Friday Filmworks is an Indian film production house founded by film director

Neeraj Pandey Neeraj Pandey (born 17 December 1973) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. Pandey made his directoral debut in ''A Wednesday!'', which was largely praised by critics and which later became a recipien ...

and producer

Shital Bhatia Shital Bhatia is an Indian film producer and co-founder of Friday Filmworks, best known for his movies like ''A Wednesday!'' (2008), ''Special 26'' (2013), ''Baby (2015 Hindi film), Baby'' (2015), ''M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story'' (2016), ''Rust ...

in 2008.

About

Established in 2008, Friday Filmworks' debut film was ''

A Wednesday! ''A Wednesday!'' is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film written and directed by Neeraj Pandey and produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Anjum Rizvi and Shital Bhatia under UTV Motion Pictures and Friday Filmworks. The film stars Naseeru ...

'' which earned Neeraj Pandey the

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at the 56th Indian National Film Awards. Friday Filmworks has also produced other films that include ''

Special 26 ''Special 26'' is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language period heist thriller film written and directed by Neeraj Pandey. Based on the 1987 Opera House heist, the plot follows a team of criminals (Akshay Kumar and Anupam Kher), who pose as CBI off ...

'', ''Baby'', ''

Total Siyapaa ''Total Siyapaa'' (''Total Chaos'') is a 2014 Bollywood romantic comedy film directed by Eeshwar Nivas and written by Neeraj Pandey. The screenplay is based on that of the Spanish-Argentine film '' Only Human'', written and directed by Domin ...

'', ''

Saat Uchakkey ''Saat Uchakkey'' () is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, wit ...

'', '' M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story'', ''

Naam Shabana ''Naam Shabana'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Shivam Nair and written by Neeraj Pandey. The film is a prequel to the 2015 film ''Baby'' with Taapsee Pannu reprising her role as Shabana Khan alongside Pri ...

'', ''Rustom'', '' Toilet: Ek Prem Katha'', ''

Aiyaary ''Aiyaary'' ( or trickery) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by Neeraj Pandey. Produced by Shital Bhatia, Dhaval Gada & Motion Picture Capital and distributed by Reliance Entertainment, Plan C Studios, Fr ...

'' and others. Friday Filmworks also produced a Marathi film ''

Taryanche Bait ''Taryanche Bait'' (, ) is a 2011 Marathi film directed by Kiran Yadnyopavit starring Sachin Khedekar, Vinay Apte, Ashwini Giri and Ashmita Joglekar in lead roles. Cast * Vinay Apte *Ashwini Giri *Ashmita Joglekar as Meera *Kishore Kadam * Sachi ...

'' in 2011 and a Bengali film ''The Royal Bengal Tiger'' in 2014. The company has also produced a slew of popular short films like ''Ouch!'', ''Ouch 2'' ''Laddoo'', and ''The Relationship Manager'' for Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films. In 2016, Friday Filmworks and

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formed a Joint Venture named

Plan C Studios Plan C Studios is an Indian motion picture production company founded as an alliance between Anil Ambani’s Reliance Entertainment and Neeraj Pandey and Shital Bhatia’s Friday Filmworks. It is the result of a 50:50 joint venture between the ...

to produce films. The movie ''Rustom'' which was released in 2016 was the first film under

followed by ''Toilet: Ek Prem Katha'', ''

'', and ''

''.

Friday Storytellers

Friday Storytellers is one the digital content production arm of Friday Filmworks; it was founded in 2019 focused on producing multi-format content for OTT and digital streaming. The division released its first official web series ''Special Ops'' for

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in March 2020 followed by the prequel ''Special Ops 1.5'' in November 2021. In 2023, Friday Storytellers released ''The Freelancer'' a thriller series streaming on

. The division established partnership with Netflix over a strategic multi-project content deal following the success of first collaboration over the popular cop-drama series '' Khakee: The Bihar Chapter''. In an announcement, Netflix revealed Friday Storytellers direct-to-digital film Sikandar Ka Muqaddar and second season of Khakee in its 2025 release slate. Friday Storytellers also collaborated with

Amazon miniTV Amazon miniTV, now branded as Amazon MX Player, is a free over-the-top streaming service of Amazon available in India. It is an ad-supported service. MiniTV service can be accessed from Amazon’s shopping app, on Amazon Prime Video Amaz ...

to produce ''Hack: Crimes Online'', a cyber-crime thriller series which was released in November 2023. The division has also created documentaries in history and sports. Discovery Plus partnered with Friday Storytellers for three historical documentaries under the franchise titled 'Secrets' and produced ''Secrets Of Sinauli'', ''Secrets of the Kohinoor'', and ''Secrets of the Buddha Relics'' hosted by Indian actor

Manoj Bajpayee Manoj Bajpayee (born 23 April 1969), also transliterated as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of numerous accolades including four National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, and two ...

. In collaboration with

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, Friday Storytellers created a 4-episodes docu-series titled ''Bandon Mein Tha Dum!'' which follows the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series of 2020-21 which resulted in Indian Cricket Team stunningly defeating Australia team at their home turf of Gabba, where they hadn't lost a test match in 32 years.

Filmography

Bootroom Sports

Founded by Sudip Tewari, an ex-banker along with

and

, Bootroom Sports was created as a sports media company. Through content, platform, and experience, the company aims to showcase sports' extraordinary humans and its economic potential in India.

References

External links

*{{official website, http://www.fridayfilmworks.com/ Film production companies based in Mumbai 2008 establishments in Maharashtra Mass media companies established in 2008