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 The vision and business acumen of the producers of the Hindi film industry has taken it to the yardstick of being one of the most flourishing and expansive film industries of the world. Their efforts and economic soundness have opened up highly profitable overseas markets for Bollywood films, with a reach and appeal that extends beyond the audience of Indian origin. It’s their credibility that today Hindi films are shot all over the world and released in huge number of screens, which actually fall short in the country for the number of films produced. As a result, the release of two big-budgeted movies at the same time is not conventionally considered economically viable.
The legendary Raj Kapoor is regarded one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of Indian cinema. He was a 2-time nominee for the Palme d'Or grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his productions ‘Awaara’ (1951) and ‘Boot Polish’ (1954). His films allured worldwide audiences, particularly in Asia and Europe. He won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi twice for ‘Shree 420’ and ‘Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai’. B. R. Chopra was globally acclaimed Bollywood producer best known for making films ‘Naya Daur’, ‘Sadhna’, ‘Kanoon’, ‘Gumrah’ and ‘Humraaz’. His younger brother Yash Chopra was a famed Bollywood producer, known as the "King of Romance" of Indian cinema. He founded Yash Raj Films (YRF) that is India's multinational film, media and entertainment conglomerate. His son Aditya Chopra is the current chairman of YRF and one of the most influential contemporary Bollywood producers.
Bimal Roy falls among the early influential Hindi film producers, noted for his realistic and socialistic films like ‘Do Bigha Zamin’, ‘Parineeta’, ‘Madhumati’ and ‘Sujata’. Guru Dutt produced cult films like ‘Pyaasa’, ‘Kaagaz Ke Phool’ and ‘Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam’. Noted actor of the time Dev Anand was also a producer, who won the National Award for Best Hindi Feature Film for ‘Guide’ (1965). Vijay Bhatt was a noted producer who made films ‘Ram Rajya’, ‘Baiju Bawra’ and ‘Goonj Uthi Shehnai’, while Mehboob Khan made ‘Mother India’ and took Hindi Cinema to recognition at the Oscars for the first time.
Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt are acclaimed Bollywood producer duo whose films include ‘Daddy’, ‘Sir’, ‘Aashiqui’, ‘Zakhm’, ‘Jism’, ‘Murder’ and ‘Aashiqui 2’. Subhash Ghai’s noted films include ‘Hero’, ‘Karma’, ‘Saudagar’, ‘Taal’ and ‘Iqbal’. Rakesh Roshan is a famed producer whose illustrious productions include ‘Khudgarz’, ‘Khoon Bhari Maang’, ‘Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai’, ‘Koi... Mil Gaya’ and ‘Krrish’ series. Ram Gopal Varma and Anurag Kashyap are the prominent producers of Bollywood parallel cinema, while Karan Johar and Farhan Akhtar-Ritesh Sidhwani duo are two most prominent commercial filmmakers.
(Last Updated on : 17-11-2016)
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