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Jar Pictures' ''[[Liar's Dice (film)|Liar's Dice]]'' was [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|India's Official Entry]] for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] for the [[87th Academy Awards]].<ref>
Jar Pictures' ''[[Liar's Dice (film)|Liar's Dice]]'' was [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|India's Official Entry]] for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] for the [[87th Academy Awards]].<ref>
{{cite web | title = Geethu Mohandas' 'Liar's Dice' is India's official entry to the Oscars|work=CNN-IBN| url = http://ibnlive.in.com/news/geethu-mohandas-liars-dice-is-indias-official-entry-to-the-oscars/501199-8-66.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140924102713/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/geethu-mohandas-liars-dice-is-indias-official-entry-to-the-oscars/501199-8-66.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = 24 September 2014|date=23 September 2014| accessdate = 2014-10-19  }}</ref><ref name="IndiaHWR">{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-india-selects-liars-dice-734967 |title=Oscars: India Selects 'Liar's Dice' for Foreign-Language Category |accessdate=23 September 2014 |work=Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
{{cite web | title = Geethu Mohandas' 'Liar's Dice' is India's official entry to the Oscars|work=CNN-IBN| url = http://ibnlive.in.com/news/geethu-mohandas-liars-dice-is-indias-official-entry-to-the-oscars/501199-8-66.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140924102713/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/geethu-mohandas-liars-dice-is-indias-official-entry-to-the-oscars/501199-8-66.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = 24 September 2014|date=23 September 2014| accessdate = 2014-10-19  }}</ref><ref name="IndiaHWR">{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-india-selects-liars-dice-734967 |title=Oscars: India Selects 'Liar's Dice' for Foreign-Language Category |accessdate=23 September 2014 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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==Filmography==
==Filmography==
*Films produced by Jar Pictures
===Films produced by Jar Pictures===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-  style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Film !! Director !! Other notes
! Year !! Film !! Director !! Other notes
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[2012 in film|2012]] ||''[[Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1]]''||[[Anurag Kashyap]]|| (In association with)
| rowspan="3"|2012 ||''[[Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1]]''||[[Anurag Kashyap]]|| Co-production with [[Viacom18 Motion Pictures]], Tipping Point Films, [[AKFPL]], [[Phantom Films]], Elle Driver, and Bohra Bros
|-
|-
| ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2]]''||Anurag Kashyap|| (In association with)
| ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2]]''||Anurag Kashyap|| Co-production with [[Viacom18 Motion Pictures]], Tipping Point Films, [[AKFPL]], [[Phantom Films]], and Bohra Bros
|-
|-
| ''[[Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana]]''||[[Sameer Sharma]]|| (In association with)
| ''[[Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana]]''||[[Sameer Sharma]]|| Co-production with [[UTV Motion Pictures|UTV Spotboy]] and [[AKFPL]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[2013 in film|2013]] ||''[[I.D. (Hindi film)|I.D.]]''||Kamal K.M. || (In association with)
| rowspan="3" |2013 ||''[[I.D. (Hindi film)|I.D.]]''||Kamal K.M. || Co-production with Collective Phase One
|-
|-
|''[[Vakratunda Mahakaaya]]''
|''[[Vakratunda Mahakaaya]]''
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|''[[Mastram]]''
|''[[Mastram]]''
|[[Akhilesh Jaiswal]]
|[[Akhilesh Jaiswal]]
|
|Co-production with Bohra Bros
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[2014 in film|2014]] ||''[[Njan Steve Lopez]] (I Am Steve Lopez)''||[[Rajeev Ravi]]||   
| rowspan="2"|2014 ||''[[Njan Steve Lopez]]'' ||[[Rajeev Ravi]]||   
|-
|-
| ''[[Liar's Dice (film)|Liar's Dice]]''||[[Geetu Mohandas]]||
| ''[[Liar's Dice (film)|Liar's Dice]]''||[[Geetu Mohandas]]|| Co-production with Unplugged and Hubert Bals Fund, [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|India's official entry to the 87th Academy Awards]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[2015 in film|2015]] ||''[[Killa (film)|Killa]] (The Fort)''|| Avinash Arun ||  
| rowspan="2"|2015 ||''[[Killa (film)|Killa]]'' || Avinash Arun ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Nil Battey Sannata]]''||Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari||  
| ''[[Nil Battey Sannata]]''||Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari|| Co-production with [[Eros International]], [[Colour Yellow Productions]], and Opticus Inc
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2017 in film|2017]] || ''[[Gurgaon (film)|Gurgaon]]''||Shanker Raman||  
| rowspan="2" |2017 || ''[[Gurgaon (film)|Gurgaon]]''||Shanker Raman|| Co-production with Hashtag Film Studios and M R Filmworks
|-
|-
|''[[Qarib Qarib Singlle]]''
|''[[Qarib Qarib Singlle]]''
|[[Tanuja Chandra]]
|[[Tanuja Chandra]]
|
| Co-production with [[Zee Studios]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2018 || ''[[Once Again (2018 film)|Once Again]]'' ||Kanwal Sethi||
|-
|-
| rowspan="1" |2018 || ''[[Once Again (2018 film)|Once Again]]'' ||Kanwal Sethi||
|''[[Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3]]''
| [[Tigmanshu Dhulia]]
| Co-production with Raju Chadha Films and Rahul Mittra Films
|-
|-
| rowspan="4" |2019
| rowspan="4" |2019
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|Chaar Pandrah
|Chaar Pandrah
|Saif Baidya
|Saif Baidya
|
| Starring [[Gehna Seth]] as Sarika, [Puneet Mishra], [[Abhishek Singh (actor)|Abhishek Singh]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |2020
| rowspan="3" |2020
|''[[Bamfaad]]''
|''[[Bamfaad]]''
|Ranjan Chandel
|Ranjan Chandel
|
| rowspan="2" |Distributed by [[ZEE5]]
|-
|-
|''[[London Confidential]]''
|''[[London Confidential]]''
|Kanwal Sethi
|Kanwal Sethi
|
|-
|''[[Choked (film)|Choked]]''
|[[Anurag Kashyap]]
|Co-production with Good Bad Films, distributed by [[Netflix]]
|-
|-
| 2021
| 2021
|''[[Lahore Confidential]]''
|''[[Lahore Confidential]]''
|[[Kunal Kohli]]
|[[Kunal Kohli]]
|
|Distributed by [[ZEE5]]
|-
|2023
|''[[Sergeant (film)|Sergeant]]''
|[[Prawaal Raman]]
|Co-production with [[Jio Studios]], distributed by [[JioCinema]]
|-
|2025
|''[[Nishaanchi]]''
|[[Anurag Kashyap]]
|Co-production with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] and Flip Films, distributed by [[Amazon MGM Studios]]
|}
|}


