Prashant Shah
| Prashant Shah | |
|---|---|
| Born | India |
| Occupation |
Actor Producer |
Prashant Shah is a film producer in Los Angeles and operates film and television production company that specializes in producing Bollywood movies and shooting them in the UK, India, Canada, United States and South America.[1] As Line Producer his latest film was Bang Bang!" with Fox Starz also includes My Name is Khan. which collected over $45M at the Box Office.[2] As Executive Producer for the film released Nov 2011 Shah Rukh Khan's Ra.One.[3] opened in over 4000 screens world wide collecting $30M in its opening weekend. The latest project is Bollywood film released October 2014 titled Bang Bang! which crossed $40 Million at the Box office worldwide. The film is an official remake of the Hollywood film Knight and Day and features Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif in the lead roles performed by Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz respectively in the original. At present Prashant is Consulting Producer for Bollywood feature "Brothers" an official remake of Hollywood movie titled "Warrior".
Prashant Shah founded the company in 1999 under Bollywood Hollywood Production USA and later the UK branch in 2009. The past decade his company Bollywood Hollywood Production has worked with the likes of Karan Johar, Rakesh Roshan, Shahrukh Khan, Aditya Chopra and others overseen the production of some of Bollywood's biggest movies shot in the USA. The company has created over 50,000 jobs in last 10 years which created direct and indirect impact towards economy of motion pictures between India, USA, UK and the global box office.
2010 Shah was awarded "Producer of the Year" by Department of Commerce, Washington DC and by Senator Harry Reid. In 2008 the Mayor's office giving him the Key to the City of Miami.
Prior to commencing Bollywood Hollywood Production Inc.; Shah was involved with global marketing and business development in electronics, information technology related to biometric & security software application, media management, restaurants and with the health care staffing solutions for a total of 10 years based out of New York, New Jersey, Chicago, New Delhi and Mumbai (India).
Produced "Roadies season 9" for MTV Networks/ Colosceum and in development of other Television series and reality based format besides slate of feature films in Hollywood and Bollywood. Shah's new initiative is providing post production services at FIESTA VFX with expansion in Latin and China related content.
March 2014, Prashant Shah completed working as Head of Physical Production for Benaroya Pictures which included 3 Hollywood movies titled "Cymebline", "Cell" and "Queen of the Desert". Currently developing slate of movies, Television programming and web-series.
Board of Advisor
• Miami Media Film Market (MMFM) a State of Florida initiative (annual event in June in Miami)
• G-Star Studios based in Florida - a film studio designed by Warner Brothers.
• Secretary and Chair Film Florida.
Selected filmography
- Brothers (Consulting Producer) (2015)
- Arranged Marriage (Producer) (2015)
- Bang_Bang! (Line Producer - USA) (2014)
- CELL (Executive Producer) (2014)
- Cymbeline (Executive Producer) (2013)
- Yeh Jawani Hai Diwani (Line Producer - Argentina) (2012)
- MTV Roadies (Executive Producer) (2012)
- Birth of a Nation - Indira Gandhi (Executive Producer) (2012)
- MMFM - Miami Media Film Market (Co-Producer with CAMACOL and State of Florida) (2011)
- Chak Dhoom Dhoom Dance show for Television for COLORS channel and Endemol India (Executive Producer USA) (2010)
- Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu (2011) (Line Producer -USA)
- Ra.One (2010) (executive producer)
- My Name Is Khan (line producer USA) (2010)
- Kites (line producer: USA) (2010)
- Kurbaan (line producer USA) (2009)
- Kambakkht Ishq (line producer) (2009)
- Mummyji (US Distributor) (2009)
- Dostana (line producer) (2008)
- Love Story 2050 (line producer) (2008)
- Guru (grateful acknowledgment) (2007)
- Apne (consulting producer) (2007)
- Karma, Confessions and Holi (consulting producer) (2009)
- Ta Ra Rum Pum (line producer: USA) (actor) (2007)
- Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota (line producer) (2006)
- Indian Fish in American Waters (Distributor 2005)
- Jaan-E-Mann (line producer) (2005)
- Morning Raga (Distributor all media North America & UK)
- Out of Control (line producer) (2004)
- It Was Raining That Night (Producer) (2003)
- Love at Time Square (line producer) (2002)
Notes
- ↑ Global Soft Money Guide - US Incentives - Quite a few dollars more
- ↑ Pizarro: Bollywood pays a visit to San Jose's Children's Discovery Museum
- ↑ "Bollywood celebrity Shah Rukh Khan to star in feature film shot in early 2010 in Miami". miamitodaynews.com. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
- ↑ "IMDB Profile: Prashant Shah". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-01-05.