Emmay Entertainment

Indian film and television production company

  • Nikkhil Advani
  • Monisha Advani
  • Madhu Bhojwani
Headquarters
Mumbai
,
India
Websiteemmay.com

Emmay Entertainment and Motion Pictures LLP is an Indian content production company based in Mumbai, India. It was founded by Nikkhil Advani, Monisha Advani and Madhu Bhojwani in 2011. After its inception, it began with full-length feature films and gradually expanded to television, short films, telefilms and digital content.

About

Established in 2011, Emmay Entertainment and Motion Pictures LLP is a leading content production company based in Mumbai, India. Founded by partners Monisha Advani, Madhu Bhojwani and Nikkhil Advani, the company has proven repertoire in full-length feature films and digital series. With an enviable body of work, Emmay has one of the largest slates of original fictional content across formats, with an organic bandwidth to keep expanding this capacity.

Emmay has been instrumental in producing content that inspires and empowers their audiences. The company has produced 30 films and web-series (in total) over a period of 12 years and with several projects currently under production. Undoubtedly, the upcoming slate promises to explore new, intriguing facets of storytelling.[1]

Emmay leans towards developing diversified content and compelling stories. We provide a plethora of opportunities to passionate directors and writers to empower their celluloid vision to reality. We have an extremely collaborative and progressive relationship with our partners and stakeholders (production houses, talent, digital platforms), where we work cohesively to develop and deliver inspiring stories.

Today, Emmay Entertainment has grown to be among India’s top 5 production houses, serving over 20,000 direct and indirect hires annually, and audiences across theatrical and web platforms.[2]

Upcoming projects

Emmay Entertainment is currently in the shooting phase for their next major project, an Indian historical web series based on Dominique Lapierre’s book Freedom at Midnight

Films

Emmay Entertainment's first feature film, D-Day, received positive reviews and won several awards. Their next significant production, Airlift, became their first film to surpass ₹1 billion at the box office and also earned a National Award. Other notable films produced by Emmay include Katti Batti and Hero, with the latter winning a Filmfare award. The company also produced the prison drama Lucknow Central, directed by Ranjit Tiwari and starring Farhan Akhtar.

Following this, Emmay released the vigilante action film Satyameva Jayate in 2018, directed by Milap Zaveri and starring John Abraham, Manoj Bajpayee, Amruta Khanvilkar, and Aisha Sharma in her debut role. The same year, they produced Baazaar, an Indian crime thriller directed by Gauravv K. Chawla, featuring Saif Ali Khan, Rohan Vinod Mehra, Radhika Apte, and Chitrangada Singh.

In 2019, Emmay released Batla House, an action thriller inspired by the Batla House encounter, starring John Abraham and Mrunal Thakur. The film was commercially successful. The company also produced Marjaavaan in 2019, a romantic action film directed by Milap Zaveri, featuring Sidharth Malhotra, Riteish Deshmukh, Tara Sutaria, and Rakul Preet Singh.

In 2020, Emmay produced Indoo Ki Jawani, a coming-of-age comedy directed by Abir Sengupta, starring Kiara Advani, Aditya Seal, and Mallika Dua. The film revolves around a young girl from Ghaziabad and her misadventures with dating apps.

Sardar Ka Grandson, released in 2021, is a comedy-drama directed by Kaashvie Nair, starring Arjun Kapoor, Neena Gupta, and Rakul Preet Singh. The film tells a love story spanning three generations and was released on Netflix.

In March 2023, Emmay produced Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway, starring Rani Mukerji and based on a real-life incident involving an Indian couple whose children were taken by Norwegian authorities. The film was released in cinemas on 17 March 2023.[3] Later that year, Emmay released Dry Day, a comedy-drama directed by Saurabh Shukla, starring Jitendra Kumar, Shriya Pilgaonkar, and Annu Kapoor. The film was released directly on Amazon Prime Video on 22 December 2023.

Most recently, in 2024, Emmay Entertainment released Vedaa, directed by Nikkhil Advani starring John Abraham, Sharvari, Abhishek Banerjee & Tamannaah Bhatia.

Web series

Hasmukh (2020)

Directed by Nikhil Gonsalves and written by Suparn Verma, Vir Das, Nikkhil Advani, Amogh Ranadive and Neeraj Pandey was released on Netflix on 17 April. Headlined by Vir Das as ‘Hasmukh’ and Ranvir Shorey as ‘Jimmy’ the show's crew also consists of Amrita Bagchi, Mantra, Ravi Kishan, Manoj Pahwa, Joanna Robaczewska, Raza Murad, among others. Emmay Entertainment as the production house, have created this show in association with Applause Entertainment.

Mumbai Diaries 26/11 (2021)

Mumbai Diaries 26/11 is an Indian Hindi-language medical thriller television series. It is set in the emergency room of a government hospital, focusing on the challenges faced by medical staff and first responders during times of crises. It was released on Amazon Prime Video on 9 September 2021. The series was created and directed by Nikkhil Advani, along with Nikhil Gonsalves. The series stars Mohit Raina, Tina Desai, Shreya Dhanwantary alongside Konkona Sen Sharma.

