Bharat Shah

Bharat Shah
Born (1944-08-05) 5 August 1944 (age 80)
NationalityIndian
OccupationIndustrialist
Years active1970–present
Websitebharatshah.in

Bharat Shah (born 5 August 1944) is an Indian businessman, diamond merchant, film financer and film distributor who primarily works in Hindi films, under his banner VIP Films.[1] He has produced several Bollywood films, such as Dil Se.. (1998) starring Shah Rukh Khan and Manisha Koirala,[citation needed] Devdas (2002) starring Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai,[2] and Rascals (2011) starring Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn and Kangana Ranaut.[citation needed]

Filmography

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  • Films
Year Title Director(s) Genre Producer
1993 Darr Yash Chopra Drama, Romance, Thriller Associate Producer as Bharat Shah
1997 Yes Boss Aziz Mirza Drama, Romance Associate Producer as Bharat Shah
1998 Dil Se.. Mani Ratnam Romance, Thriller Co-Producer as Bharat Shah
2000 Pukar Rajkumar Santoshi Action, Drama, Romance Co-Producer as Bharat Shah
2002 Devdas Sanjay Leela Bhansali Romance Producer as Bharat Shah
2008 The Ode (English) Nilanjan Neil Lahiri Drama Executive producer as Bharat Shah
2009 Teree Sang Satish Kaushik Romance Producer as Bharat Shah
2011 Rascals David Dhawan Comedy Co-Producer as Bharat Shah
2012 Ghost Puja Bedi Horror Executive producer as Bharat Shah
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In 2001, Shah was arrested following an investigation into whether a film he financed, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, was funded by the Indian mafia. This arrest led to a conviction in 2003 for not disclosing fellow producer, Nazim Rizwi's links to the Indian mafia.[3] Rizwi and his assistant, Abdul Rahim Allahbaksh Khan, were also convicted of forging links with the Indian mafia to extort film personalities.[4][5] Shah was sentenced to one year in jail but as he had already spent fourteen months in jail as part of his trial, he was freed. Rizwi and Khan each were sentenced to six years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of 15 lakhs.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Bharat Shah acquires distribution rights of B.A. Pass". Bollywood Hungama. 16 May 2013. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Devdas has a complaint". Indianexpress.com. 14 February 2003. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Indian movie mogul convicted". BBC News. 30 September 2003.
  4. ^ "Court convicts Bharat Shah, two others". Rediff News. 30 September 2003.
  5. ^ "Bharat Shah convicted for staying silent on mafia". The Economic Times. 30 September 2003. Archived from the original on 15 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Bharat Shah, co-accused sentenced". The Hindu. 1 October 2003. Archived from the original on 24 December 2003.
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