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Rajshri Productions

Company type	Private
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	1947; 77 years ago (1947)
Founder	Tarachand Barjatya
Headquarters	Mumbai, India
Key people	Sooraj Barjatya (Chairman & Managing Director)
Products	Film production Film distribution Television production
Website	www.rajshri.com

Rajshri Productions is an Indian film production and distribution company based in Mumbai, India, established in 1947, which is primarily involved in producing Hindi films. The most successful films produced by the company include Dosti (1964), Suraj (1966), Jeevan Mrityu (1970), Chitchor (1976), Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye (1977), Nadiya Ke Paar (1982), Saaransh (1984), Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994), Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999), Vivah (2006) and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015). It has produced successful shows like Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki, Yahan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli, and Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara.

History

Rajshri Productions, the film production division of Rajshri, was established in 1947. Its first release Aarti met with critical acclaim and was screened at international film festivals. This was followed by Dosti, a non-star-cast film which became a box office success, and received the National Award for the Best Hindi Film of the Year (1964) and six Filmfare Awards.

Rajshri Productions made several more successful and critically acclaimed movies between the 1960s and 1980s including Uphaar, Geet Gaata Chal, Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se, Chitchor, Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye and Saaransh. At the end of the 1980s, when the film industry experienced a slump due to the advent of home video, Rajshri was on the verge of closing down. However, the company had a hit with a musical teenage romance, Maine Pyar Kiya, directed in-house by Sooraj R. Barjatya, which saved the company from closure. It became one of Indian cinema's biggest grossers, and won six Filmfare Awards including Best Film and the Most Sensational Debut of the Year for 24-year-old Salman Khan.

Salman Khan followed up the success of Maine Pyar Kiya with Rajshri blockbusters Hum Aapke Hain Koun and Hum Saath Saath Hain. Hum Aapke Hain Koun remains one of the highest grossing releases in the history of Indian cinema, and won the National Award for the most popular film providing wholesome entertainment, as well as eight Filmfare Awards and six Screen Awards, including Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director.

Television

• Paying Guest (1985) - Doordarshan
• Koie Jane Na (2004) - STAR Plus
• Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki (30 May 2005 – 20 January 2011) - Sahara One
• Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli (17 November 2009 – 13 July 2012) - Zee TV
• Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam (2006) - STAR Plus
• Do Hanson Ka Jodaa (2010) - NDTV Imagine
• Main Teri Parchhain Hoon (2008–2009) - NDTV Imagine
• Jhilmil Sitaaron Ka Aangan Hoga (27 February 2012 – 18 October 2013) - Sahara One
• Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara (18 June 2012 – 1 November 2014) - STAR Plus
• Mere Rang Mein Rangne Waali (17 November 2014 – 10 July 2015) - Life OK
• Swabhiman (19 December 2016 -29 September 2017) - Colors TV
• Piyaa Albela (6 March 2017 – 24 August 2018) - Zee TV
• Dadi Amma... Dadi Amma Maan Jaao! (2020) - Star Plus

Digital

In November 2006, Rajshri Productions launched a broadband entertainment portal, Rajshri.com, offering streaming and downloads of various forms of content including movies, music videos, concerts, and documentaries. The digital content is from its own production house and others.

Offices

Rajshri Productions have offices in various Indian cities such as Mumbai, Rajkot, Hubli, Kolkata, Patna, Cuttack, Siliguri, Kathiar, Bhusawal, Nagpur, Raipur, Indore, Jaipur, Delhi, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Jalandhar, Vijayawada, Bengaluru, Chennai, Ernakulam and various others.

Awards

• National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment – Won
  1975 Tapasya
  1994 Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
  
• Filmfare Best Movie Award – Won
  1965 Dosti
  1990 Maine Pyar Kiya
  1995 Hum Aapke Hain Kaun
  
• Filmfare Best Movie Award – Nominated
  1977 Chitchor
  1977 Tapasya
  1979 Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se
  1985 Saaransh
  2023 Uunchai
  
• Zee Rishtey Award for Favourite Show (Fiction) – Nominated
  2009 Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli
  2010 Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli
  
• Zee Rishtey Award for Favourite Show (Fiction) – Won
  2011 Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli
  

Filmography

References

1. "Rajshri - India's Leading Entertainment Studios since 1947". rajshri. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
2. "Rajshri Productions PVT LTD Information - Rajshri Productions PVT LTD Company Profile, Rajshri Productions PVT LTD News on The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
3. "Top Small Films In History: Uri - The Surgical Strike Fourth". 4 April 2019.
4. "Blockbusters Of Twenty-Five Years (1973-1997)". 13 October 2023.
5. "Sooraj Bhajatya's superhit film Maine Pyar Kiya saves Rajshri Productions". India Today. 15 May 1990. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
6. "Rajshri.com - Paying Guest(1985) TV Show Official webpage". Retrieved 10 August 2023.
7. Aminah Sheikh (1 February 2007). "Bollywood films now a click away". Rediff.com. Mumbai. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
8. "23rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
9. "42nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
10. Lokapally, Vijay (1 March 2012). "Taqdeer (2012)". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 August 2024.

External links

• Rajshri's Official website
• Rajshri Productions at IMDb
• Rajshri Productions Filmography at Bollywood Hungama

• Film distributors of India
• Mass media companies established in 1947
• Hindi cinema
• Film production companies based in Mumbai
• Television production companies of India
• 1947 establishments in India
• Producers who won the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment National Film Award
• Barjatya family