*Film Production Services by Jar Pictures
===Film Production Services by Jar Pictures===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-  style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Film !! Director !! Studio !! Other notes
! Year !! Film !! Director !! Studio !! Other notes
|-
|-
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|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[2011 in film|2011]] ||''[[No One Killed Jessica]]''||[[Rajkumar Gupta]]|| [[UTV Motion Pictures|UTV SpotBoy]] || (Credited as Jar Entertainment)
| rowspan="5" |2011 ||''[[No One Killed Jessica]]''||[[Rajkumar Gupta]]|| [[UTV Motion Pictures|UTV SpotBoy]] || (Credited as Jar Entertainment)
|-
|-
| ''[[7 Khoon Maaf]]''||[[Vishal Bhardwaj]]|| UTV SpotBoy<br/>[[Vishal Bhardwaj|VB Pictures]] ||(Credited as Jar Entertainment)
| ''[[7 Khoon Maaf]]''||[[Vishal Bhardwaj]]|| UTV SpotBoy<br/>[[Vishal Bhardwaj|VB Pictures]] ||(Credited as Jar Entertainment)
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|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"|[[2013 in film|2013]] ||''[[Kai Po Che!]]''||[[Abhishek Kapoor]]||UTV Motion Pictures||   
| rowspan="1"|2013 ||''[[Kai Po Che!]]''||[[Abhishek Kapoor]]||UTV Motion Pictures||   
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"|[[2014 in film|2014]] ||''[[Bhoothnath Returns]]''||Nitesh Tiwari||B R Films||   
| rowspan="1"|2014 ||''[[Bhoothnath Returns]]''||Nitesh Tiwari||B R Films||   
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[2015 in film|2015]] ||''[[Talvar (film)|Talvar]]'' ||[[Meghna Gulzar]]|| [[Junglee Pictures Limited|Junglee Pictures]]||
| rowspan="2"|2015 ||''[[Talvar (film)|Talvar]]'' ||[[Meghna Gulzar]]|| Junglee Pictures||
|-
|-
| ''[[Fitoor]]''||[[Abhishek Kapoor]]|| UTV Motion Pictures||  
| ''[[Fitoor]]''||[[Abhishek Kapoor]]|| UTV Motion Pictures||  
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|[[Prakash Kovelamudi]]
|[[Prakash Kovelamudi]]
|[[Balaji Motion Pictures]]
|[[Balaji Motion Pictures]]
|
|-
|2020
|''[[Choked (film)|Choked]]''
|[[Anurag Kashyap]]
|Good Bad Films
|
|
|}
|}
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== OTT ==
== OTT ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-  style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Title !! Creator(s) !! Network!! Other notes
! Year !! Title !! Creator(s) !! Network!! Other notes
|-
|-
| 2021  
| 2021  
| [[Grahan (TV Series)|Grahan]]
| ''[[Grahan (TV Series)|Grahan]]''
| Shailendra Kumar Jha
| Shailendra Kumar Jha
| [[Hotstar]]
| [[Hotstar]]
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|-
|-
| 2022
| 2022
| [[London Files]]
| ''[[London Files]]''
| Sachin Pathak
| Sachin Pathak
| [[Voot]]
| [[Voot]]
|
|
|-
| 2025
| ''[[Kanneda]]''
| [[Chandan Arora]]
| [[Hotstar]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2025
| ''[[Kankhajura]]''
| [[Chandan Arora]]
| [[SonyLIV]]
|
|-
|''[[Perfect Family (Indian TV series)|Perfect Family]]''
|Palak Bhambri
|[[YouTube]]
|}
|}


