Shital Bhatia

Shital Bhatia
Born
Shital Bhatia

India
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilm Producer
Organization(s)Friday Filmworks, Friday Storytellers & Bootroom Sports Media LLP

Shital Bhatia is an Indian film producer and co-founder of Friday Filmworks,[1] 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[2].

Shital Bhatia co-founded Friday Storytellers with his business partner Neeraj Pandey in 2019, to produce content for OTT and digital streaming.[3] 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[4] as well as web series 'Khakee: The Bengal Chapter' (Netflix) & 'Special OPS 2' (Disney+ Hotstar).

He also produced OUCH,[5][6] 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.

Awards

Filmography

Year Film Network
2008 A Wednesday
2011 Taryanche Bait
2013 Special 26
2014 The Royal Bengal Tiger
Total Siyapaa
2015 Baby
2016 Rustom
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
Saat Uchakkey
Ouch (Short Film) YouTube
2017 Toilet: Ek Prem Katha
Naam Shabana
2018 Aiyaary
2022 Kaun Pravin Tambe? Disney+ Hotstar
Operation Romeo
Vikram Vedha
Saatam Aatham
2023 Ouch 2 (Short Film)[7] YouTube
2024 Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha[8]
Sikandar Ka Muqaddar Netflix

Series

Year Series Network Other notes
2020 Special OPS Disney+ Hotstar [9]
2021 Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story Disney+ Hotstar [10]
2022 Khakee: The Bihar Chapter Netflix
2023 Hack: Crimes Online Amazon MiniTV
2023 The Freelancer Disney+ Hotstar
2024 Khakee: The Bengal Chapter Netflix Coming Soon
2024 Special OPS 2 Disney+ Hotstar Coming Soon

Documentary

Year Series Network
2021 Secrets of Sinauli: Discovery of the Century Discovery+
2022 Bandon Mein Tha Dum![11] Jio Cinema
2022 Secrets of the Koh-i-noor Discovery+
2024 Secrets of the Buddha Relics[12] Discovery+

References

  1. ^ Menon, Bindu D (2 February 2016). "Reliance Entertainment, Friday Filmworks form venture to produce movies". thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  2. ^ Seta, Fenil (17 April 2024). "EXCLUSIVE: Producer Shital Bhatia confirms that Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha will release in June or July; says that Maidaan's debacle doesn't worry him: "Before Maidaan, Shaitaan and Drishyam 2 did very well. Ups and downs keep happening"". Bollywood Hungama. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story, coming soon only on Disney+ Hotstar". Adgully. 14 October 2021. p. 1. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Sikandar Ka Muqaddar (Movie) Released Date, Cast, Director, Story, Budget and more..." The Filmy Charcha. 14 March 2024. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Manoj Bajpayee Starrer Short Film Ouch is Winning Everyone's Heart". 26 October 2016.
  6. ^ India-West, R.M. VIJAYAKAR, Special to. "Neeraj Pandey's First Short Film, 'Ouch,' is Sheer Satirical Delight: Watch". indiawest.com. Retrieved 15 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Ouch 2 | Sharman Joshi, Shefali Jariwala, Nidhi Bisht | Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films". YouTube.
  8. ^ "Ajay Devgn-Tabu's 'Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha' to release this July". India Today. 30 April 2024. p. 1.
  9. ^ "Neeraj Pandey to Helm Spy Thriller Web Series 'Special Ops'". www.news18.com. 18 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Neeraj Pandey, Disney+ Hotstar Announce Multi-series 'Special Ops Universe'". News18. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Neeraj Pandey: As content makers, we have to pull up our socks now". Times Entertainment. 4 June 2022. p. 1.
  12. ^ "Manoj Bajpayee's 'Secrets of the Buddha Relics' documentary unveils ancient Indian mysteries: Where to watch?". Economic Times. 8 April 2024.


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