Dharma Productions is an Indian Movie Production House. The company was founded by Late Shri Yash Johar in 1976 and presently is led by Karan Johar, son of Yash Johar. Its first production venture was titled "Dostana" starring Amitabh Bachchan in 1980. The company has produced more than 40 films which include a series of blockbusters and critically acclaimed films like "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham", "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani", "2 States", "Kapoor & Sons" and many more. In its recent past, Dharma Productions has earned a name in the Bollywood industry for encouraging and launching a fresh talent pool of directors, together with rising stars such as Alia Bhatt, Siddharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan, Sara Ali Khan, Isaan Khatter and Jhanvi Kapoor. In the last year, the company produced both critical and commercial successes alike Raazi, Dhadak and Simmba.
Movies of Dharma Productions
A large number of the films were co-produced with companies such as UTV Motion Pictures, Red Chillies Entertainment and Fox Star Studios. In addition, Dharma Productions has presented 5 regional language films from other companies.
Dharma Productions` first release came in 1980 with the Raj Khosla directed "Dostana", starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha and Zeenat Aman. It was a commercial success. However, their subsequent releases, “Duniya†(1984) and “Muqaddar Ka Faisla†(1987) performed poorly at the box office. Next in 1990, Amitabh Bachchan starring thriller “Agneepath†(1990) garnered critical acclaim but was a commercial failure. The company`s next releases were the thriller "Gumrah" (1993) and the comedy "Duplicate" (1998), both directed by Mahesh Bhatt. In 1998, 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. This movie has established Dharma Productions as a leading production company in India. Their subsequent releases, "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham..." (2001), "Kal Ho Naa Ho" (2003) and "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" (2006), has emerged as top-grossing Hindi films.
From 2008 onwards, in addition to directorial ventures from Karan Johar, Dharma Productions introduced several new directors, including Ayan Mukerji, Punit Malhotra, Karan Malhotra and Shakun Batra. The romantic comedy “Dostana†(2008) was the first mainstream Hindi film to take homo-sexuality as the storyline. In 2013, the company co-produced the critically acclaimed drama “The Lunchboxâ€, which was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language.
Filmography of Dharma Production
Dostana (1980)
Duniya (1984)
Muqaddar Ka Faisla (1987)
Agneepath (1990)
Gumrah (1993)
Duplicate (1998)
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001)
Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)
Kaal (2005)
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)
Dostana (2008)
Wake Up Sid (2009)
Kurbaan (2009)
My Name Is Khan (2010)
I Hate Luv Storys (2010)
We Are Family (2010)
Agneepath (2012)
Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu (2012)
Student of the Year (2012)
Gippi (2013)
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)
The Lunchbox (2013)
Gori Tere Pyaar Mein (2013)
Hasee Toh Phasee (2014)
2 States (2014)
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014)
Ungli (2014)
Brothers (2015)
Shaandaar (2015)
Kapoor & Sons (2016)
Baar Baar Dekho (2016)
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016)
Dear Zindagi (2016)
Ok Jaanu (2017)
Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017)
Ittefaq (2017)
Raazi (2018)
Dhadak (2018)
Simmba (2019)
Brahmastra (2019)
Today, Dharma Productions is one of the top most Movie Production House in the country and is constantly aiming at creating new benchmarks in the Indian film industry. Dharma Productions has contributed greatly to the transformation of Hindi cinema.
