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DAR Motion Pictures (DAR), a wholly owned subsidiary of DAR Capital Group, is an Indian film production and distribution company headquartered out of Mumbai. Known for its focus on content driven cinema, DAR Motion Pictures has worked with a variety of film directors and companies, including
Ritesh Batra Ritesh Batra (born 12 June 1979) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. Batra's Hindi-language debut feature film '' The Lunchbox'' premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and won the Rail d’Or (Grand Golden Rail). Batra also won the ...
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Anurag Kashyap Anurag Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to films, the Government of France made him a Knight of the Ordre ...
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amongst others. Apart from its investments in iRock Media, DAR has also focused immensely on innovation and the adoption of modern technology, creating Haunted 3D, India's first stereoscopic 3D horror film. Further, the movies credited to DAR clearly indicate a tilt towards, content and subject driven cinema. Films like City of Gold,
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The Lunchbox ''The Lunchbox'' is a 2013 drama film written and directed by Ritesh Batra. Produced by Guneet Monga, Anurag Kashyap and Arun Rangachari, ''The Lunchbox'' is an international co-production of studios in India, the US, Germany and France. It s ...
are stark examples of that. Amongst the most talked about and appreciated films of 2013, ‘
The Lunchbox ''The Lunchbox'' is a 2013 drama film written and directed by Ritesh Batra. Produced by Guneet Monga, Anurag Kashyap and Arun Rangachari, ''The Lunchbox'' is an international co-production of studios in India, the US, Germany and France. It s ...
’ was not just an unprecedented success story domestically but also received phenomenal international acclaim. A Sundance script ‘
The Lunchbox ''The Lunchbox'' is a 2013 drama film written and directed by Ritesh Batra. Produced by Guneet Monga, Anurag Kashyap and Arun Rangachari, ''The Lunchbox'' is an international co-production of studios in India, the US, Germany and France. It s ...
’ was showcased at Cannes and The
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International Film Festival, amongst many others. It was bestowed with the Best Screenplay and Jury Grand Prize at the
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2013. Dar Motion Pictures is a
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production house that produces both
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and regional cinema. Opening with the hard hitting and riveting Lalbaug Parel (Marathi) &
City of Gold (2010 film) ''City of Gold'' is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language political thriller film. The film was Mahesh Manjrekar's 17th film, having previously directed critically acclaimed films such as ''Astitva'' and '' Viruddh... Family Comes First''. It was adapte ...
(Hindi), DAR moved on to produce many Marathi and Hindi films including and Teecha Baap Tyacha Baap (Marathi), Haunted 3D,
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Mickey Virus Mickey Virus is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language Comedy thriller film, written and directed by Saurabh Varma. It was produced by DAR Motion Pictures in association with Trilogic Digital Media Limited and Awesome Films Pvt. Ltd. The film stars Mani ...
, Peddlers,
Monsoon Shootout ''Monsoon Shootout'' is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Amit Kumar and produced by Guneet Monga, Trevor Ingma, Martijn de Grunt, and co-produced by Anurag Kashyap, and Vivek Rangachari, starrin ...
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The Lunchbox ''The Lunchbox'' is a 2013 drama film written and directed by Ritesh Batra. Produced by Guneet Monga, Anurag Kashyap and Arun Rangachari, ''The Lunchbox'' is an international co-production of studios in India, the US, Germany and France. It s ...
. Further through its distribution arm, ‘DAR Film Distributors’, it has been behind the distribution of two Hollywood films in India namely, ‘
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’, and released Girish Malik's ‘Jal’ which was the only Indian film in competition at the Busan Internationalm Film Festival 2013. Among other Marathi films that DAR Film Distributors have distributed are Dhag, Postcard and Cappuccino.


History

Continuing in the tradition of creating new content beyond the language barrier, DAR has given Marathi cinema its first superhero film ‘ Baji’ starring
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. 2017 saw the release of 2 films from the house of DAR, namely '
Haraamkhor ''Haraamkhor'' () is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic black comedy film directed by Shlok Sharma. It stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Shweta Tripathi. Jasleen Royal was the film's music composer. The film was shot in just 16 days. In April 2 ...
' & '
Monsoon Shootout ''Monsoon Shootout'' is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Amit Kumar and produced by Guneet Monga, Trevor Ingma, Martijn de Grunt, and co-produced by Anurag Kashyap, and Vivek Rangachari, starrin ...
'. The production house's most recent Marathi release is the much talked about Bucket List, which is directed by Tejas Vijay Deoskar and bears the distinction of being the first ever Marathi film to feature the one & only
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. The film had a wide release on 25 May 2018. DAR's only release in 2019 has been acclaimed director Ritesh Batra's Photograph (film) which features
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Sanya Malhotra Sanya Malhotra (born 25 February 1992) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. She has had supporting roles in the sports film ''Dangal (2016 film), Dangal'' (2016) and the action film ''Jawan (film), Jawan'' (2023), both of wh ...


Way Forward

The company also has various other projects under development currently including a remake of the Malayalam movie
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and a biopic on
Arunima Sinha Arunima Sinha is an Indian mountaineer and sportswoman. She is India's first female amputee and world's second female amputee to scale Mount Everest (Asia), Mount Kilimanjaro (Africa), Mount Elbrus (Europe), Mount Kosciuszko (Australia), Acon ...
- a national level volleyball player who was pushed from a running train by some robbers in 2011, before going on to become the first female amputee to climb
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. DAR has also recently forayed into the digital space, is currently in the process of setting up both web-series and original films for the leading OTT/digital platforms. In 2020, DAR officially entered films production in the Southern Indian languages.


Key people

The management team at DAR consists of the founders Arun Rangachari (also the chairman) and Vivek Rangachari, along with their COO, Sethumadhavan Napan.


Filmography


Films produced


Films distributed


References


External links


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