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| | logo = Phantom Films logo.jpeg
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| | type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
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| | location_city = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
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| | founders = [[Anurag Kashyap]]<br>[[Vikramaditya Motwane]]<br>[[Vikas Bahl]]<br>[[Madhu Mantena]]
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| | services = [[Film production]]<br>[[Film distributor|Film distribution]]
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| | owner = Anurag Kashyap
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| | products = [[Films]]
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| | parent = [[Reliance Entertainment]]
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| | homepage = [http://www.phantoms.in/ Phantom Films]
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| '''Phantom Films''' is an [[Cinema of India|Indian film]] [[production company|production]] and [[Film distributor|distribution]] company established by [[Anurag Kashyap]], director [[Vikramaditya Motwane]], producer [[Madhu Mantena]] and the former head of UTV Spotboy [[Vikas Bahl]]. It was founded in 2011 by all four of them, and is cited as the "director's company". In March 2015, [[Reliance Entertainment]] picked up 50% stake in the company.
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| The companyโs first production was the period romance [[Lootera]] (2013), directed by Motwane and starring [[Ranveer Singh]] and [[Sonakshi Sinha]]. the film was co-produced by [[Balaji Motion Pictures]].ย Next year, the company co-produced the romantic-comedy ''[[Hasee Toh Phasee]]'' andย ''[[Queen (2014 film)|Queen]]'', starring [[Kangana Ranaut]]. The film was a critical and commercial success, it also won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi]]. It was followed by the thrillers ''[[Ugly (film)|Ugly]]'' and ''[[NH10 (film)|NH10]]'' (2015). The latter marked the production debut of [[Anushka Sharma]]. ''[[Hunterrr]]'' (2015), ''[[Bombay Velvet]]'' (2015) and ''[[Masaan]]'' (2015) were the company's next releases. Their latest motion picture is [[83 (film)|83]].
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| ==Establishment==
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| Phantom Films was founded in 2011 by [[Anurag Kashyap]], [[Vikramaditya Motwane]], [[Vikas Bahl]] and [[Madhu Mantena]], and is cited as the "directors' company".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/kashyap-conjures-up-phantom-films/5034959.article|title=Kashyap conjures up Phantom Films|publisher=Screen Daily|last=Shackleton|first=Liz|date=24 November 2011}}</ref> The idea to start their own production house came in mind of because of "their failure in convincing every time to someone to believe in the kind of cinema they make".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/phantom-in-conversation-with-team-box-office-india/|title=Phantom in conversation with team box office India|publisher=Box Office India|date=4 October 2013|access-date= 14 April 2015}}</ref> In March 2015, [[Reliance Entertainment]] picked up 50% stake in the company.<ref>{{cite web
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| ==Films==
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| The company's first film was the period romance ''[[Lootera]]'' (2013), starring [[Ranveer Singh]] and [[Sonakshi Sinha]]. Based [[O. Henry]]'s short story, ''[[The Last Leaf]]'',ย the film was critically acclaimed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Lootera-a-slow-pace-romantic-saga-worth-watching-say-critics/Article1-1087457.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706104951/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Lootera-a-slow-pace-romantic-saga-worth-watching-say-critics/Article1-1087457.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 July 2013|title=Lootera: a slow pace romantic saga worth watching, say critics|work=Hindustan Times|date=5 July 2013 |access-date=30 December 2013}}</ref>
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| Phantom film's then went on to collaborate with Karan Johar's [[Dharma Productions]] to produce the romantic comedy ''[[Hasee Toh Phasee]]'' (2014). The film starring [[Parineeti Chopra]] and [[Sidharth Malhotra]] was directed by the debutant [[Vinil Mathew]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Movie review: Parineeti Chopra re-defines Bollywood heroine in Hasee Toh Phasee|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/reviews/movie-review-hasee-toh-phasee-is-an-experimental-rom-com/article1-1181343.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207035359/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/reviews/movie-review-hasee-toh-phasee-is-an-experimental-rom-com/article1-1181343.