Ajay Devgn FFilms

Ajay Devgn FFilms is an Indian film production and distribution company established by actor Ajay Devgn & his father Veeru Devgan in 2000. Based in Mumbai, it mainly produces and distributes Hindi films.

Ajay Devgn FFilms
TypePrivate Limited company
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2000 (2000)
FoundersVeeru Devgan
Ajay Devgn
HeadquartersMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Key people
Ajay Devgn
ProductsFilms
ServicesFilm production
Film distribution
OwnerAjay Devgn
SubsidiariesNY VFXWAALA
Websiteajaydevgnffilms.com

In 2000, ADFF released its first film, Raju Chacha. The film starred Devgn and Kajol. Raju Chacha received mixed reviews but grossed ₹82.5 million at the box office.

In 2015, Devgn started a visual effects company, NY VFXWAALA.[1]

History

In 2000, ADF released its first film, Raju Chacha. The film starred Devgn and Kajol.

In 2008, Devgn co-produced the drama U Me Aur Hum, which marked his directorial debut. Devgn also played the lead role in the film, sharing the screen again with Kajol. The film was written by Devgn himself and three other writers.

In 2009, Devgn released and acted in his home production All the Best: Fun Begins, which was directed by Rohit Shetty and also starring, Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu and Mugdha Godse.[2] The film was released on 16 October 2009. It was rated a hit in India, and is the ninth highest grossing Bollywood film of 2009.

In 2012, Devgn starred in Rohit Shetty's romantic action comedy film Bol Bachchan, which was a joint production by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd and also featured Abhishek Bachchan, Asin and Prachi Desai in lead roles. The film, made on a budget of 700 million (US$9.2 million),[3] is an official remake of the popular 1979 film Gol Maal. The film was released on 6 July 2012 in around 2,575 screens worldwide with 2,700 prints. It received mixed reviews from critics but enjoyed a good opening at the box office.[4] The film supposedly created a record for its advance bookings.[5] Bol Bachchan has become one of the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time in India.[6] Box Office India declared the film as a "hit"[7] and it grossed 1,580 million (US$21 million) worldwide.[8]

That same year Devgn starred in Ashwni Dhir's romantic action comedy film, Son of Sardaar, which was a joint production by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, also featuring Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha and Juhi Chawla in lead roles. The film was released on 13 November 2012. Whilst having competition with the Yash Raj film Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Son of Sardaar managed to do very well at the box office worldwide.[9] Box Office India rated Son of Sardaar as a hit, and an average grosser in the overseas markets.[10][11] It went on to gross 1.5 billion (US$20 million) worldwide.[8]

In 2014, ADFF produced Singham Returns starring Devgn and Kareena Kapoor. In 2016, Devgn produced and starred in Shivaay which is the most expensive film of his production company till date.[12]

In June 2017, it was reported that ADFF will make a television serial based on the life of Baba Ramdev and his success with Patanjali Ayurved.[13]

In late December 2017, ADFF collaborated with Fox Star Studios to produce Total Dhamaal starring Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Jaaved Jaaferi, Madhuri Dixit and Anil Kapoor .[14][15]

In January 2018, ADFF announced film Helicopter Eela that has his wife Kajol in the lead role.[16]

In December 2021, ADFF announced the film Velle that has Sunny Deol's son Karan Deol in the lead role as Rahul, Anya Singh as Riya, also supporting actors Abhay Deol as Rishi Singh, Mouni Roy as Rohini, Zakhir Hussain as R. S. (Riya's father), Vishesh Tiwari as Raju and Savant Singh Premi as Rambo.

