List of Dharma Productions films

Karan Johar, the son of Yash Johar, has directed five films for Dharma Productions

Dharma Productions is an Indian production company established by Yash Johar in 1976.[1] As of 2015, the company has produced 30 Bollywood films, including two that are yet to be released. A large number of these films were co-produced with companies such as UTV Motion Pictures and Red Chillies Entertainment.

Dharma Productions' first release came in 1980 with the Raj Khosla-directed Dostana, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Shatrughan Sinha, which was a commercial success.[2] However, their subsequent releases, Duniya (1984) and Muqaddar Ka Faisla (1987) performed poorly at the box office.[3] Their first release of the 1990s, the Bachchan-starring thriller Agneepath (1990) garnered critical acclaim but was a commercial failure.[4] The company's next releases were the thriller Gumrah (1993) and the comedy Duplicate (1998), both directed by Mahesh Bhatt.[3]

In 1998, Yash Johar's son, Karan Johar, made his directorial debut with the romantic drama Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, and Rani Mukerji. The film was the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1998, and established Dharma Productions as a leading production company in India.[5][6] Their subsequent releases, the ensemble melodrama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001), the comedy-drama Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) and the romantic drama Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), all starring Khan, were popular among the Indian diaspora worldwide and emerged as top-grossing Hindi films in overseas sales.[7][8]

From 2008 onwards, in addition to directorial ventures from Karan Johar, the company introduced several new directors, including Ayan Mukerji, Punit Malhotra, Karan Malhotra, and Shakun Batra.[9] The romantic comedy Dostana (2008) was the first mainstream Hindi film to take a homosexual storyline.[10] In 2012, Karan Johar directed the teenage drama Student of the Year, which marked the debut of actors Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt.[11] Dharma Productions' greatest successes in the 2010s came with the drama My Name Is Khan (2010),[12] the 2012 remake of Agneepath,[12] the comedy-drama Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013),[13] and the romantic drama 2 States (2014).[14] In 2013, the company co-produced the critically acclaimed drama The Lunchbox, which was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language.[15] The most frequent collaborations of the company have been with the actors Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Kajol, and Alia Bhatt.

