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{{short description|Indian film production company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{more footnotes|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Jar Pictures
| logo =
| founder = Ajay G. Rai <br/> Alan McAlex
| foundation = 2011
| location_city = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
| key_people =
| industry = [[Motion picture]]
| products = [[Film production]]
| type = Private
|website={{URL|http://www.jarpictures.com/}}
}}

'''JAR Pictures''' is an Indian [[film|motion picture]] [[production company|production]] company based in [[Mumbai]]. The company was founded in 2011 by [[Bollywood]] producers Ajay G. Rai and Alan McAlex.<ref>{{cite web| title = Jar Pictures funded India’s official entry to Oscar ‘Liar's Dice’| url = http://www.joinfilms.com/true-facts/jar-pictures-funded-india-official-entry-to-oscar-liars-dice| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141125114957/http://www.joinfilms.com/true-facts/jar-pictures-funded-india-official-entry-to-oscar-liars-dice| archive-date = 25 November 2014| df = dmy-all}}</ref> Jar Pictures is mostly known for making independent films. Jar Pictures also provides production services to leading studios in India.

Jar Pictures' ''[[Liar's Dice (film)|Liar's Dice]]'' was [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|India's Official Entry]] for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] for the [[87th Academy Awards]].<ref>
{{cite web | title = Geethu Mohandas' 'Liar's Dice' is India's official entry to the Oscars|work=CNN-IBN| url = http://ibnlive.in.com/news/geethu-mohandas-liars-dice-is-indias-official-entry-to-the-oscars/501199-8-66.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140924102713/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/geethu-mohandas-liars-dice-is-indias-official-entry-to-the-oscars/501199-8-66.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = 24 September 2014|date=23 September 2014| accessdate = 2014-10-19 }}</ref><ref name="IndiaHWR">{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-india-selects-liars-dice-734967 |title=Oscars: India Selects 'Liar's Dice' for Foreign-Language Category |accessdate=23 September 2014 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>

==History==
Jar Pictures was formerly known as Jar Entertainment, a company wholly owned by Ajay G. Rai. Ajay met Alan McAlex while working on the film ''[[Thank You (2011 film)|Thank you]]'' (2011) where Ajay was the Executive Producer and Alan was the line producer. They decided to collaborate and Jar Pictures was formed.

==Filmography==
===Films produced by Jar Pictures===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Film !! Director !! Other notes
|-
| rowspan="3"|2012 ||''[[Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1]]''||[[Anurag Kashyap]]|| Co-production with [[Viacom18 Motion Pictures]], Tipping Point Films, [[AKFPL]], [[Phantom Films]], Elle Driver, and Bohra Bros
|-
| ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2]]''||Anurag Kashyap|| Co-production with [[Viacom18 Motion Pictures]], Tipping Point Films, [[AKFPL]], [[Phantom Films]], and Bohra Bros
|-
| ''[[Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana]]''||[[Sameer Sharma]]|| Co-production with [[UTV Motion Pictures|UTV Spotboy]] and [[AKFPL]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |2013 ||''[[I.D. (Hindi film)|I.D.]]''||Kamal K.M. || Co-production with Collective Phase One
|-
|''[[Vakratunda Mahakaaya]]''
|Punarvasu Naik
|
|-
|''[[Mastram]]''
|[[Akhilesh Jaiswal]]
|Co-production with Bohra Bros
|-
| rowspan="2"|2014 ||''[[Njan Steve Lopez]]'' ||[[Rajeev Ravi]]||
|-
| ''[[Liar's Dice (film)|Liar's Dice]]''||[[Geetu Mohandas]]|| Co-production with Unplugged and Hubert Bals Fund, [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|India's official entry to the 87th Academy Awards]]
|-
| rowspan="2"|2015 ||''[[Killa (film)|Killa]]'' || Avinash Arun ||
|-
| ''[[Nil Battey Sannata]]''||Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari|| Co-production with [[Eros International]], [[Colour Yellow Productions]], and Opticus Inc
|-
| rowspan="2" |2017 || ''[[Gurgaon (film)|Gurgaon]]''||Shanker Raman|| Co-production with Hashtag Film Studios and M R Filmworks
|-
|''[[Qarib Qarib Singlle]]''
|[[Tanuja Chandra]]
| Co-production with [[Zee Studios]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2018 || ''[[Once Again (2018 film)|Once Again]]'' ||Kanwal Sethi||
|-
|''[[Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3]]''
| [[Tigmanshu Dhulia]]
| Co-production with Raju Chadha Films and Rahul Mittra Films
|-
| rowspan="4" |2019
|''[[Moothon]]''
|[[Geetu Mohandas]]
|
|-
|''Hummingbird''
|Ajitpal Singh
|
|-
|''River Song''
|Sange Dorjee Thongdok
|
|-
|Chaar Pandrah
|Saif Baidya
| Starring [[Gehna Seth]] as Sarika, [Puneet Mishra], [[Abhishek Singh (actor)|Abhishek Singh]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |2020
|''[[Bamfaad]]''
|Ranjan Chandel
| rowspan="2" |Distributed by [[ZEE5]]
|-
|''[[London Confidential]]''
|Kanwal Sethi
|-
|''[[Choked (film)|Choked]]''
|[[Anurag Kashyap]]
|Co-production with Good Bad Films, distributed by [[Netflix]]
|-
| 2021
|''[[Lahore Confidential]]''
|[[Kunal Kohli]]
|Distributed by [[ZEE5]]
|-
|2023
|''[[Sergeant (film)|Sergeant]]''
|[[Prawaal Raman]]
|Co-production with [[Jio Studios]], distributed by [[JioCinema]]
|-
|2025
|''[[Nishaanchi]]''
|[[Anurag Kashyap]]
|Co-production with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] and Flip Films, distributed by [[Amazon MGM Studios]]
|}

