Indian film company
Vishesh Films is an Indian film company founded in 1986 and currently owned by Mukesh Bhatt . Vishesh Films is one of the most successful Indian film production houses.[1] The production company is named after Vishesh Bhatt , the son of Mukesh Bhatt.[2]
History [ edit ] In 1987 Mukesh Bhatt turned producer when he set up his own banner, "Vishesh Films", naming it after his son Vishesh Bhatt. He went on to become one of the most recognised banners of the Indian film industry in the coming decade, giving both serious productions (along with his brother Mahesh who directed these films) – like Daddy (1989), launching his niece Pooja Bhatt as a movie actress, — as well as commercial romantic hits like Kabza (1987), Aashiqui (1990) and Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin (1991), in which he cast Pooja with actor Aamir Khan . He next produced Sadak (1991) which remains his highest grossing work, which was also directed by his brother Mahesh Bhatt under the banner Vishesh Films. He won critical acclaim for Sir (1993), which saw Pooja Bhatt act with Naseeruddin Shah along with the hit Criminal (1995).
He went on to produce the film Tadipaar . Following this, he produced dramas like Dastak (1996), the debut film of Miss Universe 1994 -turned-actress Sushmita Sen , and Tamanna (1997). In 1998 his brother Mahesh Bhatt directed his last directorial venture Zakhm (1998) returned to the censor board because of right-wing pressure critical of its references to the Mumbai riots of 1993 and joined Mukesh Bhatt's production house as a full-time creative head of "Vishesh Films". Thereafter, the Bhatt brothers joined hands and churned out stories and screenplays for over twenty films, many of which were box-office successes, like Dushman , Raaz , Murder (2004), Gangster (2006), Woh Lamhe (2006), Murder 2 (2011), Jism 2 (2012) and Murder 3 (2013).
Vishesh Films is known for producing small-budgeted commercially successful films with great music.[3] They produced thrillers like Raaz (2002), Jism (2003), Murder (2004), and Gangster (2006), all of which were major commercial successes.
They further produced Zeher (2005), Awarapan (2007), and Jannat (2008), all starring Emraan Hashmi. While the first two were moderate successes, the latter emerged as a super hit. They then began producing quasi-sequels and have given the maximum number of franchises to Indian cinema.[4] However, a common criticism of the films produced under the banner has been that the films are unofficial adaptations and rip-offs of many Hollywood and South Korean films.
For 30 years, Mukesh along with his brother, Mahesh, produced films under the production house. However owing to differences between the brothers, Mukesh officially took over Vishesh Films and in May 2021, it was publicly announced that Mahesh Bhatt was no more associated with the production house.[5]
