Bharat Shah

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

For the Indian cricketer, see Bharat Shah (cricketer). For the Nepalese politician, see Bharat Kumar Shah.

Bharat Shah
Born (1944-08-05) 5 August 1944
NationalityIndian
OccupationIndian Industrialist
Years active1970–present
Websitebharatshah.in

Filmography
  • Films
Year Title Director(s) Cast Genre Producer
1993 Darr Yash Chopra Shah Rukh Khan, Sunny Deol, Juhi Chawla Drama, Romance, Thriller Associate Producer as Bharat Shah
1997 Yes Boss Aziz Mirza Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Aditya Pancholi Drama, Romance Associate Producer as Bharat Shah
2000 Pukar Rajkumar Santoshi Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit,Namrata Shirodkar Action, Drama, Romance Co-Producer as Bharat Shah
2002 Devdas Sanjay Leela Bhansali Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Romance Producer as Bharat Shah
2008 The Ode Nilanjan Neil Lahiri Noel Gugliemi, Wilson Cruz, Sakina Jaffrey Drama Executive producer as Bharat Shah
2009 Teree Sang Satish Kaushik Ruslaan Mumtaz, Sheena Shahabadi, Rajat Kapoor Romance Producer as Bharat Shah
2012 Ghost Puja Bedi Shiney Ahuja, Sayali Bhagat, Julia Bliss Horror Executive producer as Bharat Shah

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
  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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