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Sikhya Entertainment

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Sikhya Entertainment Pvt Ltd
Company typePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2008
Headquarters,
India
Key people
ProductsFilms
ServicesFilm Production
Websitesikhyaentertainment.com

Sikhya Entertainment is a film production and distribution company that was established by Guneet Monga and Achin Jain in 2008.[1][2]

History

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They have released the films Dasvidaniya (2008), That Girl in Yellow Boots (2011), The Lunchbox (2013)[3] and Masaan.[4]

They have collaborated with some of the filmmakers from different parts of the world including Oscar-winning Bosnian director Danis Tanovic (Tigers), French director Nicolas Saada (Taj Mahal) and British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom (Trishna), to name a few.

In 2016, Sikhya Entertainment ventured into its first English Language film, The Ashram, starring Academy Award-winning actress Melissa Leo and Kal Penn, Norwegian-German film, What Will People Say, directed by Iram Haq which premiered at Toronto Film Festival 2017 amongst others.

The range of Production Services offered by Sikhya includes- Research, Creative collaborations with local Writers, Location Scouting, Budgeting, Casting, Permits, Travel & Accommodation, Hiring of Crew, extensive Post Production services and transparent accounting practices including Third party audit system.

In 2020, they released one of a kind short-film anthology, Zindagi In Short, in collaboration with India's leading e-commerce giant Flipkart. The anthology opened to a thunderous response from both critics and audiences. In addition, Sikhya has successfully ventured into the Southern Film Industry with the blockbuster film on the life of Captain Gopinath, founder of Air Deccan, Soorarai Pottru.

Filmography

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Documentaries
Year Film Director Other Notes
2018 Period. End of Sentence. Rayka Zehtabchi Available on Netflix. Won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film.
2022 Kicking Balls Vijayeta Kumar
She Builds Vijayeta Kumar Docu series, available on Disney+ Hotstar
The Elephant Whisperers Kartiki Gonsalves Available on Netflix. Won at the Academy Awards. [5]
Year Film Director Other notes
2008 Dasvidaniya Shashant Shah
2011 That Girl in Yellow Boots Anurag Kashyap
Shaitan Bejoy Nambiar
2013 The Lunchbox Ritesh Batra
Peddlers Vasan Bala
Monsoon Shootout Amit Kumar
2015 Zubaan Mozeez Singh
Masaan Neeraj Ghaywan
Haraamkhor Shlok Sharma
2017 What Will People Say Iram Haq
2020 Soorarai Pottru Sudha Kongara
2021 Pagglait Umesh Bist
2023 Kathal Yashowardhan Mishra
2024 Kill Nikhil Nagesh Bhat
Shows
Year Films Director Other Notes
2024 Gyaarah Gyaarah Umesh Bist ZEE5
Short Films
Year Films Director Other Notes
2018 Period. End of Sentence. Rayta Zehtabchi Available on Netflix
2020 Zindagi in Shorts
  • Pinni
  • Sleeping Partner
  • Sunny Side Upar
  • Nano So Phobia
  • Chhaju Ke Dahi Bhalle
  • Thappad
  • Swaaha
Available on Netflix
2021 Shimmy Disha Noyonika Rindani Available on Amazon Mini TV
Gupt Gyan Saqib Pandor
2022 1800 Life Maanavi Bedi
Good Morning Jyoti Kapoor Das
Condition's Apply Puja Banerji
Clean Zoya Parvin

References

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  1. ^ "'I am a disruptor': Meet Guneet Monga, co-producer of Oscar-winning 'Period. End of Sentence'". Scroll.in. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Oscars 2019: Guneet Monga has got it". The Hindu. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Ritesh Batra's Lunchbox wins Critics Week Viewers Choice Award at Cannes Film Festival 2013".
  4. ^ Nandgaonkar, Satish (24 May 2015). "Masaan wins critics prize at Cannes – The Hindu". The Hindu.
  5. ^ Lewis, Hilary (24 January 2023). "Oscars: Full List of Nominations". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 January 2023.