The Empire (2021)

The Empire is an Indian historical fiction streaming television series created by Nikkhil Advani based on Empire of the Moghul by Alex Rutherford for Disney+ Hotstar. Directed by Mitakshara Kumar, it stars Shabana Azmi, Kunal Kapoor, Dino Morea and Drashti Dhami.

Kaun Banegi Shikharwati (2022)

A series for ZEE5, Kaun Banegi Shikharwati is directed by Gauravv Chawla and Ananya Banerjee. It revolves around the life of a former king, who has a dysfunctional family, devises an outlandish plan to unite his estranged daughters. Meanwhile, an income tax investigation looms over the palace's hidden treasure.

Rocket Boys (2022 & 2023)

Rocket Boys is an Indian Hindi-language Biographical streaming television series on SonyLIV. The series is based on the lives of Homi J. Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai. Directed by Abhay Pannu and produced under the banner of Emmay Entertainment and Roy Kapur Films respectively. The series stars Jim Sarbh and Ishwak Singh along with Regina Cassandra. The season one of the series was released on 4 February 2022 and season 2 on 16th March 2023.

Adhura (2023)

An Indian Supernatural thriller, Adhura - directed by Gauravv K. Chawla & Ananya Banerjee starring Ishwak Singh & Rasika Duggal, and many others. The Series released on 7 July 2023 on Amazon Prime Video.

Mumbai Diaries 2 (2023)

In the second season of Mumbai Diaries, Doctors and residents at BGH grapple with an unprecedented natural calamity that brings the city to a standstill, whilst also fighting their own personal battles. - directed by Nikkhil Advani starring Mohit Raina, Konkana Sen, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Natasha Bharadwaj, Satyajeet Dubey, Sonali Kulkrani, Mrunmayee, Deshpande, Tina Desai, Prakash Belawadi, Ridhi Dogra, and Parambrata Chattopadhyay. The Series released on 6 October 2023 on Amazon Prime Video.

Television

A television film called Shaadi Vaadi And All That, an hour-long film for MTV, produced by Nikkhil Advani is a love triangle with a twist. The show is Kaashvi Nair's directorial debut who worked with Nikkhil as an assistant director.

Nikkhil Advani has directed a finite TV Series P.O.W.- Bandi Yuddh Ke for Star Plus. The show is an official adaptation of an Israeli TV series Hatufim. The series was premiered on 7 November 2016.

Short films

Guddu Engineer (2016)

Emmay produced the short film, Guddu Engineer for the Zeal for Unity in 2016 and was directed by Nikkhil Advani.

Unpaused – Apartment (2020)

Amazon Prime Video unveiled Unpaused, an anthology of five Hindi short films filmed during the pandemic and featuring stories about new beginnings. Amongst which one such short film is Apartment directed by Nikkhil Advani, starring Richa Chadha, Sumeet Vyas, and Ishwak Singh. The plot focuses on the fall and ultimate rise of Chadha's character as she comes to terms with her husband's indiscretions with the help of a friendly neighbor.

Films

Year Title Director Notes Ref
2013 D-Day Nikkhil Advani [4]
2014 Shaadi Vaadi And All That Kaashvi Nair [5]
2015 Hero Nikkhil Advani [6]
Katti Batti Nikkhil Advani [7]
2016 Airlift Raja Krishna Menon [8]
Guddu Engineer Nikkhil Advani Short Film [9]
2017 Lucknow Central Ranjit Tiwari [10]
2018 Satyameva Jayate Milap Zaveri [11]
Baazaar Gauravv K Chawla [12]
2019 Batla House Nikkhil Advani [13]
Marjaavaan Milap Zaveri [14]
2020 Indoo Ki Jawani Abir Sengupta [15]
Unpaused Nikkhil Advani Anthology Film
Released on Amazon Prime Video 		[16]
2021 Sardar Ka Grandson Kaashvie Nair Released on Netflix [17]
Bell Bottom Ranjit Tiwari [18]
Satyameva Jayate 2 Milap Zaveri [19]
2023 Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway Ashima Chibber [20]
Dry Day Saurabh Shukla Released on Amazon Prime Video [21]
2024 Vedaa Nikkhil Advani [22]

Television shows / Web Series

Title Year Director Platform Ref(s)
P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke 2016-2017
Star Plus [23]
The Mini Truck 2017
  • Kaashvi Nair
  • Nikhil Gonsalves
  • Karishma Kohli
 YouTube [24]
Hasmukh 2020 Nikhil Gonsalves Netflix [25]
Mumbai Diaries 26/11 2021–present
Amazon Prime Video [26]
The Empire 2021 Mitakshara Kumar Disney Plus Hotstar [27]
Kaun Banegi Shikharwati 2022
  • Gauravv K. Chawla
  • Ananya Banerjee
 ZEE5 [28]
Rocket Boys 2022–present Abhay Pannu Sony LIV [29]
Adhura 2023
  • Ananya Banerjee
  • Gauravv K. Chawla
 Amazon Prime Video [30]
Freedom At Midnight TBA TBA Sony LIV
The Revolutionaries Amazon Prime Video

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