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| Directed by | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Written by | Jaideep Sahni |
| Produced by | Ram Gopal Varma C. Ashwini Dutt Boney Kapoor |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Makrand Deshpande |
| Cinematography | Hemant Chaturvedi |
| Edited by | Chandan Arora |
| Music by | Sandeep Chowta |
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Running time | 155 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹9.5 crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹25.02 crore[1] |
Company is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language crime film directed by Ram Gopal Varma and written by Jaideep Sahni. The film stars Mohanlal, Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi, Manisha Koirala, Antara Mali, and Seema Biswas. It marks Mohanlal's debut in Hindi cinema. It is the second film of Ram Gopal Varma's gangster trilogy and a sequel to Satya (1998). Company follows Chandu, a henchman of a gangster named Malik, with whom he forms a rapport that eventually falls apart after tension arises between them.
Varma conceived the idea of the film after meeting a man named Haneef, who had been in prison for five years after the 1993 Bombay bombings and was a close aid of the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in his D-Company. Haneef told Varma about the fallout between Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan. Varma also had much information that he used in the film, especially about police procedures he could not use in Satya since it was too much for one film. The film was made in several locations in Mumbai, Mombasa, Nairobi, Hong Kong, and Switzerland. Hemant Chaturvedi served as the director of photography, while Chandan Arora edited the film.
Company was released on 12 April 2002 with a positive response. It was commercially successful, grossing ₹25.02 crores against its production budget of ₹9.5 crores. It was screened at the Austin Film Festival, the New York Asian Film Festival, and the Fribourg International Film Festival. The film won six awards at the 48th Filmfare Awards, including Best Supporting Actor and Best Male Debut for Oberoi, Critics Best Actor for Devgn, and Critics Best Actress for Koirala.
- ^ a b "Company – Movie". Box Office India.