Excel Entertainment

Excel Entertainment
Private Limited
Industry Feature films, Television commercials
Founded 1999
Headquarters Mumbai, India
Key people
 Ritesh Sidhwani
Farhan Akhtar
Website Official Website

Excel Entertainment is an Indian film studio based in Mumbai. It was created by Farhan Akhtar, and Ritesh Sidhwani in 1999. The two have gone on to create several films under Excel's banner.

Personalities

Farhan Akhtar

Faran Akhtar is the son of very well known scriptwriter, poet and lyricist, Javed Akhtar and renowned screenplay writer, Honey Irani. He is also the grandson of Urdu poet, Jan Nisar Akhtar. His stepmother is actress Shabana Azmi.

Ritesh Sidhwani

He played a key role in his family's business, Marlex, India's largest home appliance company.

Feature films

Year Film Director Cast Notes
2001 Dil Chahta Hai Farhan Akhtar Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, Dimple Kapadia Filmfare Award - Best Film (critics)
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
2004 Lakshya Farhan Akhtar Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta
2006 Don Farhan Akhtar Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Arjun Rampal, Kareena Kapoor, Isha Koppikar
2007 Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. Reema Kagti Amisha Patel, Shabana Azmi, Boman Irani, Kay Kay Menon, Raima Sen Ensemble cast
2007 Positive Farhan Akhtar Arjun Mathur, Shabana Azmi, Boman Irani Short film
2008 Rock On!! Abhishek Kapoor Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Luke Kenny
2009 Luck by Chance Zoya Akhtar Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Isha Sharvani, Juhi Chawla Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director
2010 Karthik Calling Karthik Vijay Lalwani Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone
2011 Game Abhinay Deo Abhishek Bachchan, Sarah-Jane Dias, Boman Irani, Anupam Kher, Kangana Ranaut
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Zoya Akhtar Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif, Kalki Koechlin Filmfare Award - Best Film
Don 2 Farhan Akhtar Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani, Om Puri, Kunal Kapoor
2012 Talaash Reema Kagti Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor Khan Co-produced with Aamir Khan Productions
2013 Fukrey Mrighdeep Singh Lamba Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Manjot Singh, Ali Fazal, Richa Chadda, Priya Anand, Vishakha Singh
2015 Bangistan Karan Anshuman Riteish Deshmukh, Pulkit Samrat
Dil Dhadakne Do Zoya Akhtar Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Anushka Sharma, Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah
2016 Baar Baar Dekho Nitya Mehra Sidharth Malhotra, Katrina Kaif Co-produced with Dharma Productions
Rock On!! 2 Shujaat Saudagar Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Shraddha Kapoor
2017 Raees Rahul Dholakia Shahrukh Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Mahira Khan Co-produced with Red Chillies Entertainment
Fukrey Returns Mrighdeep Singh Lamba Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Manjot Singh, Ali Fazal, Richa Chadda
2018 3 Storeys Arjun Mukerjee Richa Chadha, Sharman Joshi, Pulkit Samrat, Renuka Shahane[1]
Gold Reema Kagti Akshay Kumar, Kunal Kapoor, Amit Sadh, Mouni Roy[2]
2019 Gully Boy Zoya Akhtar Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt

Series

Series Aired Production partner Original
network		 Cast Notes
Inside Edge 2017 Amazon Studios Amazon Prime Video Vivek Oberoi, Richa Chadha, Angad Bedi, Tanuj Virwani, Sayani Gupta, Sanjay Suri Amazon Prime Video’s first Indian original series [3][4]

Crew working under Excel Entertainment

Directors

The following directors work under the Excel Entertainment Films banner:

Music Directors

The trio of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have scored music for all the films by Excel Entertainment Films, except for Reema Kagti's films and Farhan Akhtar's short film Positive. They are listed below:

References

  1. ↑ "3 Storeys: Here's the motion poster for Pulkit Samrat's new film, produced by Farhan Akhtar". hindustantimes. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Check out Akshay Kumar's 'Gold' look for Reema Kagti's next". DNA India. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Amazon Unveils First Indian Original Series 'Inside Edge'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Amazon web series 'Inside Edge' turns the murky side of Indian cricket inside out". Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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