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Chilsag Entertainment Network
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryEntertainment
FoundedNew Delhi, India in 2003
FounderSachin Gupta
Headquarters
Mumbai
,
India
Key people
Sachin Gupta
ProductsFilms
film production film distributor
theatre
DivisionsChilsag Pictures Chilsag Chillies Theatre Company
Websitewww.chilsag.com

Chilsag Entertainment Network is an Indian film and theatre company based in Mumbai.[1][2] Chilsag Chillies Theatre Company is the live show and musical production arm of the Chilsag Entertainment Network.[3][4] The enterprise was founded in 2003 by Sachin Gupta.[5][6]

History

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2003–2010

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Founded in 2003 by Sachin Gupta Chilsag Chillies Theatre Company was founded with the objective to redefine theatre through its innovative theatre productions. The very first production of the company, "Celebration of Life",[7] was felicitated by the chief minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit and was also appreciated internationally when it was performed at the Factory Theatre, Toronto, Canada and Off-Broadway Theare, New York. Chilsag tied up with Actor's experimental Lab USA and established an acting school 'Salgane School of Acting' as well in 2003. In 2004, Chilsag Chillies received letters of appreciation from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam (former President of India), Shivraj Patil (former Home Minister, India) and the Italian cultural centre and Department of Art and Culture, Government of India for the contribution to theatre. Late 2004, Chilsag laid the foundation of a new venture operationalising Corporate Theatre across its units. Theatre Pasta, an international theatre magazine was launched in 2005. Chilsag also stages two of its productions in locations across London in three days with its pack of English actors. Mid 2006, witnessed the initiation of Chilsag Children's Theatre Company and Theatre-in-Education projects. Chilsag Theatre Pasta International Awards successfully started its journey in beginning of 2007. The company staged the premier of its plays, 'A Rollercoaster Ride', 'Wake Up Call'[8] and 'Kailashnath Weds Madhumati'[9] at one of the premier performing arts location in the capital city, New Delhi. Chilsag took its theatre production 'Celebration of Life', 'Handicapped City'[10] to the international forum through shows Off-Broadway (New York City), Factory Theatre (Canada), locations across Boston, West Virginia and other cities. This year marked the launch of International Repertory for Chilsag with American actors. in 2009, Chilsag started its own Drama Therapy Centre. Late 2010, witnessed a collaboration with Indian Council for Cultural Relations and staged the play ' Wake Up Call'.

2011–2019

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In 2011, Director Sachin Gupta received the Natya Bhushan, the highest ranking award for his contribution to Hindi theatre.[11] The Film Production House, Chilsag Pictures was established in 2012 and 2014 the first Hindi feature film 'Paranthe Wali Gali'[12][13][14][15][16][17] was released. Shortly followed by release of 'Thoda Lutf Thoda Ishq'[18] in 2015. 2015 also witnessed the conceptualisation and production of the biggest musical to be staged the capital city named, 'Chota Bheem The Musical'[19] witnessed by over 18000 in the Siri Fort Auditorium. In 2016, Chilsag signed a six-film deal with United States-based production house for the production of meaningful cinema and short films. Recent tie up with London Players, UK for theatre and cinematic ventures. A new production ' Kafan' was also staged in 2017 with collaboration with the Indo -American Friendship Association and supported by the Ministry of Culture (India). Three short films were also released, Bidaai, My Daughter and The Beginning in 2017. 2018 saw the release of 'Pakhi'[20][21][22][23] a film about child trafficking and the short film 'Pihu'[24][non-primary source needed] which is based on the theatre production – Don't miss my party. 'Mansukh Chaturvedi ki Atmakatha' was released in 2019. Two music videos were also released in 2019 'Naino Tale'[25] with singer Asees Kaur and music composed by Shivang Mathur and 'Itni Si Kahani' with TikTok star Jannat Zubair Rahmani and collaborated with Zee Music Company with Rohan Mehra and Deepti Sati .