Production

Films

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmDirectorNotes
1999Hindustan Ki KasamVeeru DevganProduced under Devgan Films
1999Dil Kya KarePrakash JhaProduced under Devgan Films
2000Raju ChachaAnil Devgan
2005BlackmailAnil Devgan
2008U Me Aur HumAjay Devgn
2009All the Best: Fun BeginsRohit Shetty
2012Bol BachchanRohit Shetty
Son of SardarAshwni Dhir
2014Singham ReturnsRohit Shetty
Vitti DanduGaneshMarathi-language film
2016ParchedLeena Yadav
ShivaayAjay DevgnNational Film Award for Best Special Effects
2018Aapla ManusSatish RajwadeMarathi film
Helicopter EelaPradeep Sarkar
2019Total DhamaalIndra KumarThird instalment of the Dhamaal series
SinghamNavaniat SinghPunjabi film
2020TanhajiOm Raut
ChhalaangHansal Mehta
2021 TribhangaRenuka Shahane
The Big BullKookie Gulati
Bhuj: The Pride of IndiaAbhishek Dudhaiya
VelleDeven Munjal
2022Runway 34Ajay Devgn
2023Bholaa TBA Remake of tamil film[17] [18][19]
Undated filmGobar Sabal Singh Shekhawat
Naandhi Remake TBA Remake of Telugu film Naandhi


VFX

NY VFXWAALA

In October 2015, Devgn established visual effects company called NY VFXWAALA named after his kids, Nysa and Yug. Apart from home productions, his VFX team has been involved with many major films, such as Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Tamasha, Bajirao Mastani, Mersal, Dilwale, Force 2, and Simmba.[20] The company won the Best Special Effects award at the 64th National Film Awards for the film Shivaay (2016).[21]

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleNotes
2014Singham Returns
2015Drishyam
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
Katyar Kaljat GhusaliMarathi Film
Tamasha
Dilwale
Bajirao Mastani
2016Ranveer Ching ReturnsCommercial advertisement
TheriTamil-language film
VentilatorMarathi film
Force 2
ShivaayNational Film Award for Best Special Effects
Dangal
2017
Baahubali: The ConclusionTelugu/Tamil film
Jagga Jasoos
Baadshaho
MersalTamil film
Golmaal Again
Secret Superstar
2018Thaanaa Serndha KoottamTamil film
Padmaavat
Raid
Bharat Ane NenuTelugu film
Sanju
OdiyanMalayalam film
Ani... Dr Kashinath GhanekarMarathi-language film
MauliMarathi-language film
Simmba
Zero
2019Total Dhamaal
Milan Talkies
Maharshi
Saaho
Kalank[22]
Junglee[23]
Malaal[24]
BigilTamil-language film[25]
Jallikattu Malyalam film
2020Tanhaji Filmfare Award for Best VFX
Malang
Ludo
Durgamati
2021Tribhanga
The Big Bull
Radhe
The Last Hour Prime video series
Bhuj: The Pride of India
Sooryavanshi[26]
Vakeel Saab
2022Gangubai Kathiawadi[27]
Radhe Shyam
RRR
Runway 34
Adipurush
Indian 2Tamil film

Television

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleNetworkNotes
2002–2004DeviSony Entertainment TelevisionProduced under Devgan Software and Entertainment
2018Swami Ramdev - Ek SangharshDiscovery Jeet
2020LalbazaarZee5
2022
The Great Indian Murder
Hotstar the official adaptation of author Vikas Swarup’s six suspects

