Shital Bhatia is an Indian film producer and co-founder of Friday Filmworks, best known for his movies like A Wednesday! (2008), Special 26 (2013), Baby (2015), M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016), Rustom (2016) and Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017).
Shital Bhatia along with Anil Ambani's Reliance Entertainment have a joint venture named Plan C Studios.
Early life and education Shital Bhatia was born and brought up in Mumbai. He graduated from Mithibai College with a degree in Bachelors of Commerce. Later on, he went on to do a diploma in Fashion Designing and graduated in the year 1995.
Career
In his early career, Shital started working as a costume/fashion designer for television from the year 1994 and continued working in the same field till 2000.
Very soon, Shital along with his colleague Neeraj Pandey, went on to start a production company called 'Quarter Inch Productions' which produced television shows and television films, Ittefaq being the most popular. Simultaneously, Shital also handled the production of foreign projects for a while in between.
Eventually in 2008, Shital and Neeraj Pandey formed their own production house named Friday Filmworks. Friday Filmworks produced movies like A Wednesday!,Taryanche Bait, Baby (2015 Hindi film), Special 26, M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, Aiyaary, Naam Shabana, Rustom, Operation Romeo and upcoming movie Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha.
Shital Bhatia co-founded Friday Storytellers with his business partner Neeraj Pandey in 2019, to produce content for OTT and digital streaming. Under Friday Storytellers, Shital Bhatia produced Special Ops, Special Ops 1.5, Khakee: The Bihar Chapter, Secrets of Sinauli, Secrets of the Kohinoor, Secrets of the Buddha Relics, Kaun Pravin Tambe?, Bandon Mein Tha Dum!, Hack: Crimes Online, and upcoming Hindi digital film Sikandar Ka Muqaddar as well as web series 'Khakee: The Bengal Chapter' (Netflix) & 'Special OPS 2' (Disney+ Hotstar).
He also produced OUCH, a short film by Neeraj Pandey starring Manoj Bajpayee and Pooja Chopra and Ouch 2 starring Nidhi Bisht, Shefali Jariwala, Sharman Joshi.
Shital Bhatia also co-founded Bootroom Sports Media LLP along with his business partners Neeraj Pandey and Sudip Tewari in March 2022.
Filmography
Films Year Title Notes 2008 A Wednesday 2011 Taryanche Bait2013 Special 262014 The Royal Bengal Tiger Total Siyapaa 2015 Baby 2016 Rustom M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Saat UchakkeyOuch (Short Film)YouTube 2017 Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Naam Shabana 2018 Aiyaary 2022 Kaun Pravin Tambe? Disney+ HotstarOperation RomeoVikram VedhaSaatam Aatham2023Ouch 2 (Short Film)YouTube2024Auron Mein Kahan Dum ThaSikandar Ka MuqaddarNetflix
Television Year Title Network Notes 2020 Special OPS Disney+ Hotstar 2021 Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story 2022Khakee: The Bihar ChapterNetflix2023Hack: Crimes OnlineAmazon MiniTVThe FreelancerDisney+ Hotstar2025Khakee: The Bengal ChapterNetflixSpecial OPS 2Disney+ Hotstar2026TaskareeNetflix
Documentary + Year Title Network2021Secrets of Sinauli: Discovery of the CenturyDiscovery+2022Bandon Mein Tha Dum!Jio CinemaSecrets of the Koh-i-noorDiscovery+2024Secrets of the Buddha Relics
Awards 2008: A Wednesday - Star Screen Award
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