PROFILE

J. SUGHAND PRODUCTIONS PVT LTD

A leading film producer, financer and distributor of the Indian film industry; Jhamu Sughand has been an integral part of the professional evolution of the film business in India. His ability to spot a commercial success among the scores of films released in India is incomparable. His criteria for producing a film remain the unerring ability to spot the cream of local filmmaking talent.

In 1988, after ten years of careful observation of the mechanics of the film industry, Jhamu Sughand entered film distribution. Over the next six years, under the aegis of his company, he distributed well over 100 films in the various Indian territories.

The next step in his evolution came by entering the production sector. His first film as producer, BOMBAY, was a controversial film which took an objective view of the riots between Muslims and Hindus in Bombay in the aftermath of the demolition of the Babri Mosque by Hindu nationalists. The unexpected box office success of the film was a shot in the arm to the industry, which had written it off as being too realistic for the fantasy driven formula of the majority of Indian features.

Since then Jhamu Sughand has strived to produce projects where the artistic and creative vision of the director is matched by commercial success. Due to this unique approach he has worked with many of the most interesting Directors in India. He has this reputation of given the Best Block Busters & Highest Grossers year after year

· 1947 Earth a Film by Deepa Mehta based on India-Pakistan Partition. Indian distributor for Deepa Mehta's FIRE, itself controversial in India, Sughand was asked to join the production team of EARTH as an executive producer. The Film won the International Jury Prize for Best Film at the Verona International Film Festival in Italy, October 1997

Some of the top grossing films being 100% financed by J S Productions P Ltd are:

· Rangeela - 1995, The Biggest hit and the highest grosser for the year

· Chachi 420 - 1997, one of the best films & hit films

· Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam - 1999 the Highest Grosser & Block Buster for the year, sweeping all the major awards in the Music as well as Best Film / Best Actress category

· Lagaan - Released in 2001 the Highest Grosser & Block Buster for the year winning all the major awards and nominated in the ‘Best Foreign Film Category’ for the Oscars.

· Black Friday - the film on the Mumbai bomb blasts of 1993 in partnership with Mid-Day Multi Media Ltd on of the leading Publishing House in Mumbai.

Recent Films

· Cha… Cha… Cha… being directed by Mr.Shiv Subrahmanyam starring Sushma Reddy, Gulshan Grover, Benjamin Gilani, etc.

· A Bengali film SWAPNER DIN being directed by Mr.Buddhadeb Dasgupta starring Bengali superstar Prosenjit, Rimi Sen & Raima Sen, etc.