References

  1. "Ajay Devgn kick starts NY VFXWAALA, a division of Ajay Devgn Films". Bollywood Hungama. 6 October 2015.
  2. "All The Best-Fun Begins - preview, trailer, cast and crew, release date on moviewood.net". www.moviewood.net.
  3. "'Bol Bachchan' crosses Rs 50 crore mark". ibnlive.in. 10 July 2012. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
  4. "Bol Bachchan Has Good First Day".
  5. "Bol Bachchan gets record advance bookings". The Times of India. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  6. "Fastest to the Century: Barfi! In 17 Days". Box Office India. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  7. "Box Office Earnings 06/06/12 – 12/07/12 (Nett Collections in Ind Rs)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 20 January 2011.
  8. "Top Ten Worldwide Grossers 2012". Box Office India. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  9. "Ajay Devgn takes on Shah Rukh Khan!". Daily News and Aanlysis. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  10. "Jab Tak Hai Jaan SUPER HIT Son of Sardaar HIT". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 28 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  11. "Jab Tak Hai Jaan BLOCKBUSTER Son of Sardaar AVERAGE". Box Office India. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  12. "Shivay "to be Ajay Devgn Productions' most expensive film".
  13. "Ajay Devgn to make a biopic on the life of Baba Ramdev". Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  14. Iyer, Meena (31 December 2017). "Ajay Devgn to co-produce Total Dhamaal". DNA India.
  15. "| PINKVILLA". www.pinkvilla.com.
  16. "dna". DNA India. 17 May 2018.
  17. Devgn, Ajay [@ajaydevgn] (27 February 2020). "Yes, I'm doing the Hindi remake of the Tamil film Kaithi. Releases on February 12, 2021 🙏 @RelianceEnt @DreamWarriorpic @ADFFilms @Shibasishsarkar #SRPrakashbabu @prabhu_sr @Meena_Iyer" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022 via Twitter.
  18. Adarsh, Taran [@taran_adarsh] (27 February 2020). "IT'S OFFICIAL... #AjayDevgn to play lead in #Hindi remake of #Tamil film #Kaithi... Also, release date finalized: 12 Feb 2021... Produced by Ajay Devgn Ffilms, Reliance Entertainment and Dream Warrior Pictures" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022 via Twitter.
  19. "Ajay Devgn confirms Hindi remake of Tamil film Kaithi. Release date: February 12, 2021". India Today. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  20. Sarkar, Prarthna (12 May 2016). "Visual effects: Here's how Ajay Devgn is the common link between 'Bajirao Mastani' and 'Dilwale' [VIDEOS]". International Business Times, India Edition.
  21. Sharma, Priyanka (7 April 2017). "Ajay Devgn on Shivaay's National Award win: Not surprised, it is well deserved". The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  22. nyvfxwaala [@nyvfxwaala] (12 March 2019). "Presenting you the immense teaser of #Kalank ~ t.co/65fytw5vVu #thevfxpeople are proud to be associated with this movie as their #VFXPartners!! @vfxwaala @pauly_vfxwaala @duttsanjay #AdityaRoyKapur @Varun_dvn @sonakshisinha @MadhuriDixit @abhivarman @karanjohar" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 January 2022 via Twitter.
  23. nyvfxwaala [@nyvfxwaala] (4 March 2019). "After #TotalDhamaal, NY DI-WAALA's colourists Jaydev and Santosh has done a great job in our next project #MilanTalkies directed by @dirtigmanshu & Cinematography by @dophari, WATCH THE TRAILER NOW ~ t.co/hJIjDjX00C #thevfxpeople #thedipeople @vfxwaala @pauly_vfxwaala" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2022 via Twitter.
  24. nyvfxwaala [@nyvfxwaala] (18 May 2019). ".@MeezaanJ & @sharminsegal, the two new faces of the romantic journey! Check out #MalaalTrailer: t.co/9twr1amr7I, our next project with @bhansali_produc after #Padmaavat 🙌 @vfxwaala @pauly_vfxwaala #MangeshHadawale #VFXPartners #thevfxpeople" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 January 2022 via Twitter.
  25. nyvfxwaala [@nyvfxwaala] (21 June 2019). "A breathtaking first look of #BIGIL is out. 😈 It's our honour to be associated with this movie as their VFX partners 🤝 @actorvijay @Atlee_dir @pauly_vfxwaala @vfxwaala #thevfxpeople t.co/XWFZ09UkVG" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 January 2022 via Twitter.
  26. "https://mobile.twitter.com/pauly_vfxwaala/status/1125345884512948224". Twitter. Retrieved 21 April 2022. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  27. "https://mobile.twitter.com/nyvfxwaala/status/1364552512385163264". Twitter. Retrieved 21 April 2022. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
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