Pritish Nandy Communications
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| Industry | Media & Entertainment |
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| Founded | September 1993 |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
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Key people
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Pritish Nandy, Founder & Non-Executive Chairman |
| Products | Films, Television Content, Commercials, Events, Wellness, Theme Places |
| Website | http://www.pritishnandycom.com |
Pritish Nandy, Founder & Non-Executive Chairman
Pallab Bhattacharya, Wholetime Director & CEO
Pritish Nandy Communications, often abbreviated to PNC, is an entertainment, news and media content corporation, and a maker of Indian movies, based in Mumbai, India. It was one of the first Indian media and entertainment companies to be publicly listed on a stock exchange. The company went public in 2000, when it listed on the BSE and the NSE. PNC produced 26 films in its first nine years of film production.
Pritish Nandy Communications was founded in September 1993 by Pritish Nandy, a writer, journalist, TV presenter and former Member of the Indian Parliament. The Pritish Nandy Show, India’s first signature chat show, was the company's first output, followed by a variety of news and entertainment productions. Since then, it has covered the parliamentary elections and the most extensive exit poll, in association with The Times of India. PNC’s election production have included India 98 : The Choice and Face Off. Moreover, it has produced environmental chat-shows such as Maneka's Ark, and Heads & Tails a show exploring animal rights and Fiscal Fitness, a corporate and business chat-show. The company has also produced fictional programming such as Mr Gaayab, a comedy serial based on the Invisible Man and Raj Kahani a lavish costume drama and Yudh a daily soap opera.
The company has produced a wide range of material for television, including news, general entertainment shows, soap operas, chat shows and live events coverage. Its film output ranges from small-scale movies for the domestic market through to large international productions. It was one of the first Indian studios to make global co-productions and use international crew. Kaante, a large-scale movie, was shot entirely in Hollywood, and Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi was made with the support of renowned French technicians, courtesy of Fond Sud.The Mystic Masseur, Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul's first work to be filmed, was a PNC co-production with Merchant Ivory.Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi was described as ‘The most important film to come out of India in a long time’ by Shekhar Kapur, as ‘Indian Cinema’s first great political epic’ by Ashutosh Gowarikar and as ‘A masterpiece’ by Vanessa Redgrave.
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