Filmography [ edit ] The following is a list of films produced under the banner Vishesh Films.
1986–2000 [ edit ] Release date Title CBFC rating Director Writer Composer Lyricist Cast 1988 May 20 Kabzaa U Mahesh Bhatt Salim Khan Rajesh Roshan Anand Bakshi Amrita Singh Raj Babbar Sanjay Dutt
1989 February 08 Daddy U Suraj Sanim Anupam Kher Pooja Bhatt Manohar Singh Raj Zutshi
1990 July 13 Jurm A Salim Khan Indeevar Payam Sayeedi
Meenakshi Sheshadri Sangeeta Bijlani Vinod Khanna
August 17 Aashiqui U Akash Khurana Robin Bhatt
Nadeem-Shravan Sameer , Rani Malik & Madan Pal Rahul Roy Anu Aggarwal Deepak Tijori
1991 July 3 Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin U Robin Bhatt Sharad Joshi
Nadeem-Shravan Faiz Anwar Aamir Khan Anupam Kher Pooja Bhatt Tiku Talsania
December 3 Sadak A Robin Bhatt Nadeem-Shravan Sameer , Surinder Saathi, Rani Malik Pooja Bhatt Sanjay Dutt
1992 September 18 Junoon A Robin Bhatt Sameer , Surinder Saathi, Rani Malik and Santosh Anand Avinash Wadhawan Pooja Bhatt Rahul Roy
1993 Jaanam U Vikram Bhatt Anu Malik Faaiz Anwar Indeevar Qateel Shifai Rahat Indori
Paresh Rawal Pooja Bhatt Rahul Roy
July 9 Sir U/A Mahesh Bhatt Jay Dixit Anu Malik Qateel Shifai Rahat Indori
Atul Agnihotri Naseeruddin Shah Pooja Bhatt
December 17 Tadipaar U Nadeem-Shravan Sameer Anupam Kher Gulshan Grover Juhi Chawla Mithun Chakraborty Pooja Bhatt
1994 August 19 Naaraaz A Jay Dixit Anu Malik Dev Kohli Maya Govind Qateel Shifai Rahat Indori Zameer Qazmi
Atul Agnihotri Gulshan Grover Mithun Chakraborty Pooja Bhatt Sonali Bendre
1995 March 17 Naajayaz U/A Jay Dixit Anu Malik Sudarshan Faakir Indeewar Rahat Indori Maya Govind Pushpa Verma
Ajay Devgn Juhi Chawla Naseeruddin Shah
July 21 Criminal A M. M. Keeravani Vennelakanti Sirivennela Sitaramasastri
Manisha Koirala Nagarjuna Akkineni Ramya Krishnan
1996 June 28 Fareb A Vikram Bhatt Iqbal Durrani Jatin–Lalit Neeraj Indeevar
Kundan singh Milind Gunaji Suman Ranganathan
November 29 Dastak A Mahesh Bhatt Vikram Bhatt Rajesh Roshan Javed Akhtar Bhavna Datta Manoj Bajpai Mukul Dev Sharad Kapoor Sushmita Sen Tiku Talsania Vishwajeet Pradhan
1997 May 8 Dil Kitna Nadan Hai U Ravi Rai Vikram Bhatt Anu Malik Faiz Anwar , Hasrat Jaipuri , Rahat Indori Raja Bherwani, Raageshwari, Kiran Kumar 1998 May 29 Dushman A Tanuja Chandra Sachin Bhowmick Aadesh Shrivastava Uttam Singh
Anand Bakshi Ashutosh Rana Kajol Sanjay Dutt
June 19 Ghulam A Vikram Bhatt Jatin–Lalit Anjum Rajabali Indeevar, Nitin Raikwar, Sameer, Vinod Mahendra Aamir Khan , Rani Mukerji , Deepak Tijori , Sharat Saxena Pooja Bhatt 1999 September 3 Sangharsh A Tanuja Chandra Girish Dhamija Mahesh Bhatt
Jatin–Lalit Akshay Kumar Ashutosh Rana Preity Zinta
December 10 Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan U Mahesh Bhatt Girish Dhamija Jatin–Lalit Indeevar, Nitin Raikwar, Sameer, Faaiz Anwar Saif Ali Khan , Twinkle Khanna , Chunky Pandey , Akshay Anand 2024 May 31 Savi : The Bloddy House Wife
