Ragini MMS (franchise)

Ragini MMS is an Indian erotic-horror franchise of films and Web series created by Balaji Motion Pictures and ALT Entertainment.[1] There is two films of this series released in 2011[2] and 2014[3] respectively, and a web series is currently premiering on ALT Balaji[4][5][6][7][8][9] from 19 October 2017.[10] Along with the second season of the web series which is Set to Premier on 18 December 2019 on ALT Balaji App & Zee5 App.[11][12][13][14]

Ragini MMS
Created byBalaji Motion Pictures
ALT Entertainment
Original workRagini MMS
Films and television
Film(s)Ragini MMS
Ragini MMS 2
Audio
Soundtrack(s)Ragini MMS
Ragini MMS 2
Miscellaneous
Web seriesRagini MMS: Returns
Ragini MMS: Returns 2

Overview

Ragini MMS
Main article: Ragini MMS

A young woman goes out on a weekend trip to a deserted farmhouse with her scheming lover. However, the couple soon witnesses a series of paranormal events.

Ragini MMS 2
Main article: Ragini MMS 2

A director attempts to shoot an erotic horror movie in a house where, unbeknown to him, a demonic spirit resides. Even before the crew starts filming, the spirit possesses the lead actress's body.

Films
Film Release date Director Screenwriter(s) Story by Producer(s)
Ragini MMS13 May 2011Pawan KripalaniPawan Kripalani,Vaspar DandiwalaPawan KripalaniEkta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor, Amit Kapoor, Sidhartha M. Jain
Ragini MMS 221 March 2014Bhushan PatelTanveer Bookwala, Ishita MoitraEkta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor

Webseries
Film Release date Director Written Cast Network
Ragini MMS: Returns19 October 2017 [15]Suyash VadhavkarKamayani Vyas and Nikhil VyasKarishma Sharma, Siddharth Gupta, Riya Sen, Nishant Singh Malkani and Dilnaz IraniALTBalaji and ZEE5[16]
Ragini MMS: Returns 218 December 2019 [11]Divya Agarwal, Varun Sood, Navneet Kaur, Thea Dsouza and Sunny Leone

Overview
Main article: Ragini MMS: Returns

Ragini MMS: Returns is an Indian erotic horror web series produced under ALTBalaji.[17] The series is the third installment in this franchise. The first season starred Karishma Sharma, Riya Sen and Siddharth Gupta.[18] It premiered on ALTBalaji and ZEE5 on 19 October 2017.[19] The second season[20][21][22] stars Sunny Leone,[23][24][25] Divya Agarwal,[26][27] Varun Sood[28][29] in the leading roles. The show[30] released on 18 December 2019. It is directed by Suyash Vadhavkar, Shahriyar Afsan Ovro and produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor.

Cast and characters
Character Film Web series
Ragini MMS
(2011)		 Ragini MMS 2
(2016)		 Ragini MMS
Returns
(2017)		 Ragini MMS
Returns 2
(2019)
Ragini Kainaz Motivala Kainaz Motivala
(archived)
The Witch / Ghost Mangala White Geetanjali Kulkarni Raquib Arshad
Uday Rajkumar Rao Mentioned only Rajkumar Rao
(archived)
Vishal Rajat Paul
Piya Janice
Neha Shernaz
Jigar Vinod Rawat
Friend 1 Harshraj Shroff
Friend 2 Cristy Philips
Friend 3 M. Ravichandran Thevar
Sunny Leone Herself Herself
(archived)
Satya Kumar Saahil Prem
Rocks Parvin Dabas
Monali Sandhya Mridul
Maddy Karan Veer Mehra
Gina Anita Hassanandani
Dr. Meera Dutta Divya Dutta
Tanya Kapoor Soniya Mehra
Kunal Khanna Karan Taluja
Special appearance in a song Yo Yo Honey Singh
Ragini 2 Karishma Sharma Divya Agarwal
Rahul Siddharth Gupta Varun Sood
Simran Riya Sen
Raj Nishant Singh Malkani
Kavita Dilnaz Irani
Principal Rajat Kapoor Harssh A. Singh
Old Woman/Anshuman Raquib Arshad
Chowkidar Raju A. R. Rama

Crew
Character Film Web series
Ragini MMS
(2011)		 Ragini MMS 2
(2016)		 Ragini MMS
Returns
(2017)
Director Pawan Kripalani Bhushan Patel Suyash Vadhavkar[31]
Producer(s) Ekta Kapoor
Shobha Kapoor
Amit Kapoor
Sidhartha M. Jain		 Ekta Kapoor
Shobha Kapoor
Screenplay Pawan Kripalani
Vaspar Dandiwala		 Tanveer Bookwala
Ishita Moitra		 Kamayani Vyas
Nikhil Vyas
Story Pawan Kripalani Tanveer Bookwala
Ishita Moitra		 Kamayani Vyas
Nikhil Vyas
Composer(s) Shamir Tandon
S D Burman
Bappi Lahri
Faizan Hussain
Agnel Roman		 Chirantan Bhatt
Meet Bros Anjjan
Yo Yo Honey Singh
Pranay Rijia
Amar Mohile		 Ripul Sharma
George Joseph
Cinematography Tribhuvan Babu Mehul Gadani Anubhav Bansal
Editor Pooja Ladha Surti Arnav Das Nitin FCP
Prashant Panda

Release and revenue
Film Release date Budget Box office revenue
Ragini MMS13 May 2011₹13 million (US$160,000)[32]₹99.4 million (US$1.2 million)[33]
Ragini MMS 221 March 2014₹190 million (US$2.4 million)[34]₹632 million (US$7.9 million)[34]
Total ₹230 million (US$2.9 million)
Two films		 ₹731 million (US$9.2 million)
Two films

Awards

Ragini MMS (2011)

Best Searchlight Film – Ekta Kapoor

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