B. R. Studios
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Formerly | B. R. Films (until early 2010s) |
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| Industry | Bollywood |
| Founded 📆 | 1955 |
| Founder 👔 | B. R. Chopra |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Santacruz, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
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Key people | B. R. Chopra Ravi Chopra Renu Ravi Chopra Abhay Chopra |
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B. R. Studios is an Indian film production company based in Santacruz, Mumbai and is named after its founder - B. R. Chopra[1], one of the major film director in the 20th century. The studio had a very successful entry with the 1956 film Ek Hi Raasta again directed by Chopra again. The studio produced most of the famous films like Naya Daur, Sadhna, Kanoon, Gumrah, Waqt, Chhoti Si Baat, Ittefaq, Nikaah and also produced one of the famous Indian television series of all time - Mahabharat (1988).
History[edit]
In 1955, B. R. Chopra formed his own production house, B.R Films from which he produced his directorial ventures. His first movie for this production house was Ek Hi Raasta which was highly successful. He followed it up with Naya Daur (1957) starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjayantimala Bali, the film became a golden jubilee hit. The subsequent releases like Kanoon, Gumrah, Humraaz were major hits in the sixties.
After the failure of Dastaan (1972), B. R. Films produced successful films across genres after 1972 with films like suspense thriller Dhund, drama Karma (1977), comedy film Pati Patni Aur Woh, crime film in Insaf Ka Tarazu, Muslim social in Nikaah and the political thriller Awam.
This banner produced films like Dhool Ka Phool, Waqt, Aadmi Aur Insaan and Ittefaq directed by his younger brother Yash Chopra who would later branch out to form his own production company, Yash Raj Films, and produced The Burning Train[2], Aaj Ki Awaaz, Mazdoor, Baghban, Baabul, Bhoothnath which were directed by Ravi Chopra.
B. R. Films forayed into television with Mahabharat, whose become the most successful TV serials with 92% viewers record in Indian television history, where Nitish Bharadwaj played the role of Krishna and Mukesh Khanna portrayed the role of Bheeshma and this was co-directed by him with his son. After this successful venture in the small screen, B. R. Films produced TV Series on Bahadur Shah Zafar, Kanoon (1993), Aap Beeti, Vishnu Puran (2000) and Maa Shakti and also produced films like Baghbhan, Babul and Bhootnath, after 2000.
After B. R. Chopra's death in 2008[3] and Ravi Chopra's death in 2014[4][5][6], the banner changed their name to B. R. Studios and very few films were made which included sequels and reboots like Bhoothnath Returns (2014), Ittefaq (2017), Pati Patni Aur Woh (2019) and others.
Awards[edit]
- 1960: Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film in Hindi – Kanoon[7]
- 1961: President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi – Dharmputra (Producer)[8]
Filmography[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "NDTV.com: Filmmaker B R Chopra passes away". 2008-11-08. Archived from the original on 8 November 2008. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ↑ Dubey, Bharati (6 Nov 2008). "Films transformed Chopra's destiny and vice-versa | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ↑ "Filmmaker B. R. Chopra dead".
- ↑ "Filmmaker Ravi Chopra Dies at 68". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ↑ "Baghban director Ravi Chopra dies at 68". 2015-01-21. Archived from the original on 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ↑ Ghosh, Avijit. "Mahabharat co-director Ravi Chopra dies - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ↑ "Directorate of Film Festival". 2016-11-23. Archived from the original on 2016-11-23. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ↑ "Directorate of Film Festival". 2016-12-02. Archived from the original on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
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