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==External links ==
==External links ==
*[http://www.jarpictures.com Official Website]
*[http://www.jarpictures.com Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902094513/http://www.jarpictures.com/ |date=2 September 2013 }}
*{{IMDb name|id=2490706|name=Ajay G. Rai}}
*{{IMDb name|id=2490706|name=Ajay G. Rai}}
*{{IMDb name|id=2100265|name=Alan McAlex}}
*{{IMDb name|id=2100265|name=Alan McAlex}}

Latest revision as of 01:05, 15 February 2026


Jar Pictures
IndustryMotion picture
Founded2011
Founder(s)Ajay G. Rai
Alan McAlex
Headquarters
Mumbai, India
ProductsFilm production
Websitewww.jarpictures.com

JAR Pictures is an Indian motion picture production company based in Mumbai. The company was founded in 2011 by Bollywood producers Ajay G. Rai and Alan McAlex.[1] Jar Pictures is mostly known for making independent films. Jar Pictures also provides production services to leading studios in India.

Jar Pictures' Liar's Dice was India's Official Entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the 87th Academy Awards.[2][3]

History[edit | edit source]

Jar Pictures was formerly known as Jar Entertainment, a company wholly owned by Ajay G. Rai. Ajay met Alan McAlex while working on the film Thank you (2011) where Ajay was the Executive Producer and Alan was the line producer. They decided to collaborate and Jar Pictures was formed.