Films

Amitabh Bachchan has collaborated with Dharma Productions on four projects, beginning with their first release Dostana (1980)
Shah Rukh Khan has played leading roles in six Dharma Productions films
Gauri Khan has co-produced two films with the company
Kajol has played leading roles in four Dharma Productions films
Kareena Kapoor has collaborated with the company on five projects
Sidharth Malhotra (top), Varun Dhawan (middle) and Alia Bhatt (bottom) made their acting debut in Student of the Year (2012). Bhatt has since worked with the company three more times
Ayan Mukerji directed the INR3.2 billion (US$51 million) grossing Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)[16]
Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Title Year Director Producer(s) Cast Synopsis Ref(s).
Dostana 1980 Khosla, RajRaj Khosla Johar, YashYash Johar Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Zeenat Aman A police officer and a lawyer are best friends. Trouble arises when they both fall in love with the same girl. [17]
Duniya 1984 Talwar, RameshRamesh Talwar Johar, YashYash Johar Dilip Kumar, Rishi Kapoor, Amrita Singh, Saira Banu An honest man is wrongly imprisoned by criminals. He later avenges his humiliation with the help of a man who was hired by the criminals to spy on him. [18]
Muqaddar Ka Faisla 1987 Mehra, PrakashPrakash Mehra Johar, YashYash Johar Raaj Kumar, Raakhee, Raj Babbar, Meenakshi Seshadri, Tina Munim A Hindu priest is wrongly imprisoned for rape. When he returns from prison, he tries to locate his family and exact revenge for his humiliation. [19]
Agneepath 1990 Anand, Mukul S.Mukul S. Anand Johar, YashYash Johar Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty, Danny Denzongpa, Madhavi A common man seeks revenge from an unscrupulous man for wrongly framing and murdering his father. [20]
Gumrah 1993 Bhatt, MaheshMahesh Bhatt Johar, YashYash Johar Sridevi, Sanjay Dutt, Rahul Roy An aspiring singer is wrongly accused of drug trafficking, and is sent to prison. She escapes, and seeks revenge from the people who framed her. [21]
Duplicate 1998 Bhatt, MaheshMahesh Bhatt Johar, YashYash Johar Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Sonali Bendre An aspiring chef is the doppelganger of a gangster. Comic situations arise when they mistakenly swap places with each other. [22]
[23]
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai 1998 Johar, KaranKaran Johar Johar, YashYash Johar Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukerji, Salman Khan An eight-year-old girl attempts to fulfill her late mother's wish to unite her father with a woman who used to secretly love him in college. [24]
[25]
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... 2001 Johar, KaranKaran Johar Johar, YashYash Johar Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor A rich industrialist severs ties with his adopted son after he marries a poor girl. Years later, his younger son plots to unite them. [26]
[27]
Kal Ho Naa Ho 2003 Advani, NikhilNikhil Advani Johar, YashYash Johar,
Karan Johar		 Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan, Jaya Bachchan A man with a fatal heart disease tries to play matchmaker to a troubled young woman and her best friend, despite being in love with her. [28]
[29]
Kaal[lower-alpha 1] 2005 Shah, SohamSoham Shah Johar, KaranKaran Johar,
Shah Rukh Khan		 Ajay Devgn, John Abraham, Vivek Oberoi, Esha Deol, Lara Dutta A group of tourists in a national park are traumatised by an unexplained force, and they seek support from a mysterious local man. [30]
[32]
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna 2006 Johar, KaranKaran Johar Johar, HirooHiroo Johar Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan, Kirron Kher An extra-marital affair between a bitter football coach and an unhappy schoolteacher destroy their respective marriages. [33]
[34]
Dostana 2008 Mansukhani, TarunTarun Mansukhani Johar, KaranKaran Johar,
Hiroo Johar		 Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra, Bobby Deol Two men in Miami pretend to be gay to share an apartment with a beautiful young woman, but they both eventually fall in love with her. [35]
[36]
Wake Up Sid[lower-alpha 2] 2009 Mukerji, AyanAyan Mukerji Johar, KaranKaran Johar,
Hiroo Johar		 Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma The life of a lazy young man changes for the better when he begins living with an aspiring writer. [37]
[43]
Kurbaan[lower-alpha 2] 2009 D'Silva, RensilRensil D'Silva Johar, KaranKaran Johar,
Hiroo Johar		 Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi A terrorist dupes a woman into marrying him, so he can enter the United States. He keeps her under house-arrest, but she attempts to foil his plans. [38]
[44]
My Name Is Khan[lower-alpha 3] 2010 Johar, KaranKaran Johar Johar, HirooHiroo Johar,
Gauri Khan		 Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol In post-9/11 America, a man suffering from Asperger syndrome travels to meet the President of the country on the insistence of his wife. [45]
[46]
