Clean Slate Filmz (Previously known as ''Clean Slate Films'') is an

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and

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company established by actress

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and her brother Karnesh Sharma in October 2013. Based in

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, it mainly produces and distributes

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films and web series.

Overview

Early years

Co-founded in September 2013 by

and her brother Karnesh Sharma, Clean Slate Filmz was set up with the single-minded intention of producing movies that the sibling duo "believe in and the audience loves, while backing exciting hot new talent." Karnesh added, "Our first project, ''NH10'' is taking shape so well, that it gave us a lot of confidence to put things into 5th gear under our banner." Their debut venture, the crime-thriller '' NH10'' was a co-production between Clean Slate Filmz and

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, distributed by

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. The film dealt with a married couple in

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who decide to take a road trip, and instead endanger their lives by intervening in an incident of

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. Anushka Sharma played the lead role alongside actor

Neil Bhoopalam Neil Bhoopalam is an Indian television, stage, and film actor. He is known for his roles in films such as ''No One Killed Jessica'', ''Shaitan'', '' NH10'', ''Lust Stories'', ''Ungli'' and the Indian TV series '' 24''. Career Bhoopalam start ...

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and

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. The film was directed by Navdeep Singh, and written by Sudip Sharma. Released on 13 March 2015, on a budget of about US$2.1 million, ''NH10'' was declared a sleeper hit, raking in approximately US$5.1 million worldwide at the box office. The film was screened at the

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where it was warmly received and widely appreciated.

Further productions

Following the success of their maiden production venture ''NH10'', Clean Slate Filmz released their next production ''

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'', a

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directed by Anshai Lal and starring Anushka Sharma in the lead alongside

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and

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. It opened to positive to mixed reviews and was a modest box office success. They next produced '' Pari'', a supernatural horror film directed by

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in his debut. It stars Anushka Sharma, with

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, Ritabhari Chakraborty,

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and Mansi Multani featuring in supporting roles. The film received generally positive reviews for Sharma's performance and praising for the makers for doing a movie on this genre. Clean Slate Filmz next produced a web series, a cop drama titled ''

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'', written and created by Sudip Sharma. The series is in collaboration with

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and was hosted on

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on 15 May 2020 to positive reviews. The same year, their production '' Bulbbul'', which released on

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on 24 June 2020, received positive reviews from the critics and the audience with a particular praise for its stand on feminism, visual effects, background music, and performance of the leads, especially Tripti Dimri. Their latest production Mai: A Mother's Rage Released on 15 April 2022 on Netflix. The series, created by Atul Mongia and directed by Anshai Lal, follows a story of a grieving mother who discovers the criminals behind her daughter's tragic death, and transforms from meek to merciless to get the real cause behind death. Clean Slate Filmz be producing two

films. The first one is titled ''Qala'' which will be the debut of Irrfan's son Babil Khan in films. The second film is titled ''Chakda 'Xpress'', a biopic about cricketer

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which will be portrayed by Anushka Sharma.

Productions

Films

Television

References

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