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 February 2014|last=Kaushal|first=Sweta|work=Hindustan Times|date=7 February 2014|access-date=7 February 2014}}</ref> It was followed by Vikas Bahl-directed comedy drama ''[[Queen (2014 film)|Queen]]'', starring [[Kangana Ranaut]]. The film was a critical and commercial success, it also won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Mehta|first=Ankita|title='Queen' Review Roundup: Watch it for Kangana's Superb Performance|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/542085/20140306/queen-movie-reviews-critics-kangana-ranaut-songs.htm|access-date=10 March 2014|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=6 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Top Ten Worldwide Grossers 2014|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/Details/art_detail/toptenworldwidegrossers2014#.U2tUa_mSySo|publisher=Box Office India|access-date=8 May 2014|date=8 May 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508150134/http://boxofficeindia.com/Details/art_detail/toptenworldwidegrossers2014#.U2tUa_mSySo|archive-date=8 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/62nd-national-film-awards-winners-haider-wins-five-queen-two/|title=62nd National Film Awards' winners: 'Haider' wins five, Kangana Ranaut's 'Queen' two|work=The Indian Express|date=24 March 2015|access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref> ''[[Ugly (film)|Ugly]]'' (2014), a drama thriller was the next production venture of Phantom.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ugly is a commercial film: Anurag Kashyap|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/ugly-is-a-commercial-film-anurag-kashyap-114122000294_1.html|work=Business Standard|last=Malvania|first=Urvi|date=27 December 2014|access-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>
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| In 2015, the company produced Anushka Sharma's production debut film ''[[NH10 (film)|NH10]]'', and the coming of age comedy ''[[Hunterrr]]''. Both films proved to be a success.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/anushka-sharma-turns-producer-with-nh-10-1204737.html|title=Anushka Sharma turns producer with NH10|work=Firstpost|date=31 October 2013|access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.filmfare.com/news/hunterrr-and-nh10-score-well-8768.html|title=Hunterrr and NH10 score well|work=[[Filmfare]]|date=30 March 2015|access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref> ''[[Bombay Velvet]]'', a [[historical drama|period film]] set in Bombay in the 1960s, based on [[Princeton University]] Historian [[Gyan Prakash]]'s book ''Mumbai Fables'', was its next release. It stars [[Ranbir Kapoor]], [[Anushka Sharma]] and Karan Johar. The film was a major box-office failure.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ranbir-kapoor-bombay-velvet-anurag-kashyap/1/438837.html|title=Bombay Velvet is Ranbir Kapoor's biggest career disaster|work=India Today|date=19 May 2015|access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/bombay-velvet-fades-against-piku/article7224212.ece?w=ma446|title='Bombay Velvet' fades against 'Piku'|work=The Hindu|date=19 May 2015|access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref> ''[[Masaan]]'', was phantom's fourth release of the year. The film won the [[International Federation of Film Critics#FIPRESCI Award|FIPRESCI Award]] and the Promising Future award at the [[2015 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/masaan-to-release-in-india-on-july-24/article7255001.ece|title='Masaan' to release in India on July 24|work=The Hindu|date=28 May 2015|access-date=3 June 2015}}</ref> The string of box-office failures for Phantom Films continued with ''[[Shaandaar]]'' (2015), starring [[Alia Bhatt]] and [[Shahid Kapoor]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/pyaar-ka-punchnama-still-raking-in-moolah/|title=Pyaar Ka Punchnama still raking in moolah|work=The Free Press Journal|date=31 October 2015|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-did-pyaar-ka-punchnama-2-prove-detrimental-to-shaandaar-and-main-aur-charles-2140648|title=Did 'Pyaar ka Punchnama 2' prove detrimental to 'Shaandaar' and 'Main Aur Charles'?|work=Daily News and Analysis|date=31 October 2015|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref>
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| In February 2016, Phantom Films announced that they will co-produce three Gujarati films with [[CineMan Productions]], a Gujarat-based film production company co-founded by [[Abhishek Jain]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/cineman-and-phantom-films-to-co-produce-three-gujarati-films/|title=Cineman and Phantom Films to co-produce three Gujarati films|date=11 February 2016|work=Indian Express|access-date=15 March 2016}}</ref>