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Films produced by Jar Pictures[edit | edit source]

Year Film Director Other notes
2012 Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 Anurag Kashyap Co-production with Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Tipping Point Films, AKFPL, Phantom Films, Elle Driver, and Bohra Bros
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 Anurag Kashyap Co-production with Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Tipping Point Films, AKFPL, Phantom Films, and Bohra Bros
Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana Sameer Sharma Co-production with UTV Spotboy and AKFPL
2013 I.D. Kamal K.M. Co-production with Collective Phase One
Vakratunda Mahakaaya Punarvasu Naik
Mastram Akhilesh Jaiswal Co-production with Bohra Bros
2014 Njan Steve Lopez Rajeev Ravi
Liar's Dice Geetu Mohandas Co-production with Unplugged and Hubert Bals Fund, India's official entry to the 87th Academy Awards
2015 Killa Avinash Arun
Nil Battey Sannata Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari Co-production with Eros International, Colour Yellow Productions, and Opticus Inc
2017 Gurgaon Shanker Raman Co-production with Hashtag Film Studios and M R Filmworks
Qarib Qarib Singlle Tanuja Chandra Co-production with Zee Studios
2018 Once Again Kanwal Sethi
Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3 Tigmanshu Dhulia Co-production with Raju Chadha Films and Rahul Mittra Films
2019 Moothon Geetu Mohandas
Hummingbird Ajitpal Singh
River Song Sange Dorjee Thongdok
Chaar Pandrah Saif Baidya Starring Gehna Seth as Sarika, [Puneet Mishra], Abhishek Singh
2020 Bamfaad Ranjan Chandel Distributed by ZEE5
London Confidential Kanwal Sethi
Choked Anurag Kashyap Co-production with Good Bad Films, distributed by Netflix
2021 Lahore Confidential Kunal Kohli Distributed by ZEE5
2023 Sergeant Prawaal Raman Co-production with Jio Studios, distributed by JioCinema
2025 Nishaanchi Anurag Kashyap Co-production with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Flip Films, distributed by Amazon MGM Studios

Film Production Services by Jar Pictures[edit | edit source]

Year Film Director Studio Other notes
2009 Gulaal Anurag Kashyap
2011 No One Killed Jessica Rajkumar Gupta UTV SpotBoy (Credited as Jar Entertainment)
7 Khoon Maaf Vishal Bhardwaj UTV SpotBoy
VB Pictures		 (Credited as Jar Entertainment)
Thank you Anees Bazmee UTV Motion Pictures (Credited as Jar Entertainment)
Chillar Party Nitesh Tiwari
Vikas Bahl		 UTV SpotBoy (Credited as Jar Entertainment)
Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Tigmanshu Dhulia
2013 Kai Po Che! Abhishek Kapoor UTV Motion Pictures
2014 Bhoothnath Returns Nitesh Tiwari B R Films
2015 Talvar Meghna Gulzar Junglee Pictures
Fitoor Abhishek Kapoor UTV Motion Pictures
2016 Rocky Handsome Nishikant Kamat T-Series
Madaari Nishikant Kamat Pooja Entertainment
2017 Simran (film) Hansal Mehta T-Series
Mukkabaaz Anurag Kashyap Eros International
2018 Mental Hai Kya Prakash Kovelamudi Balaji Motion Pictures

OTT[edit | edit source]

Year Title Creator(s) Network Other notes
2021 Grahan Shailendra Kumar Jha Hotstar
2022 London Files Sachin Pathak Voot
2025 Kanneda Chandan Arora Hotstar
2025 Kankhajura Chandan Arora SonyLIV
Perfect Family Palak Bhambri YouTube

Awards[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Jar Pictures funded India's official entry to Oscar 'Liar's Dice'". Archived from the original on 25 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Geethu Mohandas' 'Liar's Dice' is India's official entry to the Oscars". CNN-IBN. 23 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Oscars: India Selects 'Liar's Dice' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "62nd National Film Awards for 2014 (Press Release)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.

External links[edit | edit source]

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