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Formerly | Dreamz Unlimited (1998–2003) |
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Company type | Private Limited Company |
Industry | Entertainment Conglomerate |
Predecessor | Dreamz Unlimited |
Founded | 11 November 1998 |
Founder | Shah Rukh Khan Gauri Khan |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Shah Rukh Khan (Founder and MD) Gauri Khan (Co-Founder, Producer and Joint-MD) Venky Mysore (CEO) Aashish Singh (Co-Producer and COO) Pradeep Nimani (CFO)[1] |
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Revenue | ₹3000 (2023–24) crore[2] |
Owner | Shah Rukh Khan Gauri Khan |
Number of employees | 500-1,000 |
Divisions | Film Production Film Distribution Television TV Commercials Professional Sports leagues Organisation Marketing Licensing Merchandising Brand Partnerships Vfx Color Grading Digital imaging technician Motion Control Post-Production |
Subsidiaries | KidZania India Red Chillies VFX Red Chillies Colour Red Chillies Motion Control Red Chillies DIT Red Chillies TVC Knight Riders Group Red Chillies Primetime Live TV & Movies |
Website | Red Chillies Entertainment |
Red Chillies Entertainments Private Limited, doing business as Red Chillies Entertainment; abbreviated as RCE is an Indian Multinational Entertainment Conglomerate 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. Its business mainly includes film production, film distribution, TV series or Web series production, TV Commercials production, visual effects, Professional Sports league Organisation, Edutainment and many more. Throughout the last several years, Red Chillies has acquired the rights to several Hindi films.
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 Imaging Technician(DIT) studio known as Red Chillies DIT.[8]
RCE also has a studio for TV Commercials known as Red Chillies TVC.[10][11]
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 Knight Riders Group took over additional responsibility as Chief Executive Officer of Red Chillies Entertainment as well.[12][13][14][15] In January 2024, Gaurav Verma left the company after 9 years and in May 2024, RCE appointed Aashish Singh as the company's new COO and Co-Producer.[16]
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