Rajshri Productions

Rajshri Productions Pvt. Ltd. is a Bollywood film production company. Rajshree partially works as a film distributor also. On 15 August, 1947, Tarachand Barjatya established Rajshri Pictures (P) Ltd., the film distribution division of Rajshri.Rajshree's film production division was set up in 1962 and its success shows it has grown a lot from "Dosti" (1964) to the most recent "Vivaah" (2006).

History of Rajshri

Rajshri Productions, the film production division of RAJSHRI, was set up in 1962. Its first release Aarti was critically acclaimed and was screened at international film festivals. This was followed by Dosti, a non star-cast film which went on to become a mega success at the box-office. Dosti was presented the National Award for the Best Hindi Film of the Year (1964) and also won 6 Filmfare Awards.

Rajshri's early days

In the era of 1960s to 1980s, Rajshri production became very successful. Its major movies includes Dosti, Uphaar, Geet Gaata Chal, Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se, Chitchor and Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye. All these movies were acclaimed by the critics.

The Golden Era

Rajshri's film making continued with movies like the critically acclaimed film "Saaransh". At the end of the 80's, when the entire film industry was in the doldrums with the advent of video, Rajshri gave a break to its in-house talent Sooraj R. Barjatya who directed Maine Pyar Kiya, a musical teenage romance, which went on to become one of Indian cinema's biggest grossers. The film bagged six Filmfare awards including awards for the Best Film and the Most Sensational Debut of the Year for 24-year-old Sooraj.

Sooraj moved from strength to strength and followed up the success of MPK with blockbusters "Hum Aapke Hain Koun" and ""HAHK..! remains the biggest hit in the history of Indian cinema, a film which instilled a new lease of life in the ailing film industry by bringing viewers back to cinema halls.. The film won the National Award for being the most popular film providing wholesome entertainment and also bagged 8 Filmfare Awards and 6 Screen Awards, including awards for the Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director.

2000 and beyond

Rajshri Productions has produced some movies like "Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon" and "Uuf Kya Jadoo Mohabbat Hai", which were not so highly appreciated at the box-office. Rajshri's latest flick was Vivah, which was a block-buster. Rajshri's other subsdiary, which produces TV soaps, has given a lots of hits like "Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki" " [(Running) (Sahara One)] " and "Pyaar Ke Do Naam --Ek Raadha Ek Shyaam" (2006, April-November)(STAR Plus).

Recently it has been announced that Rajshri Productions are planning to make periodic film on Tansen and Himesh Reshammiya is expected to play the lead role.

In November 2006 Rajshri Productions launched a broadband entertainment portal, [http://www.rajshri.com Rajshri] , offering streaming and downloading of various forms of content including movies, musicvideos, concerts, and documentaries.cite web | title=wwww.boxofficeindia.com | work=NEW ASIA TIMES |url=http://www.newasiatimes.com/news/reports/?report=11941|accessdate=10 November | accessyear=2006] The digital content is from its own production house and also from other production houses. The online streaming of the content is free but a fee is charged for downloading.

Awards

Filmfare Best Movie Award for

# Dosti in 1964
# Maine Pyar Kiya in 1989
# Hum Aapke Hain Kaun in 1994

Filmography for Productions

#Vivaah (2006)
#Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon (2003)
#Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999)
#Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994)
#Maine Pyar Kiya (1989)
#Babul (1986)
#Phulwari (1984)
#Saaransh (1984)
#Rakta Bandhan (1984)
#Sun Meri Laila (1983)
#Sun Sajna (1982)
#Tumhare Bina (1982)
#Nadiya Ke Paar (1982)
#Jiyo To Aise Jiyo (1981)
#Humkadam (1980)
#Ek Baar Kaho (1980)
#Jazbaat (1980)
#Maan Abhiman (1980)
#Payal Ki Jhankaar (1980)
# Tarana (1979)
#Raadha Aur Seeta (1979)
#Gopal Krishna (1979)
#Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin (1979) )
#Sawan Ko Aane Do (1979)
#Shikshaa (1979)
#Sunayana (1979)
#Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (1978)
#Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaaye (1977)
#Paheli (1977)
#Chitchor (1976)
# Tapasya (1976)
#Geet Gaata Chal (1975)
#Honeymoon (1973)
#Saudagar (1973)
#Piya Ka Ghar (1972)
#Mere Bhaiya (1972)
#Uphaar (1971)
#Jeevan Mrityu (1970)
#Taqdeer (1967)
#Dosti (1964)
#Aarti (1962)

Trivia

They are known for taking artists and working with them for many movies, in some case helping them to become stars. Here is a list of artists who Rajshri has supported or introduced.

# Sanjay Khan
# Sachin
# Sarika
# Anupam Kher
# Arun Govil
# Rameshwari
# Salman Khan
# Rakhee
# Ravindra Jain
# Mithun Chakraborty

References

External links

* [http://www.rajshri.com/ Rajshri's Official website]
*imdb company|0023532