===Film Production Services by Jar Pictures===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Film !! Director !! Studio !! Other notes
|-
|2009
|''[[Gulaal (film)|Gulaal]]''
|[[Anurag Kashyap]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2011 ||''[[No One Killed Jessica]]''||[[Rajkumar Gupta]]|| [[UTV Motion Pictures|UTV SpotBoy]] || (Credited as Jar Entertainment)
|-
| ''[[7 Khoon Maaf]]''||[[Vishal Bhardwaj]]|| UTV SpotBoy<br/>[[Vishal Bhardwaj|VB Pictures]] ||(Credited as Jar Entertainment)
|-
| ''[[Thank You (2011 film)|Thank you]]''||[[Anees Bazmee]]||[[UTV Motion Pictures]]|| (Credited as Jar Entertainment)
|-
| ''[[Chillar Party]]''||[[Nitesh Tiwari]]<br/>[[Vikas Bahl]]|| UTV SpotBoy||(Credited as Jar Entertainment)
|-
|[[Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster]]
|[[Tigmanshu Dhulia]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="1"|2013 ||''[[Kai Po Che!]]''||[[Abhishek Kapoor]]||UTV Motion Pictures||
|-
| rowspan="1"|2014 ||''[[Bhoothnath Returns]]''||Nitesh Tiwari||B R Films||
|-
| rowspan="2"|2015 ||''[[Talvar (film)|Talvar]]'' ||[[Meghna Gulzar]]|| Junglee Pictures||
|-
| ''[[Fitoor]]''||[[Abhishek Kapoor]]|| UTV Motion Pictures||
|-
| rowspan="2" |2016
|''[[Rocky Handsome]]''
|[[Nishikant Kamat]]
|[[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
|
|-
|''[[Madaari]]''
|[[Nishikant Kamat]]
|[[Pooja Entertainment]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2017
|''[[Simran (film)]]''
|[[Hansal Mehta]]
|T-Series
|
|-
|''[[Mukkabaaz]]''
|[[Anurag Kashyap]]
|[[Eros International]]
|
|-
|2018
|''[[Mental Hai Kya]]''
|[[Prakash Kovelamudi]]
|[[Balaji Motion Pictures]]
|
|}

== OTT ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Creator(s) !! Network!! Other notes
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Grahan (TV Series)|Grahan]]''
| Shailendra Kumar Jha
| [[Hotstar]]
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[London Files]]''
| Sachin Pathak
| [[Voot]]
|
|-
| 2025
| ''[[Kanneda]]''
| [[Chandan Arora]]
| [[Hotstar]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2025
| ''[[Kankhajura]]''
| [[Chandan Arora]]
| [[SonyLIV]]
|
|-
|''[[Perfect Family (Indian TV series)|Perfect Family]]''
|Palak Bhambri
|[[YouTube]]
|}

==Awards==
* [[62nd National Film Awards]]: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|Best Feature Film in Marathi]]: ''[[Killa (film)|Killa]]'' <ref name=62ndfinal>{{cite web |title=62nd National Film Awards for 2014 (Press Release)|url = http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/62nd%20National%20Film%20Awards%202014%20-%20Press%20Release.pdf |work=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|date=24 February 2015|accessdate = 2015-03-25 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links ==
*[http://www.jarpictures.com Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902094513/http://www.jarpictures.com/ |date=2 September 2013 }}
*{{IMDb name|id=2490706|name=Ajay G. Rai}}
*{{IMDb name|id=2100265|name=Alan McAlex}}

[[Category:Film production companies based in Mumbai]]
[[Category:2011 establishments in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 2011]]
[[Category:Mass media companies established in 2011]]

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Victor6053 at 19:35, 14 February 2026