Dev Entertainment Ventures
 | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Movie Production |
| Founded | 23 June 2017 |
| Founder | Dev |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Dev (Director & Founder) Gurupada Adhikari (Director & Founder) |
| Subsidiaries | Dev Music Dev Distribution |
| Website | Dev Entertainment Ventures |
Dev Entertainment Ventures Pvt Ltd is an Indian movie production and distribution company based in Kolkata. The company was established by Dev and Gurupada Adhikari in 2017. In a short while, it became one of the leading Bengali movie production houses in Eastern India.
History
[edit]Dev Entertainment Ventures Pvt Ltd was founded by Deepak Adhikari, better known in the Bengali film industry as Dev, one of the leading artists of Bengal in 2017, with his father Gurupada Adhikari. Dev started his career as an assistant to Abbas Mastan in Mumbai, after that he came to Kolkata for his debut film Agnishapath in 2004. After few years he shot to fame and commercial success with films like I Love You, Premer Kahini, Mon Mane Na, Challenge etc With the emergence of the new wave in contemporary Bengali cinema, Dev founded his company Dev Entertainment Ventures Pvt Ltd to showcase new concepts and talents not from the same mold of the past. Since then all the films produced under his banner have gone on to be both critical as well commercial success and were termed pathbreaking in the Bengali film fraternity.[1]
Offices
[edit]In West Bengal, Dev Entertainment Ventures has two different offices in Kolkata, Register office and Distribution office.[2]
Films production
[edit]| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Director | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Chaamp | Raj Chakraborty | [3] |
| Cockpit | Kamaleshwar Mukherjee | [4] | |
| 2018 | Kabir | Aniket Chattopadhyay | [5] |
| Hoichoi Unlimited | Aniket Chattopadhyay | [6] | |
| 2019 | Password | Kamaleshwar Mukherjee | [7][8] |
| 2021 | Habu Chandra Raja Gobu Chandra Montri | Aniket Chattopadhyay | [9] |
| Tonic | Avijit Sen | [10] | |
| 2022 | Kishmish | Rahool Mukherjee | [11] |
| Kacher Manush | Pathikrit Basu | [12] | |
| Projapoti | Avijit Sen | [13] | |
| 2023 | Byomkesh O Durgo Rahasya | Birsa Dasgupta | [14] |
| Bagha Jatin | Arun Roy | [15] | |
| Pradhan | Avijit Sen | [16] | |
| 2024 | Tekka | Srijit Mukherji | [17] |
| Khadaan | Soojit Dutta | [18] | |
| 2025 | Binodiini - Ekti Natir Upakhyan † | Ram Kamal Mukherjee | [19] |
Film distribution
[edit]| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Cockpit | Kamaleshwar Mukherjee |
| 2018 | Kabir | Aniket Chattopadhyay |
| Hoichoi Unlimited | Aniket Chattopadhyay | |
| Classroom | Rajiv Kumar Biswas | |
| 2019 | Dwikhondito | Nabarun Sen |
| Password | Kamaleshwar Mukherjee | |
| 2021 | Tonic | Avijit Sen |
References
[edit]- ^ Sarkar, Roushni (20 April 2018). "Dev Entertainment Ventures takes big step to widen horizon of Bengali cinema". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018.
- ^ "Contact Us – Welcome To Dev Entertainment Ventures". Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Dev to play a boxer in his second production". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "Actor Dev to play a pilot in 'Cockpit'". Business Standard. 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Changing with the times, being relevant and finding a balance are priority for Dev and Rukmini Maitra". www.telegraphindia.com. The Telegraph. 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Dev has quirky ideas to promote 'Hoichoi Unlimited' - Times of India". The Times of India. 30 August 2018.
- ^ Sen, Zinia (23 February 2019). "Here's the teaser poster of Dev's Password - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ Ganguly, Ruman (10 February 2019). "Dev's next film is on cybercrime - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ গোস্বামী, রণিতা (2 September 2021). "পুজোয় খুলবে বোম্বাগড়ের দরজা, আবারও রাজদরবারে হাজির 'হবুচন্দ্র রাজা গবুচন্দ্র মন্ত্রী'". Zee 24 Ghanta (in Bengali).
- ^ Basu, Satarupa (23 December 2021). "Dev feels superstardom has gone: 'It's the age of content-oriented cinema'". The Indian Express.
- ^ Sarkar, Roushni (22 July 2021). "Dev Entertainment Ventures hosts mahurat of Kishmish starring Dev Adhikari, Rukmini Maitra". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 31 December 2021.
- ^ Daw, Nivedita (6 October 2021). "মহালয়ায় দেবের উপহার, সামনে এল কাছের মানুষের মোশন পোস্টার". Ei Samay (in Bengali).
- ^ "Dev: নতুন বছরে 'ডাবল ধামাকা'! বসন্তে উড়বে দেবের 'প্রজাপতি', পুজো-উপহার 'কাছের মানুষ'". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Anandabazar Patrika. 4 January 2022.
- ^ Niyogi, Agnivo (12 August 2023). "Byomkesh O Durgo Rohosyo: Dev's Byomkesh Bakshi is more muscle than mind but passes the test". The Telegraph. Calcutta. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ ananda, abp (15 August 2022). "স্বাধীনতা দিবসে বড় চমক, বড়পর্দায় এবার 'বাঘা যতীন'-এর ভূমিকায় দেব, প্রকাশ্যে টিজার". ABP Bengali (in Bengali). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ Bhanja, Sandipta (22 December 2023). "দুষ্টের দমন, শিষ্টের পালন! কেমন হল দেবের 'প্রধান'? পড়ুন রিভিউ". Sangbad Pratidin (in Bengali). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Ananda, ABP (10 September 2024). "ঝাড়ু হাতে দেব! 'মরিয়া' ইকলাখ রূপে প্রকাশ্যে 'টেক্কা' ছবির পরবর্তী চরিত্রের লুক". ABP Ananda (in Bengali). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "Khadaan teaser: Dev and Jisshu Sengupta form an unexpected friendship". Filmfare. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Ramachandran, Naman (4 September 2022). "Rukmini Maitra to Lead Ram Kamal Mukherjee's Bengali Theater Actor Biopic 'Binodiini'". Variety. Retrieved 7 November 2024.