Benetone Films is a

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based in

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. It was founded in 2002 by Rajpal Narula, and is today headed by his two sons, Rachvin and Kulthep Narula. The company was recognized as the No. 1 Foreign Production Service Company in Thailand for 10 years in a row (2008 to 2017) b
Thailand Film Office
having line produced over 900 commercials and over 80 feature films which include

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blockbusters such as ''

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'', ''

Student of the Year ''Student of the Year'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama film directed by Karan Johar, written by Rensil D'Silva and Niranjan Iyengar on the basis of an uncredited story by Johar, and produced by Hiroo Yash ...

'', ''

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag ''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'' () is a 2013 Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra from a script written by Prasoon Joshi. The story is based on the life of Milkha Singh, an Indian athlete and Olympian who w ...

'', ''

Housefull 2 ''Housefull 2'', sometimes called ''Housefull 2: The Dirty Dozen'', is an 2012 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film written and directed by Sajid Khan. Brothers Sajid Samji and Farhad Samji co-wrote the film under their duo Sajid-Farhad, ...

'', ''Partner'', ''Murder'' and ''

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''. In 2011, Benetone Films entered a partnership with Daemon Hillin, establishing Benetone Hillin Entertainment, a production house based in

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, becoming the first Thailand film production company to enter the US Indie Film market. In 2018, Benetone Films has now grown into Benetone Creative Group.

About the company

Benetone Films was founded by a chance meeting with Feroz Khan, whom the founder and his sons helped to complete a 40-day shoot in Thailand. The shoot was originally planned to be in Australia, but the Indian producer-actor-director, impressed by Thailand's locations, infrastructure, and efficiency of the crew, moved the shoot to Thailand. Thereafter, recognizing the potential of Thailand's production strengths, Benetone Films was officially launched in 2002. It has since line produced over 80 feature films and 900 commercials from

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, Australia,

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, the

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, and other countries worldwide.

Benetone Hillin Entertainment

In 2011, Benetone Films joined hands with Daemon Hillin, a producer based in Los Angeles, establishing

Benetone Hillin Entertainment Benetone Hillin Entertainment is an international production company with offices in Los Angeles, USA, and Bangkok, Thailand. The two companies, Thailand's largest production service company Benetone Films and US production company Hillin Enterta ...

, which as of December 2013, had produced 4 feature films, notably ''A Stranger in Paradise'' starring

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, and

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nominee

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slated for a national theatrical release in USA on February 14, 2014, and ''Pernicious'' starring

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, Emily O' Brien, and Jackie Moore, which were both shot in Thailand. On 14 January 2014,

announced signing up of Gordon Bressack, three time Emmy Award-winning writer of such shows as Pinky & The Brain and Animaniacs, for a live action feature film, Oliver Storm and the Curse of Sinbad's Treasure, slated for the 2015 release. The film will be shot completely in Thailand, and will be written by Gordon Bressack and his son, James Cullen Bressack.

References

{{reflist Film production companies of Thailand 2002 establishments in Thailand