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| {{Infobox company
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| | name = Illuminati Films
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| | logo = Illuminati Films Logo.png
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| | logo_size = 250px
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| | type = [[Private company|Private Limited Company]]
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| | services = [[Filmmaking#Production|Production]] <br> [[Film distributor|Distribution]]
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| | foundation = 2009
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| | location_city = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]
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| | location_country = [[India]]
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| | founder = [[Saif Ali Khan]] <br> [[Dinesh Vijan]]
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| | key_people = [[Saif Ali Khan]]
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| | products = [[Film production]]
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| '''Illuminati Films''' is an [[India]]n [[film|motion picture]] [[production company|production]], based in [[Mumbai]]. The company was founded in 2009 by [[Bollywood]] actor [[Saif Ali Khan]] and producer [[Dinesh Vijan]], with its first release ''[[Love Aaj Kal]]'' (2009) becoming a major commercial and critical success.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2008/04/18/bollywood_news_saif_producer_feature.shtml|title=Saif Ali Khan turns producer|author=Gajjar, Manish|date=2008-04-18|work=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Love Aaj Kal grosses Rs 62 cr worldwide |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-08-05/news/28439522_1_love-aaj-kal-eros-international-film |publisher=[[The Economic Times]] |date=5 August 2009 }}</ref>
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| ==History==
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| The company's first release was marked by the romantic drama ''[[Love Aaj Kal]]'', which released in 2009. Directed by [[Imtiaz Ali (director)|Imtiaz Ali]], the film portrays the feeling of pure love which never changes over time, although the perspective of realizing one's soulmate has changed. It received highly positive reviews by critics and became the [[Bollywood films of 2009#Highest grossing|second highest-grossing film of the year]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=288&catName=MjAwOQ==|title=Box Office 2009|publisher=BoxOfficeIndia.com|accessdate=4 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014131907/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=288&catName=MjAwOQ%3D%3D|archivedate=14 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Love Aaj Kal highest grosser of 2009|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-11/news-interviews/28172887_1_love-aaj-kal-eros-international-hindi-film|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508205500/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-11/news-interviews/28172887_1_love-aaj-kal-eros-international-hindi-film|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 May 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=11 August 2009}}</ref> Following ''Love Aaj Kal'', Illuminati Films released its second project, ''[[Agent Vinod (2012 film)|Agent Vinod]]'', an action thriller directed by [[Sriram Raghavan]]. Upon release, the film opened to mixed reviews and under-performed at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4455&nCat=|title=Ishaqzaade Tops Kahaani First Week|date=2012-05-21|publisher=BoxOfficeIndia.com|accessdate=2012-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524030923/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4455&nCat=|archive-date=24 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Homi Adajania]]'s ''[[Cocktail (2012 film)|Cocktail]]'', which released on 13 July 2012, marked the production company's third project. The film received predominantly favorable reviews and was a box office success. As of September, 2014, it was announced that Khan and Vijan had decided to mutually part ways, their last co-production being Arif Ali's [[Lekar Hum Deewana Dil]]. Khan now remains as the sole producer of the production house.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/Split-wide-open/articleshow/41662367.cms|title=Split wide open|date=2014-09-04|publisher=Mumbai Mirror|accessdate=2014-09-04}}</ref>
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| ==Filmography==
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| {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
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| ! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Year
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| ! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Film
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| ! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Director
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| ! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Cast
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| ! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Notes
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| | 2009
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| | ''[[Love Aaj Kal]]''
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| | [[Imtiaz Ali (director)|Imtiaz Ali]]
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| | [[Saif Ali Khan]], [[Deepika Padukone]], [[Rishi Kapoor]]
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| | Nominated—[[Filmfare Award for Best Film]]
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| | 2012
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| | ''[[Agent Vinod (2012 film)|Agent Vinod]]''
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| | [[Sriram Raghavan]]
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| | Saif Ali Khan, [[Kareena Kapoor]], [[Adil Hussain]], [[Ravi Kishan]], [[Prem Chopra]], [[Ram Kapoor]]
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| | 2012
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| |''[[Cocktail (2012 film)|Cocktail]]''
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| | [[Homi Adajania]]
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| | Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, [[Diana Penty]], [[Dimple Kapadia]], [[Boman Irani]]
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| | 2013
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| | ''[[Go Goa Gone]]''
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| | [[Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.]]
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| | Saif Ali Khan, [[Kunal Khemu]], [[Vir Das]], [[Anand Tiwari]], [[Puja Gupta]]
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| | 2014
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| | ''[[Lekar Hum Deewana Dil]]''
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| | Arif Ali
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| | [[Armaan Jain]], [[Deeksha Seth]], [[Nikita Dutta]]
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| | 2014
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| | ''[[Happy Ending (film)|Happy Ending]]''
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| | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.
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| | Saif Ali Khan, [[Ranvir Shorey]], [[Ileana D'Cruz]], [[Kalki Koechlin]]
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| ==External links==
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| * {{IMDb company|0265955}}
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| [[Category:Film production companies based in Mumbai]]
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| [[Category:Bollywood]]
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| [[Category:Indian companies established in 2009]]
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