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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film production, Film distribution |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
Key people | Arun Rangachari Vivek Rangachari N. Sethumadhavan |
| Products | Films |
| Website | www |
DAR Motion Pictures (DAR), a wholly owned subsidiary of DAR Capital Group, is an Indian film production and distribution company headquartered out of Mumbai. Known for its focus on content driven cinema, DAR Motion Pictures has worked with a variety of film directors and companies, including Ritesh Batra, Nikhil Advani, Anurag Kashyap, Sikhya Entertainment amongst others. Apart from its investments in iRock Media, DAR has also focused immensely on innovation and the adoption of modern technology, creating Haunted 3D, India's first stereoscopic 3D horror film. Further, the movies credited to DAR clearly indicate a tilt towards, content and subject driven cinema. Films like City of Gold, D-Day[1] and The Lunchbox[2] are stark examples of that.
Amongst the most talked about and appreciated films of 2013, ‘The Lunchbox’ was not just an unprecedented success story domestically but also received phenomenal international acclaim. A Sundance script ‘The Lunchbox’ was showcased at Cannes and The Dubai International Film Festival, amongst many others. It was bestowed with the Best Screenplay and Jury Grand Prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2013.
Dar Motion Pictures is a Bollywood production house that produces both Hindi and regional cinema. Opening with the hard hitting and riveting Lalbaug Parel (Marathi) & City of Gold (2010 film)(Hindi), DAR moved on to produce many Marathi and Hindi films including and Teecha Baap Tyacha Baap (Marathi), Haunted 3D, D-Day, Mickey Virus,[3] Peddlers, Monsoon Shootout and The Lunchbox. Further through its distribution arm, ‘DAR Film Distributors’, it has been behind the distribution of two Hollywood films in India namely, ‘The Dark Knight Rises[4]’ and ‘Fast & Furious 6[5]’, and released Girish Malik's ‘Jal[6]’ which was the only Indian film in competition at the Busan Internationalm Film Festival 2013. Among other Marathi films that DAR Film Distributors have distributed are Dhag, Postcard and Cappuccino.
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- ^ "After D-Day, we have Mickey Virus - Vivek Rangachari of DAR Motion Pictures - Latest Movie Features - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ Priyanko Sarkar. "Dar Media to distribute The Dark Knight Rises". The Financial Express. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ "DAR to distribute 'Fast & Furious 6' in India - Times Of India". archive.ph. 30 January 2014. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ "DAR to distribute Girish Malik's Jal - DearCinema.com". DearCinema.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.