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| Phantom's first release of the year was ''[[Udta Punjab]]'' (2016), a crime drama from the director [[Abhishek Chaubey]] that documents the [[substance abuse]] endemic in the Indian state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. The film generated controversy when the [[Central Board of Film Certification]] demanded extensive [[censorship in India|censorship]] before its theatrical release, citing that the portrayal of Punjab in it was negative.<ref>{{cite news|last=Parussini|first=Gabriele|title=How the Movie Udta Punjab Sparked a Debate About Drug Use in India|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2016/06/09/how-the-movie-udta-punjab-sparked-a-debate-about-drug-use-in-india/|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=9 June 2016|access-date=15 June 2016}}</ref> After the producers of the film filed lawsuit against the board, the [[Bombay High Court]] cleared the film for exhibition with a single scene cut.<ref>{{cite news|title=Udta Punjab row: Bombay HC clears film with just one cut, tells CBFC not to act like grandmother|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/udta-punjab-censor-board-cuss-word-cbfc-bombay-high-court-anurag-kashyap2850443/|work=The Indian Express|date=13 June 2016|access-date=15 June 2016}}</ref> It was followed by ''[[Raman Raghav 2.0]]'', a thriller directed by Anurag Kashyap based on the notorious serial killer [[Raman Raghav]], starring [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]] in the title character. The film premiered at the 2016 [[Sydney Film Festival]] and the [[2016 Cannes Film Festival]], in the Director's Fortnight section to positive response.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/raman-raghav-20-to-compete-at-sydney-film-festival/article8590299.ece|title=Raman Raghav 2.0 to compete at Sydney Film Festival|work=The Hindu|date=12 May 2016|access-date=19 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/anurag-kashyap-s-raman-raghav-2-0-lands-a-big-punch-in-cannes/story-3zEr4grsXrd7d2dGHL7ZhN.html|title=Anurag Kashyap's Raman Raghav 2.0 lands a big punch in Cannes|work=Hindustan Times|date=17 May 2016|access-date=19 May 2016}}</ref> The company's final release of the year was the [[Gujarati cinema|Gujarati film]] ''[[Wrong Side Raju]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Gujarati-film-industry-still-a-work-in-progress/article14585070.ece|title=Gujarati film industry, still a work in progress|last=Narayan|first=Hari|work=Mint|date=31 August 2016|access-date=17 March 2017}}</ref>
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| ==Dissolution==
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| The company announced its dissolution on 5 October 2018,<ref name=toi>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/exclusive-anurag-kashyap-vikramaditya-motwane-vikas-bahl-and-madhu-mantena-dissolve-their-production-company/articleshow/66092937.cms|title=EXCLUSIVE! Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Vikas Bahl and Madhu Mantena dissolve their production company|last=Shaikh|first=Samina|work=The Times of India|date=6 October 2018|access-date=6 October 2018}}</ref> largely in response to the sexual assault allegation on Bahl by a former Phantom employee, which was reported in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2018/10/06/queen-director-vikas-bahl-sexually-assaulted-me-phantom-films-did-nothing-survivor-speaks-out_a_23552623/|title='Queen' Director Vikas Bahl Sexually Assaulted Me, Phantom Films Did Nothing: Survivor Speaks Out|last=Pathak|first=Ankur|work=HuffPost|date=6 October 2018|access-date=7 October 2018}}</ref>ย The other three founders, Kashyap, Motwane, and Mantena, all issued statements on Twitter confirming the company's disbanding and moving on to independent projects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/news/2018/phantom-films-dissolved-anurag-kashyap-says-all-dreams-come-to-an-end-278047.html|title = Phantom Films Dissolved; Anurag Kashyap Says, 'All Dreams Come to an End'!|date = 6 October 2018}}</ref>
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| ==Filmography==
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| ===Films produced===
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| |rowspan="1"|2013 || ''[[Lootera]]'' || [[Vikramaditya Motwane]] || [[Ranveer Singh]], [[Sonakshi Sinha]] || Co-produced with [[Balaji Motion Pictures]]
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| |rowspan="3"|2014 || ''[[Hasee Toh Phasee]]'' || [[Vinil Mathew]] || [[Sidharth Malhotra]], [[Parineeti Chopra]] || Co-produced with [[Dharma Productions]]
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| | ''[[Queen (2014 film)|Queen]]'' || [[Vikas Bahl]] || [[Kangana Ranaut]], [[Rajkummar Rao]], [[Lisa Haydon]] || Co-produced with [[Viacom 18 Motion Pictures]]
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| | ''[[Ugly (film)|Ugly]]'' || [[Anurag Kashyap]] || [[Rahul Bhat]], [[Ronit Roy]], [[Girish Kulkarni]], [[Tejaswini Kolhapure]], [[Vineet Kumar Singh]], [[Surveen Chawla]] ||
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| |rowspan="5"|2015 || ''[[NH10 (film)|NH10]]'' || [[Navdeep Singh (director)|Navdeep Singh]] || [[Anushka Sharma]], [[Neil Bhoopalam]] || Co-produced with [[Clean Slate Films]]
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| | ''[[Hunterrr]]'' || [[Harshavardhan Kulkarni]] || [[Gulshan Devaiah]], [[Radhika Apte]] || Co-produced with Tailormade Films
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| | ''[[Bombay Velvet]]'' || Anurag Kashyap || [[Ranbir Kapoor]], Anushka Sharma, [[Karan Johar]] ||
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| | ''[[Masaan]]'' || [[Neeraj Ghaywan]] || [[Richa Chadda]], [[Sanjay Mishra (actor)|Sanjay Mishra]], [[Shweta Tripathi]], [[Vicky Kaushal]] || Co-produced with [[Drishyam Films]], Macassar Productions, [[Sikhya Entertainment]], [[Pathรฉ]] and [[Arte France Cinรฉma]]
