shob Charitro Kalponik Prosenjit Chatterjee, Bipasha Basu, Paoli Dam Relationship Drama Film 2010 Abohomaan Jisshu Sengupta, Riya Sen Family Relation Drama Film 2013 Ganesh Talkies Biswajit Chakraborty, Raima Sen Family Drama Film Deewana Jeet, Srabanti Chatterjee Remake Of Deepavali Boss: Born to Rule Jeet, Subhashree Ganguly Remake Of Businessman 2014 Chotushkone Parambrata Chatterjee, Payel Sarkar Thriller Film Game: He Plays To Win Jeet, Subhashree Ganguly Remake Of Thuppakki Buno Haansh Dev, Srabanti Chatterjee, Tanusree Chakraborty Based On Buno Haansh (Novel) BachchanJeet, Aindrita Ray, Payel Sarkar Remake Of Vishnuvardhana Jaatishwar Prosenjit Chatterjee, Swastika Mukherjee Musical Drama Film 2015 Ebar Shabor Saswata Chatterjee, Swastika Mukherjee Based On The Detective Story "Rin" 2016 Abhimaan Jeet, Subhashree Ganguly, Sayantika Banerjee Remake Of Attarintiki Daredi 2022 Shonibar Bikel Zahid Hasan, Nusrat Imroz Tisha, Mamunur Rashid U.S. and Canadian distribution only2023Bagha Jatin Dev, Sreeja Dutta, Sudipta ChakrabortyOverseas distribution2025Durgapur JunctionVikram Chatterjee, Swastika MukherjeeDistributed along with SSR CinemasBohurupSoham Chakraborty, Idhika PaulDistributed along with SSR CinemasDevi ChowdhuraniProsenjit Chatterjee, Srabanti ChatterjeeDistributed along with SSR Cinemas
Hindi Year Name Cast Note(s) 2008 Singh Is Kinng Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif Action Comedy Film Rock On!! Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Prachi Desai Rock Musical Drama Film 1920 Rajneesh Duggal, Adah Sharma Horror Film Hulla Rajat Kapoor, Kartika Rane Comedy Film Karzzzz Himesh Reshammiya, Urmila Matondkar Remake Of Karz (1980) 2009 Luck By Chance Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan Drama Film 13B: Fear Has a New Address R. Madhavan, Neetu Chandra Psychological Horror Film Kal Kissne Dekha Jackky Bhagnani, Nushrat Bharucha Copied From Next Sikandar R. Madhavan, Parzaan Dastur Crime Drama Film Daddy Cool Suniel Shetty, Kim Sharma Copied From Death At A Funeral Film Do Knot Disturb Govinda, Sushmita Sen Remake Of The Valet Paa Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan Comedy-Drama Film; co-produced with Amitabh Bachchan Corporation, MAD Entertainment; distributed as well 3 Idiots Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor Based On Five Point Someone (Novel) 2010 Well Done Abba Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba Remake Of Jau Tithe Khau Aashayein John Abraham, Sonal Sehgal Drama Film Raavan Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Epic Adventure Film Mirch Shreyas Talpade, Raima Sen Drama Film Break Ke Baad Imran Khan, Deepika Padukone Romantic Comedy 2011 Shagird Nana Patekar, Anurag Kashyap Action Thriller Film Double Dhamaal Sanjay Dutt, Kangana Ranaut, Arshad Warsi, Riteish Deshmukh, Aashish Chaudhary, Javed Jaffrey, Mallika Sherawat Comedy Film Singham Ajay Devgn, Kajal Aggarwal Remake Of Singam Phhir Rajneesh Duggal, Adah Sharma, Roshni Chopra Romance Thriller Film Aarakshan Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Manoj Bajpayee Drama Film Bodyguard Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor A Remake of his Body Guard (2010) Don 2 Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta Action Thriller Film 2012 Dangerous Ishhq Rajneesh Duggal, Karisma Kapoor Supernatural Thriller Film 1920: The Evil Returns Aftab Shivdasani, Tia Bajpai Horror Film Talaash: The Answer Lies Within Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor Psychological Horror Thriller 2013 David Vikram, Tabu Crime Drama Film I, Me Aur Main John Abraham, Prachi Desai, Chitrangada Singh Romantic Comedy Film Zanjeer Ram Charan, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt, Atul Kulkarni, Mahie Gill, Prakash Raj A Remake of his Zanjeer (1973), Crime Action Drama film; Bilingual Besharam Ranbir Kapoor, Pallavi Sharda Action Comedy Film Commando: A One Man Army Vidyut Jammwal, Pooja Chopra Action Film Sooper Se Ooper Vir Das, Kirti Kulhari Comedy Film 2014 Total Siyapaa Ali Zafar, Yami Gautam Drama Film Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha Remake Of Thuppakki Bobby Jasoos Ali Fazal, Vidya Balan Comedy-Drama Film Singham Returns Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Action Film 2015 Hawaizaada Ayushmann Khurrana, Pallavi Sharda Inspired By The Biography Of Shivkar Bapuji Talpade Masaan Richa Chadha, Vicky Kaushal, Shweta Tripathi, Sanjay Mishra Drama Film 2016 1920 London Sharman Joshi, Meera Chopra Horror Film Wazir Farhan Akhtar, Aditi Rao Hydari Crime Thriller Film Ghayal Once Again Sunny Deol, Soha Ali Khan Action