Illuminati Films

Illuminati Films
Company typePrivate Limited Company
Founded2009
FounderSaif Ali Khan
Dinesh Vijan
Headquarters
Mumbai, Maharashtra
,
India
Key people
Saif Ali Khan
ProductsFilm production
ServicesProduction
Distribution

Illuminati Films is an Indian motion picture production, based in Mumbai. The company was founded in 2009 by Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan and producer Dinesh Vijan, with its first release Love Aaj Kal (2009) becoming a major critical and commercial success.[1][2]

History

The company's first release was marked by the romantic drama Love Aaj Kal, which released in 2009. Directed by Imtiaz Ali, the film portrays the feeling of pure love which never changes over time, although the perspective of realizing one's soulmate has changed. It received highly positive reviews by critics and became the second highest-grossing film of the year.[3][4] Following Love Aaj Kal, Illuminati Films released its second project, Agent Vinod, an action thriller directed by Sriram Raghavan. Upon release, the film opened to mixed reviews and under-performed at the box office.[5] Homi Adajania's Cocktail, which released on 13 July 2012, marked the production company's third project. The film received positive reviews and was a box office success. As of September, 2014, it was announced that Khan and Vijan had decided to mutually part ways, their last co-production being Raj & DK's Happy Ending. Khan now remains as the sole producer of the production house.[6]

Filmography

Year Film Director Cast Notes
2009 Love Aaj Kal Imtiaz Ali Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Giselli Monteiro Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Film
2012 Agent Vinod Sriram Raghavan Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Adil Hussain, Ravi Kishan, Prem Chopra, Ram Kapoor
2012 Cocktail Homi Adajania Deepika Padukone, Saif Ali Khan, Diana Penty, Dimple Kapadia, Boman Irani, Randeep Hooda
2013 Go Goa Gone Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Vir Das, Anand Tiwari, Puja Gupta
2014 Lekar Hum Deewana Dil Arif Ali Armaan Jain, Deeksha Seth, Nikita Dutta
2014 Happy Ending Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Saif Ali Khan, Ranvir Shorey, Ileana D'Cruz, Kalki Koechlin

References

  1. ^ Gajjar, Manish (18 April 2008). "Saif Ali Khan turns producer". BBC.
  2. ^ "Love Aaj Kal grosses Rs 62 cr worldwide". The Economic Times. 5 August 2009. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Box Office 2009". BoxOfficeIndia.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Love Aaj Kal highest grosser of 2009". The Times of India. 11 August 2009. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Ishaqzaade Tops Kahaani First Week". BoxOfficeIndia.com. 21 May 2012. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Split wide open". Mumbai Mirror. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.