2001–present [ edit ] Release date Title CBFC rating Director Writer Composer Lyricist Cast 2001 February 2 Kasoor A Vikram Bhatt Girish Dhamija Mahesh Bhatt
Nadeem-Shravan Sameer Aftab Shivdasani Apurva Agnihotri Ashutosh Rana Divya Dutta Irrfan Khan Lisa Ray
November 16 Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar U/A Tanuja Chandra Mahesh Bhatt Daboo Malik Sajid–Wajid
Ameesha Patel Gulshan Grover Jimmy Shergill Nafisa Ali
2002 February 1 Raaz A Vikram Bhatt Girish Dhamija Mahesh Bhatt
Nadeem-Shravan Sameer Ashutosh Rana Bipasha Basu Dino Morea Malini Sharma
September 20 Gunaah A Amol Shetge Mahesh Bhatt Anand Raj Anand Sajid–Wajid
Praveen Bhardwaj, Anand Bakshi Bipasha Basu Dino Morea Irrfan Khan
2003 July 4 Saaya U/A Anurag Basu Amol Shetge Anu Malik M. M. Keeravani
Sayeed Quadri John Abraham Mahima Chaudhry Tara Sharma
August 15 Footpath A Vikram Bhatt Mahesh Bhatt Himesh Reshammiya Nadeem-Shravan
Sameer Aftab Shivdasani Bipasha Basu Emraan Hashmi Rahul Dev
October 24 Inteha A Vikram Bhatt Mahesh Bhatt Anu Malik Rahat Indori, Praveen Bhardwaj and Dev Kohli Ashmit Patel Nauheed Cyrusi Vidya Malvade
2004 April 2 Murder A Anurag Basu Anurag Basu Anu Malik Rahat Indori Sayeed Quadri
Ashmit Patel Emraan Hashmi Mallika Sherawat
2005 Film Star Tanuja Chandra Mahima Chaudhry Priyanshu Chatterjee Vasundhara Das
March 25 Zeher A Mohit Suri Mahesh Bhatt Anu Malik Roop Kumar Rathod
Sayeed Quadri Emraan Hashmi Sameer Kochhar Shamita Shetty Udita Goswami
May 20 Nazar A Soni Razdan Mahesh Bhatt Anu Malik Aly Khan Ashmit Patel Meera Rupak Mann
December 9 Kalyug A Mohit Suri Mohit Suri Anu Malik Sayeed Quadri Amrita Singh Emraan Hashmi Kunal Khemu
2006 April 28 Gangster A Anurag Basu Mahesh Bhatt Pritam Mayur Puri Neelesh Misra Sayeed Quadri
Emraan Hashmi Kangana Ranaut Shiney Ahuja
July 21 The Killer A Hasnain Hydrabadwala, Raksha Mistry Mahendra Lakhan Sajid–Wajid Sayeed Quadri Emraan Hashmi Irfan Khan Nisha Kothari
September 29 Woh Lamhe A Mohit Suri Mahesh Bhatt Pritam Sayeed Quadri Kangana Ranaut Shiney Ahuja
2007 June 29 Awarapan U/A Mohit Suri Shagufta Rafique Pritam Asif Ali Baig Annie Khalid Sayeed Quadri
Emraan Hashmi Mrinalini Sharma Shriya Saran
August 31 Dhokha U/A Pooja Bhatt Shagufta Rafique M. M. Keeravani Shagufta Rafique Ashutosh Rana Aushima Sawhney Muzammil Ibrahim Tulip Joshi
December 28 Showbiz U Raju Khan Shagufta Rafique Lalit Pandit Tushar Jalota Gulshan Grover
Mrinalini Sharma Sushant Singh
2008 May 16 Jannat U/A Kunal Deshmukh Vishesh Bhatt Pritam Kamran Ahmed Neelesh Misra Sayeed Quadri
Emraan Hashmi Javed Sheikh Sonal Chauhan Sameer Kochhar Vishal Malhotra
2009 January 23 Raaz – The Mystery Continues A Mohit Suri Shagufta Rafique Gourov Dasgupta Pranay M Rijia Raju Singh Sharib Sabri Toshi Sabri
