Red Chillies Entertainment
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| Private Limited Company | |
| Industry | Motion picture |
| Predecessor | Dreamz Unlimited |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | Gauri Khan |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
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Key people
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Shah Rukh Khan (co-chairperson, former CEO) Gauri Khan (co-chairperson) Venky Mysore (CEO) Blesson Oommen (CFO) |
| Products |
Film production Film distribution Visual effects Television production Equipment leasing |
| Divisions |
Red Chillies VFX Red Chillies TVC Red Chillies Idiot Box |
| Website | www.redchillies.com |
Red Chillies Entertainment (RCE) founded in 2002, is an Indian motion picture production, distribution and a premier visual effects company based in the city of Mumbai. The company was founded in 2002 by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan. It was transformed from the now defunct Dreamz Unlimited.
Red Chillies Entertainment has formed a full-fledged film studio in India. The studio's activities span across creative development, production, marketing, distribution, licensing, merchandising and syndication of films in India and worldwide. When it comes to digital and marketing innovations for films, Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt Ltd has always been at the top of the game and often a market leader.
Apart from film production, RCE has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies VFX. The company also has a 49% stake in the Indian Premier League cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders.
Sanjiv Chawla was the former CEO of the company, while Gauri Khan serves as a producer. In February 2013, Venky Mysore, the CEO of Kolkata Knight Riders took over additional responsibility as chief of Red Chillies Entertainment as well.
In 2004, choreographer Farah Khan, a good friend of Khan, decided to direct a film with him. He then took over the production company Dreamz Unlimited which he created with Juhi Chawla and director Aziz Mirza and transformed it into Red Chillies Entertainment with his wife Gauri Khan, who became the producer of the first production Main Hoon Na in which Khan starred as well. The movie did well at the box office, becoming the second highest-grossing film of the year. Khan also starred in the company's 2nd release, the 2005 movie Paheli, belonging to the genre of Indian Parallel Cinema, the film was critically acclaimed and was selected as India's official entry to the 79th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
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