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| | ''[[Shaandaar]]'' || Vikas Bahl || [[Shahid Kapoor]], [[Alia Bhatt]], [[Pankaj Kapur]] || Co-produced with Dharma Productions
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| |rowspan="3"|2016 ||''[[Udta Punjab]]'' || [[Abhishek Chaubey]] || [[Kareena Kapoor]], Shahid Kapoor, [[Alia Bhatt]], [[Diljit Dosanjh]] || Co-produced with Balaji Motion Pictures
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| | ''[[Raman Raghav 2.0]]''|| Anurag Kashyap || [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]], Vicky Kaushal, [[Sobhita Dhulipala]] ||
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| | ''[[Wrong Side Raju]]'' || [[Mikhil Musale]] || [[Pratik Gandhi]], [[Asif Basra]], [[Kavi Shastri]] || [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] film <br/> Co-produced with [[CineMan Productions]]
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| |rowspan="1"|2017 || ''[[Trapped (2016 Hindi film)|Trapped]]'' || Vikramaditya Motwane || [[Rajkummar Rao]], [[Geetanjali Thapa]] ||
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| |rowspan="5"|2018 || ''[[Mukkabaaz]]'' || Anurag Kashyap || Vineet Kumar Singh, [[Ravi Kishan]], [[Jimmy Shergill]] || Co-produced with [[Reliance Entertainment]] and [[Colour Yellow Productions]]
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| | ''[[High Jack (film)|High Jack]]'' || Akarsh Khurana || [[Sumeet Vyas]], [[Mantra (actor)|Mantra]], [[Sonnalli Seygall]] ||
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| | ''[[Youngraad]]'' || Makrand Mane || [[Vitthal Patil]], Chaitanya Deore ||
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| | ''[[Bhavesh Joshi Superhero]]'' || Vikramaditya Motwane || [[Harshvardhan Kapoor]], Priyanshu Painyuli, [[Nishikant Kamat]] ||
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| | ''[[Manmarziyaan]]'' || Anurag Kashyap || [[Abhishek Bachchan]], [[Taapsee Pannu]], Vicky Kaushal || Co-produced with Colour Yellow Productions
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| |rowspan="1"|2019 || ''[[Super 30 (film)|Super 30]]'' || Vikas Bahl || [[Hrithik Roshan]], [[Mrunal Thakur]] || Co-produced with [[Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment]] and Reliance Entertainment
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| |rowspan="1"|2020 || ''[[Ghoomketu]]'' || [[Pushpendra Nath Misra]] || Nawazuddin Siddiqui, [[Ragini Khanna]], Anurag Kashyap || Co-produced with [[Sony Pictures Networks India|Sony Pictures]]
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| | 2014 || ''[[Katiyabaaz]]'' || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || Deepti Kakkar, Fahad Mustafa || Loha Singh, Ritu Maheshwari
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| | 2016 || ''[[Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive]]'' || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || [[Abhishek Sharma (director)|Abhishek Sharma]] || [[Manish Paul]], [[Sikander Kher]], [[Pradhuman Singh Mall]], [[Mia Uyeda]], [[Piyush Mishra]]
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| | 2016 || ''[[Nannaku Prematho]]'' || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || [[Sukumar (director)|Sukumar]] || [[N. T. Rama Rao Jr.|Jr. Ntr]], [[Jagapathi Babu]], [[Rakul Preet Singh]]
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| | 2018 โ 2019
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| | ''[[Sacred Games (TV series)|Sacred Games]]''
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| | Anurag Kashyap<br>Vikramaditya Motwane
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| | [[Saif Ali Khan]], [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]], [[Radhika Apte]]
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| ==Awards==
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| * [[62nd National Film Awards]]: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|Best Feature Film in Hindi]]: ''[[Queen (2014 film)|Queen]]''<ref name=62ndfinal>{{cite web |title=62nd National Film Awards for 2014 (Press Release)|url = http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/62nd%20National%20Film%20Awards%202014%20-%20Press%20Release.pdf |work=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|date=24 February 2015|access-date = 2015-03-25 }}</ref>
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| * [[63rd National Film Awards]]: [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]]: ''[[Masaan]]''<ref name="63rdaward">{{cite press release|title=63rd National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/Winners_of_63rd_NFA_2015.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=28 March 2016|access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref>
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| * [[64th National Film Awards]]: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Gujarati|Best Feature Film in Gujarati]]: ''[[Wrong Side Raju]]''<ref name="64thaward">{{cite press release|title=64th National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=7 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606051143/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|archive-date=6 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| * [http://phantoms.in/ Official website]
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