Kumaar Sayeed Quadri
Adhyayan Suman Emraan Hashmi Kangana Ranaut
July 17 Jashnn U/A Hasnain Hyderabadwala Raksha Mistry
Nouman Javaid Sandesh Shandilya Sharib Sabri Toshi Sabri
Kumaar Neelesh Misra Nouman Javaid
Adhyayan Suman Anjana Sukhani Humayun Saeed Shahana Goswami
November 13 Tum Mile U/A Kunal Deshmukh Pritam Kumaar Sayeed Quadri
Emraan Hashmi Soha Ali Khan
2010 October 8 Crook A Mohit Suri Ankur Tewari Pritam Kumaar Arjan Bajwa Emraan Hashmi Neha Sharma
2011 July 8 Murder 2 A Mohit Suri Mahesh Bhatt Shagufta Rafique
Harshit Saxena Mithoon Sangeet Haldipur Siddharth Haldipur
Kumaar Mithoon Sayeed Quadri
Emraan Hashmi Jacqueline Fernandez Prashant Narayanan Sudhanshu Pandey
2012 March 30 Blood Money A Vishal Mahadkar Upendra Sidhye Jeet Gannguli Pranay M Rijia Sangeet Haldipur Siddharth Haldipur
Kumaar Sayeed Quadri
Amrita Puri Kunal Khemu
May 4 Jannat 2 A Kunal Deshmukh Shagufta Rafique Pritam Sayeed Quadri Emraan Hashmi Esha Gupta Randeep Hooda
September 7 Raaz 3 A Vikram Bhatt Shagufta Rafique Jeet Gannguli Mithoon Rashid
Bipasha Basu Emraan Hashmi Esha Gupta
2013 February 15 Murder 3 U/A Vishesh Bhatt Mahesh Bhatt Pritam Roxen (band)
Sayeed Quadri Randeep Hooda Aditi Rao Hydari Sara Loren
April 26 Aashiqui 2 U Mohit Suri Shagufta Rafique Jeet Gannguli Mithoon Ankit Tiwari
Aditya Roy Kapoor Shraddha Kapoor
2014 May 30 CityLights A Hansal Mehta Jeet Gannguli Patraleka Rajkummar Rao 2015 January 30 Khamoshiyan A Karan Darra Jeet Gannguli Bobby-Imran Ankit Tiwari Naved Zafar Sapna Pabbi Ali Fazal Gurmeet Choudhary April 17 Mr. X U/A Vikram Bhatt Jeet Gannguli Mithoon Ami Mishra Emraan Hashmi Amyra Dastur June 12 Hamari Adhuri Kahani U Mohit Suri Jeet Gannguli Ankit Tiwari Emraan Hashmi Vidya Balan Rajkummar Rao 2016 April 8 Love Games A Vikram Bhatt Vikram Bhatt Sangeet Haldipur Sidharth Haldipur Kausar Munir , Vikram Bhatt Patraleka Tara Alisha Berry Gaurav Arora September 16 Raaz: Reboot A Vikram Bhatt Girish Dhamija Jeet Gannguli Sangeet Haldipur Sidharth Haldipur Emraan Hashmi Kriti Kharbanda Gaurav Arora 2017 April 14 Begum Jaan A Srijit Mukherji Sumair Malik Anu Malik Kausar Munir Vidya Balan Ila Arun Naseeruddin Shah Rajit Kapoor Ashish Vidyarthi Gauahar Khan Chunky Pandey Pallavi Sharda Mishti 2018 October 12 Jalebi U/A Pushpadeep Bharadwaj Kausar Munir , Pushpdeep Bhardwaj Jeet Gannguli , Tanishk Bagchi , Javed-Mohsin, Abhishekh Mishra, Samuel-Akanksha Rashmi Virag , Prashant Ingole, Manoj Kumarnath, Arafat Mehmood and Kunaal Vermaa Rhea Chakraborty Varun MitraDigangana Suryavanshi 2020 August 28 Sadak 2 [6] V/UA Mahesh Bhatt Mahesh Bhatt, Sumitra Sengupta Jeet Gannguli , Ankit Tiwari , Samidh Mukherjee, Urvi, Suniljeet Jeet Gannguli, Rashmi Virag, Vijay Vijawatt, Shabbir Ahmed, Suniljeet and Shalu Vaish Sanjay Dutt Pooja Bhatt Aditya Roy Kapoor Alia Bhatt
Top-grossing films [ edit ] References [ edit ]