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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film production,Film distribution |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Headquarters | Mumbai,India |
Key people | Arun Rangachari Vivek Rangachari Sethumadhavan Napan |
| Products | Films |
| Website | www |
DAR Motion Pictures (DAR), a wholly owned subsidiary of DAR Capital Group, is an Indian film production and distribution company headquartered out of Mumbai. Known for its focus on content driven cinema, DAR Motion Pictures has worked with a variety of film directors and companies, includingRitesh Batra,Nikhil Advani,Anurag Kashyap,Sikhya Entertainment amongst others. Apart from its investments in iRock Media, DAR has also focused immensely on innovation and the adoption of modern technology, creatingHaunted 3D, India's first stereoscopic 3D horror film. Further, the movies credited to DAR clearly indicate a tilt towards, content and subject driven cinema. Films likeCity of Gold,D-Day[1] andThe Lunchbox[2] are stark examples of that.
Amongst the most talked about and appreciated films of 2013, ‘The Lunchbox’ was not just an unprecedented success story domestically but also received phenomenal international acclaim. A Sundance script ‘The Lunchbox’ was showcased at Cannes and TheDubai International Film Festival, amongst many others. It was bestowed with the Best Screenplay and Jury Grand Prize at theAsia Pacific Screen Awards 2013.
Dar Motion Pictures is aBollywood production house that produces bothHindi and regional cinema. Opening with the hard hitting and rivetingLalbaug Parel (Marathi) &City of Gold (2010 film)(Hindi), DAR moved on to produce many Marathi and Hindi films including andTeecha Baap Tyacha Baap (Marathi),Haunted 3D,D-Day,Mickey Virus,[3]Peddlers,Monsoon Shootout andThe Lunchbox. Further through its distribution arm, ‘DAR Film Distributors’, it has been behind the distribution of two Hollywood films in India namely, ‘The Dark Knight Rises[4]’ and ‘Fast & Furious 6[5]’, and released Girish Malik's ‘Jal[6]’ which was the only Indian film in competition at theBusan Internationalm Film Festival 2013. Among other Marathi films that DAR Film Distributors have distributed areDhag, Postcard and Cappuccino.
Continuing in the tradition of creating new content beyond the language barrier, DAR has given Marathi cinema its first superhero film ‘Baji’ starringShreyas Talpade andAmruta Khanvilkar. 2017 saw the release of 2 films from the house of DAR, namely 'Haraamkhor' & 'Monsoon Shootout'. The production house's most recent Marathi release is the much talked aboutBucket List,[7] which is directed by Tejas Vijay Deoskar and bears the distinction of being the first ever Marathi film to feature the one & onlyMadhuri Dixit. The film had a wide release on 25 May 2018. DAR's only release in 2019 has been acclaimed director Ritesh Batra'sPhotograph (film) which featuresNawazuddin Siddiqui andSanya Malhotra
The company also has various other projects under development currently including a remake of the Malayalam movieBangalore Days and a biopic onArunima Sinha - a national level volleyball player who was pushed from a running train by some robbers in 2011, before going on to become the first female amputee to climbMount Everest. DAR has also recently forayed into the digital space, is currently in the process of setting up both web-series and original films for the leading OTT/digital platforms. In 2020, DAR officially entered films production in the Southern Indian languages.
The management team at DAR consists of the founders Arun Rangachari (also the chairman) and Vivek Rangachari,[8] along with their COO, Sethumadhavan Napan.[9]
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | City of Gold (Lalbaug Parel) in Marathi | Mahesh Manjrekar | Adapted from Jayant Pawar's Marathi play,Adhantar. Released inHindi andMarathi languages |
| 2011 | Teecha Baap Tyacha Baap | Atul Kale | Marathi film |
| Haunted – 3D | Vikram Bhatt | First Indianstereoscopic 3D horror film.[10][11] | |
| 2012 | Dangerous Ishhq | Vikram Bhatt | |
| 2013 | D-Day | Nikhil Advani | |
| Mickey Virus | Saurabh Varma | Debut film ofSwedish Greek actressElli Avram. | |
| The Lunchbox | Ritesh Batra | ||
| Ugly | Anurag Kashyap | ||
| 2015 | Baji | Nikhil Mahajan | First Indian Superhero movie in Marathi Cinema |
| 2017 | Monsoon Shootout[12] | Amit Kumar | |
| Haraamkhor[13] | Shlok Sharma | ||
| 2018 | Bucket List | Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar | Debut Marathi film of Bollywood actressMadhuri Dixit |
| 2019 | Photograph | Ritesh Batra |
| Year | Film | Director | Production Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Christopher Nolan | Warner Bros. Pictures DC Entertainment Legendary Entertainment Syncopy | Based on theDC Comics character Batman final installment in Nolan'sThe Dark Knight trilogy, and the sequel toThe Dark Knight, Indian Distribution only |
| Sons of Ram | Kushal Ruia | ACK Animation Studios Maya Digital Studios Cartoon Network India | Based onThe Sons of RamabyAnant Pai,Ram Waeerkar | |
| 2013 | Fast & Furious 6 | Justin Lin | Original Film One Race Films Dentsu | It is the sequel toFast Five (2011) and the sixth installment in theFast & Furious franchise, Indian Distribution only. |
| 2014 | Jal | Girish Malik | DAR Motion Pictures | |
| Dhag | Shivaji Lotan Patil | Sri Pant Production | *National Film Awards -60th National Film Awards
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| Postcard | Gajendra Ahire | DAR Motion Pictures | Marathi film | |
| Cappuccino | Shivdarshan Kadam | SD Motion Pictures |
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