Drama Film; co-distribution with PVR Pictures only Te3n Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vidya Balan Remake Of Montage Raman Raghav 2.0 Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sobhita Dhulipala Neo-Noir Psychological Thriller Film Parched Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Adil Hussain, Surveen Chawla, Sayani Gupta Drama Film Shivaay Ajay Devgn, Sayyeshaa, Erika Kaar, Abigail Eames, Vir Das, Girish Karnad, Saurabh Shukla Action Thriller Film Trapped Rajkummar Rao, Geetanjali Thapa Survival Drama Film 2017 Running Shaadi Amit Sadh, Taapsee Pannu Romantic Comedy Film Commando 2: The Black Money Trail Vidyut Jammwal, Adah Sharma, Esha Gupta Action Film Naam Shabana Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu Action Spy-Thriller Film Golmaal Again Ajay Devgn, Parineeti Chopra, Tabu Supernatural Action Comedy Film 2018 1921 Karan Kundra, Zareen Khan Horror Film Aiyaary Sidharth Malhotra, Rakul Preet Singh, Pooja Chopra Action Thriller Film Bhavesh Joshi Superhero Harshvardhan Kapoor, Shreiyah Sabharwal Vigilante Action Film; co-distribution with Eros International Vishwaroopam II Kamal Haasan, Andrea Jeremiah Action Film; co-distribution with Rohit Shetty Picturez of Hindi version only Namaste England Arjun Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra Romantic Comedy Film Simmba Ranveer Singh, Sara Ali Khan Inspired From Temper 2019 Super 30 Hrithik Roshan, Mrunal Thakur Based On Anand Kumar Saand Ki Aankh Bhumi Pednekar, Taapsee Pannu Biopical Drama Film Commando 3 Vidyut Jammwal, Adah Sharma, Angira Dhar Action Film Panipat Arjun Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Kriti Sanon Epic War Film 2020 Love Aaj Kal Kartik Aaryan, Sara Ali Khan, Randeep Hooda Romantic Drama Film 2021 The Girl on the Train Parineeti Chopra, Aditi Rao Hydari, Avinash Tiwary, Kirti Kulhari Mystery thriller film; distributed by Netflix Sooryavanshi Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif Action film 83 Ranveer Singh, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Pankaj Tripathi Based on 1983 Cricket World Cup 2022Vikram Vedha Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan and Radhika ApteAction thriller film Cirkus Ranveer Singh, Pooja Hegde, Jacqueline Fernandez Uncredited; based on The Comedy of ErrorsSherdil: The Pilibhit SagaPankaj TripathiOperation RomeoSidhant Gupta Thai MassageGajraj Rao, Divyenndu, Rajpal Yadav Code Name: TirangaParineeti Chopra, Harrdy Sandhu 2023BholaaAjay Devgn , TabuIB71Vidyut Jammwal, Anupam KherAjmer 92Karan Verma, Sumit SinghThe Purvanchal FilesSiddharth Pandey, Shivani ThakurFaraazZahan Kapoor, Aamir Ali, Juhi Babbar, Aditya Rawal International distribution onlyBheedRajkummar Rao, Bhumi PednekarAfwaahNawazuddin Siddiqui, Bhumi Pednekar 2024Singham AgainAjay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kapoor, Tiger Shroff, Akshay Kumar, Ranveer SinghAction film
Tamil Year Film Cast Note(s) 2009 Yavarum Nalam R. Madhavan, Neetu Chandra Psychological Horror Film 2010 Singam Suriya, Anushka Shetty Action Film 2011 Yuvan Yuvathi Bharath, Rima Kallingal Romantic Film Osthe Silambarasan, Richa Gangopadhyay Remake Of Dabangg 2012 Naan Ee Sudeep, Samantha Akkineni, Nani Fantasy Action Film 2013 David Vikram, Jiiva, Isha Sharvani Drama Film; partly dubbed 2016 Irudhi Suttru R. Madhavan, Ritika Singh Sports Action-Drama Film 2019 Dev Karthi, Rakul Preet Singh Based On Road Adventure NGK Suriya, Rakul Preet Singh Political Action Film Game Over Taapsee Pannu Psychological Thriller Film 2021 Aelay Samuthirakani Comedy Drama film Mandela Yogi Babu Comedy Drama film Jagame Thandhiram Dhanush Action Thriller film
Telugu Year Name Cast Genre(s) 2009 Saleem Vishnu Manchu, Ileana D'Cruz Drama Film 2011 Money Money, More Money Brahmanandam Comedy Drama Film 2012 Devudu Chesina Manushulu Ravi Teja, Ileana D'Cruz Fantasy-Action Comedy Adhinayakudu Nandamuri Balakrishna, Raai Laxmi Telugu Action Drama Film 2013 Attarintiki Daredi Pawan Kalyan, Samantha Akkineni, Pranitha Subhash Comedy Drama Film Toofan Ram Charan, Priyanka Chopra, Prakash Raj, Srihari, Mahie Gill A Remake of his Zanjeer (1973) Action Crime Drama Film; Bilingual Sahasam Gopichand, Taapsee Pannu Bhai Nagarjuna, Richa Gangopadhyay Action Drama Film 2014 Manam Nagarjuna, ANR, Naga Chaitanya, Shriya Saran, Samantha Akkineni Fantasy-Drama Film Jump Jilani Allari Naresh, Isha Chawla, Swathi Deekshith Comedy Drama Film; Remake of Kalakalappu 2016 Nannaku Prematho N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Rakul Preet Singh Action Thriller Film 2019 Game Over Taapsee Pannu Psychological Thriller Film
Kannada