Chilsag Entertainment Network

2003–2010

Founded in 2003 by Sachin Gupta Chilsag Chillies Theatre Company was founded with the objective to redefine theatre through its innovative theatre productions. The very first production of the company, "Celebration of Life",^[7] was felicitated by the chief minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit and was also appreciated internationally when it was performed at the Factory Theatre, Toronto, Canada and Off-Broadway Theare, New York. Chilsag tied up with Actor's experimental Lab USA and established an acting school 'Salgane School of Acting' as well in 2003. In 2004, Chilsag Chillies received letters of appreciation from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam (former President of India), Shivraj Patil (former Home Minister, India) and the Italian cultural centre and Department of Art and Culture, Government of India for the contribution to theatre. Late 2004, Chilsag laid the foundation of a new venture operationalising Corporate Theatre across its units. Theatre Pasta, an international theatre magazine was launched in 2005. Chilsag also stages two of its productions in locations across London in three days with its pack of English actors. Mid 2006, witnessed the initiation of Chilsag Children's Theatre Company and Theatre-in-Education projects. Chilsag Theatre Pasta International Awards successfully started its journey in beginning of 2007. The company staged the premier of its plays, 'A Rollercoaster Ride', 'Wake Up Call'^[8] and 'Kailashnath Weds Madhumati'^[9] at one of the premier performing arts location in the capital city, New Delhi. Chilsag took its theatre production 'Celebration of Life', 'Handicapped City'^[10] to the international forum through shows Off-Broadway (New York City), Factory Theatre (Canada), locations across Boston, West Virginia and other cities. This year marked the launch of International Repertory for Chilsag with American actors. in 2009, Chilsag started its own Drama Therapy Centre. Late 2010, witnessed a collaboration with Indian Council for Cultural Relations and staged the play ' Wake Up Call'.

2011–2019

In 2011, Director Sachin Gupta received the Natya Bhushan, the highest ranking award for his contribution to Hindi theatre.^[11] The Film Production House, Chilsag Pictures was established in 2012 and 2014 the first Hindi feature film 'Paranthe Wali Gali'^{[12][13][14][15][16][17]} was released. Shortly followed by release of 'Thoda Lutf Thoda Ishq'^[18] in 2015. 2015 also witnessed the conceptualisation and production of the biggest musical to be staged the capital city named, 'Chota Bheem The Musical'^[19] witnessed by over 18000 in the Siri Fort Auditorium. In 2016, Chilsag signed a six-film deal with United States-based production house for the production of meaningful cinema and short films. Recent tie up with London Players, UK for theatre and cinematic ventures. A new production ' Kafan' was also staged in 2017 with collaboration with the Indo -American Friendship Association and supported by the Ministry of Culture (India). Three short films were also released, Bidaai, My Daughter and The Beginning in 2017. 2018 saw the release of 'Pakhi'^{[20][21][22][23]} a film about child trafficking and the short film 'Pihu'^{[24][non-primary source needed]} which is based on the theatre production – Don't miss my party. 'Mansukh Chaturvedi ki Atmakatha' was released in 2019. Two music videos were also released in 2019 'Naino Tale'^[25] with singer Asees Kaur and music composed by Shivang Mathur and 'Itni Si Kahani' with TikTok star Jannat Zubair Rahmani and collaborated with Zee Music Company with Rohan Mehra and Deepti Sati .

2020s

Chilsag Entertainment have several upcoming projects that include a project in Tamil, a love story and a gangster drama. The company expects to expand into regional cinema^[26] and create in content in Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi. Mango Talkies is also an upcoming project. 2020 will also see two short films Manoharji Ki Nimmi and Seerat.

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