2020s

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Chilsag Entertainment have several upcoming projects that include a project in Tamil, a love story and a gangster drama. The company expects to expand into regional cinema[26] and create in content in Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi. Mango Talkies is also an upcoming project. 2020 will also see two short films Manoharji Ki Nimmi and Seerat.

Divisions

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Filmography

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Year Title Director(s) Cast Genre
2014 Paranthe Wali Gali[27][28][29][30][31][32][33] Sachin Gupta Anuj Saxena, Sushmita Sen, Neha Pawar Drama
2015 Thoda Lutf Thoda Ishq Sachin Gupta Hiten Tejwani, Neha Pawar,
Rajpal Yadav, Sanjay Mishra, Bhavita Anand		 Comedy
2018 Pakhi[34][35][36] Sachin Gupta Sumeet Kaul, Anamika Shukla, Pihu, Anmol Goswami Crime Drama
2019 Mansukh Chaturvedi ki Atmakatha Sachin Gupta Sandeep Singh, Shalini Chauhan, Anamika shukla, Sikandar Khan Comedy
2020 Mango talkies Sachin Gupta Sikandar Khan, Dau Dayal Bansal, Noyonita Lodh, Sunil Handa, Ravi Khanna, Susmita Mukherji, Vishal Choudhary, Sumeet Kant Kaul, Sanaya Irani, Seema Pahwa, Shalini Chauhan, Priyanka Lulla, Sandeep Singh, Myra Hope, Tanya Sharma, Himanshu Sharma, Arjun Aujla, Arti Chaddha. Anthology series

Short films

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Year Title Director Cast Genre
2017 Bidaai Sachin Gupta Sikandar Khan, Dau Dayal Bansal Crime
2017 My Daughter Sachin Gupta Noyonita Lodh, Sunil Handa, Ravi Khanna Drama
2017 The Beginning Sachin Gupta Susmita Mukherji, Dau Dayal Bansal, Vishal Choudhary Drama
2018 Pihu[37][38][39] Sachin Gupta Sumeet Kant Kaul, Dau Dayal Bansal, Sanaya Irani Romance
2020 ManoharJi Ki Nimmi Sachin Gupta Seema Pahwa, Shalini Chauhan, Sikandar Khan, Priyanka Lulla, Sandeep Singh, Dau Dayal Bansal Comedy
2020 Seerat Sachin Gupta Myra Hope, Tanya Sharma, Himanshu Sharma, Arjun Aujla, Arti Chaddha, Crime

Theatre productions

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Year Title Genre
2003 Celebration of Life[40][41][42][43] Drama
2004 Handicapped City[44] Crime Drama
2005 Suicide is painless Drama
2005 Live telecast Satirical Drama
2005 Next Indian Idol Comedy
2005 Great men at work Comedy
2005 No Cheating Today Comedy
2005 Devils Carnival Musical
2005 Don't miss my party Drama
2006 Kailashnath Weds Madhumati Musical comedy
2007 Rollercoaster Ride Fantasy
2007 Wake up Call Drama
2010 The Play Begins at 8 pm Drama
2015 Chota Bheem The Musical Musical

Performances

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Year Title Location Director
2005 Three Days Chilsag Chillies Theatre Festival[40] New Delhi Sachin Gupta
2006 Celebration of Life Toronto Sachin Gupta
2006 Live Telecast Goa Sachin Gupta
2009 Celebration of Life New York City Sachin Gupta
2009 Handicapped City New York City Sachin Gupta
2009 Kailashnath Weds Madhumati New York City Sachin Gupta
2009 Kailashnath Weds Madhumati West Virginia Sachin Gupta
2010 Wakeup Call[45][46] Bangalore Sachin Gupta
2011 The Play Begins at 8 pm.[47][48][49] Mumbai Sachin Gupta

Music videos

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Year Title Director Music Singer Cast
2019 Naino Tale Sachin Gupta Shivang Mathur Shivang Mathur, Asees Kaur Jannat Zubair Rahmani, Manish Tyagi
2019 Itni Si Kahani Sachin Gupta Shivang Mathur Asees Kaur, Abhijeet S, Shivang M. Rohan Mehra, Deepti Sati

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