Shital Bhatia
Shital Bhatia | |
|---|---|
 Shital Bhatia- Producer and Co-Founder, Friday Filmworks | |
| Born | Shital Bhatia India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Film Producer |
| Organization | Friday Filmworks |
| Website | https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1871564/ |
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[edit]
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[edit]
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! , Baby (2015 Hindi film) , Special 26 , M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story , Toilet: Ek Prem Katha , Aiyaary , Naam Shabana and many more.
Shital Bhatia co-founded Friday Storytellers with his business partner Neeraj Pandey in 2019, to produce content for OTT and digital streaming. [2] 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 upcominng Hindi digital film Sikandar Ka Muqaddar.
He also produced OUCH,[3] a short film by Neeraj Pandey starring Manoj Bajpayee and Pooja Chopra.
Awards[edit]
- 2008
A Wednesday - Star Screen Award
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2017 | Toilet: Ek Prem Katha |
| Naam Shabana | |
| 2018 | Aiyaary |
| 2022 | Kaun Pravin Tambe? |
| Operation Romeo (film) |
Series[edit]
| Year | Series | Network | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Special OPS | Disney+ Hotstar | [4] |
| 2021 | Secrets of Sinauli: Discovery of the Century | Discovery+ | |
| 2021 | Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story | Disney+ Hotstar | [5] |
| 2022 | Khakee: The Bihar Chapter | Netflix |
References[edit]
- ^ Menon, Bindu D (2 February 2016). "Reliance Entertainment, Friday Filmworks form venture to produce movies". thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ "Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story, coming soon only on Disney+ Hotstar". Adgully. 14 October 2021. p. 1. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ 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) - ^ "Neeraj Pandey to Helm Spy Thriller Web Series 'Special Ops'". www.news18.com.
- ^ "Neeraj Pandey, Disney+ Hotstar Announce Multi-series 'Special Ops Universe'". News18. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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