Company (film)

Company
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Directed by	Ram Gopal Varma
Produced by	Ram Gopal Varma C. Ashwini Dutt Boney Kapoor
Written by	Jaideep Sahni
Starring	Mohanlal Ajay Devgan Vivek Oberoi Manisha Koirala Seema Biswas Antara Mali Ashraful Haque
Narrated by	Makrand Deshpande
Music by	Sandeep Chowta
Cinematography	Hemant Chaturvedi
Edited by	Chandan Arora
Production company	Varma Corporation Vyjayanthi Movies
Release date	12 April 2002 (India) 14 October 2004 (Austin Film Festival)
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹9.5 crore
Box office	₹25.02 crore

Company is a 2002 Indian crime-thriller film directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film starred Mohanlal, Ajay Devgan, Manisha Koirala, Vivek Oberoi, and Antara Mali in pivotal roles. It is a fictional exposé of the Mumbai underworld, loosely based on the Indian mafia organization D-Company, known to be run by Dawood Ibrahim. It is the second film in the Indian Gangster trilogy, and a sequel to the blockbuster Satya. Upon release, the film received positive reviews from critics as well as audience, having won seven Filmfare Awards; three IIFA Awards, and went on to become one of the highest grossing Bollywood film(s) of 2002.

An example of Parallel cinema, the film highlights the infrastructure of the Indian mafia organization. Company received critical acclaim at the Austin Film Festival, New York Asian Film Festival, and the Fribourg International Film Festival. British director Danny Boyle cited the trilogy as influences on his Academy Award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for their "slick, often mesmerizing portrayals of the Mumbai underworld", their display of "brutality and urban violence", and their gritty realism.