Red Chillies Entertainment
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Red Chillies Entertainments Private Limited, doing business as Red Chillies Entertainment is an Indian film production, distribution and visual effects company established by actor Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan in 2002.[3] It was transformed from the defunct Dreamz Unlimited. Based in Mumbai, the studio's activities span across creative development, production, marketing, distribution, licensing, merchandising and syndication of films in India and worldwide.[4] They are also a visual effects company. Throughout the last several years, Red Chillies has acquired the rights to several Hindi films.
Formerly | Dreamz Unlimited (1999–2003) |
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Company type | Private Limited Company |
Industry | Motion picture |
Predecessor | Dreamz Unlimited |
Founded | 23 April 1999 |
Founder | Shah Rukh Khan Gauri Khan |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Shah Rukh Khan (Founder and MD) Gauri Khan (Co-Founder and Joint-MD) Venky Mysore (CEO) Pradeep Nimani (CFO)[1] |
Services | |
Revenue | ₹3000 (2023-24) crore[2] |
Owner | Shah Rukh Khan Gauri Khan |
Divisions | Film Production Film Distribution Television Sports |
Subsidiaries | KidZania India Red Chillies VFX Red Chillies Colour Red Chillies Motion Control Red Chillies DIT Knight Riders Group Red Chillies Primetime Live TV & Movies |
Website | Red Chillies Entertainment |
In 2006, RCE started a visual effects studio[5] known as Red Chillies VFX.
In 2008, RCE formed the sporting subsidiary alliance with the Mehta Group and established its own Sporting subsidiary company Knight Riders Group, in which Red Chillies Entertainment holds a Majority 55% stake and the Mehta Group holds a 45% stake.[6] The Knight Riders Group currently owns the Indian Premier League cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders (2008), the Trinbago Knight Riders (2015) cricket team of Caribbean Premier League, the Trinbago Knight Riders Women's (2022) cricket team of Women's Caribbean Premier League, the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (2022) cricket team of International League T20 and the Los Angeles Knight Riders (2020) cricket team of Major League Cricket.[7]
Red Chillies Entertainment also owns 26% stake in ImagiNation Edutainment India Pvt Ltd, which runs the KidZania India.[8][9]
In 2015, RCE started a Color Grading studio known as Red Chillies Color.[4]
In 2018, RCE started a Motion Control studio known as Red Chillies Motion Control.[6]
In 2018, RCE started a Digital Imgaing Technician(DIT) studio known as Red Chillies DIT.[8]
Shah Rukh Khan is the founder and Managing Director (MD) of the company, while Gauri Khan is co-founder as well as Joint-MD of the company and also serves as a producer. Sanjiv Chawla was the former CEO of the company. In February 2013, Venky Mysore, the CEO of Kolkata Knight Riders took over additional responsibility as Chief Executive Officer of Red Chillies Entertainment as well.[10][11][12][13]