I Hate Luv Storys[lower-alpha 2] 2010 Malhotra, PunitPunit Malhotra Johar, KaranKaran Johar,
Hiroo Johar,
Ronnie Screwvala		 Imran Khan, Sonam Kapoor An engaged woman develops a one-sided attraction towards a commitment-phobic co-worker. [39]
[47]
We Are Family[lower-alpha 4] 2010 Malhotra, SiddharthSiddharth Malhotra Johar, KaranKaran Johar,
Hiroo Johar		 Kajol, Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal A man's newly-married wife must look after his kids from his first marriage, after his ex-wife is diagnosed with cancer. [48]
[49]
Agneepath 2012 Malhotra, KaranKaran Malhotra Johar, KaranKaran Johar,
Hiroo Johar		 Hrithik Roshan, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra A common man seeks revenge from an unscrupulous man for wrongly framing and murdering his father. [50]
[51]
Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu[lower-alpha 2] 2012 Batra, ShakunShakun Batra Johar, KaranKaran Johar,
Hiroo Johar,
Ronnie Screwvala		 Imran Khan, Kareena Kapoor An under-confident man accidentally marries a free-spirited woman. After deciding to annul the marriage, she helps him overcome his insecurities. [40]
[52]
Student of the Year[lower-alpha 1] 2012 Johar, KaranKaran Johar Johar, HirooHiroo Johar,
Gauri Khan		 Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Rishi Kapoor The friendship of three school students is tested when they have to compete with each other in an annual school competition. [31]
[53]
Gippi[lower-alpha 2] 2013 Nair, SonamSonam Nair Johar, KaranKaran Johar,
Hiroo Johar		 Riya Vij, Divya Dutta, Taaha Shah An overweight teenage girl from a broken home must overcome her inhibitions and stand against a popular girl for the annual school elections. [41]
[54]
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani[lower-alpha 2] 2013 Mukerji, AyanAyan Mukerji Johar, KaranKaran Johar,
Hiroo Johar		 Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Aditya Roy Kapur, Kalki Koechlin A man and a woman of contrasting personalities fall in love during the course of a common friend's wedding. [42]
[55]
The Lunchbox[lower-alpha 5] 2013 Batra, RiteshRitesh Batra Monga, GuneetGuneet Monga,
Anurag Kashyap,
Arun Rangachari		 Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui An unhappy housewife and a lonely widower correspond through letters in hope of a better future with each other. [56]
[57]
Gori Tere Pyaar Mein 2013 Malhotra, PunitPunit Malhotra Johar, KaranKaran Johar,
Hiroo Johar		 Imran Khan, Kareena Kapoor To woo his lady love, a social worker, a man must travel to a remote village in India where she is working on a project. [58]
[59]
Hasee Toh Phasee[lower-alpha 6] 2014 Mathew, VinilVinil Mathew Johar, KaranKaran Johar,
Vikas Bahl,
Vikramaditya Motwane,
Anurag Kashyap		 Sidharth Malhotra, Parineeti Chopra, Adah Sharma A struggling businessman is sympathetic to his fiancé's sister, a drug abusing scientist, and helps her mend fences with her family. [60]
[62]
2 States[lower-alpha 7] 2014 Varman, AbhishekAbhishek Varman Johar, KaranKaran Johar,
Sajid Nadiadwala		 Arjun Kapoor, Alia Bhatt Two recently graduated students, belonging to different parts of India, face trouble in convincing their parents to approve of their relationship. [63]
[64]
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania 2014 Khaitan, ShashankShashank Khaitan Johar, KaranKaran Johar,
Hiroo Johar		 Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Siddharth Shukla A girl's marriage is arranged by her father to a successful NRI doctor, but she engages in an affair with another man. [65]
[66]
Ungli 2014 D'Silva, RensilRensil D'Silva Johar, KaranKaran Johar,
Hiroo Johar		 Emraan Hashmi, Sanjay Dutt, Neil Bhoopalam, Randeep Hooda, Kangana Ranaut Four friends, impacted by the corruption among politicians, moonlight as vigilantes. A police officer tries to catch them. [67]
[68]
BrothersFilms that have not yet been released[lower-alpha 8] 2015 Malhotra, KaranKaran Malhotra TBA Akshay Kumar, Sidharth Malhotra, Jackie Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez TBA [69]
ShaandaarFilms that have not yet been released[lower-alpha 6] 2015 Bahl, VikasVikas Bahl TBA Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt TBA [70]
[61]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The film was co-produced with Red Chillies Entertainment.[30][31]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The film was co-produced with UTV Motion Pictures.[37][38][39][40][41][42]
  3. ↑ The film was co-produced with Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Star Studios, and Red Chillies Entertainment.[45]
  4. ↑ The film was co-produced with Sony Pictures and UTV Motion Pictures.[48]
  5. ↑ The film was co-produced with UTV Motion Pictures, DAR Motion Pictures and Sikhya Entertainment.[56]
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 The film was co-produced with Phantom Films.[60][61]
  7. ↑ The film was co-produced with UTV Motion Pictures and Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment.[63]
  8. ↑ The film was co-produced with Lionsgate and Endemol India.[69]

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