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Amitabh Bachchan Corporation

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Industry
  
Operating income
  
1390000

Headquarters
  
Products
  
films

Founded
  
1995

Type
  
Public company

Amitabh Bachchan Corporation imagesindianexpresscom201604amitjpg

Key people
  
Amitabh BachchanJaya BachchanAbhishek BachchanAishwarya Rai Bachchan

Owner
  
Amitabh Bachchan and Deepak Gulwani

Films produced
  
Paa, Shamitabh, Vihir, Ullaasam, Family

Marathi movie vihir theatrical trailer produced by amitabh bachchan corporation ltd abcl


Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd. is an Indian entertainment company.

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The company specialized in film production and event management.The business was plagued by financial difficulties. The main reason for the bad performance of ABCL was blamed on the gross mis-management of the company by the then CEO, Sanjiv Gupta, who went on to become the CEO of Coca Cola India.

Miss World 1996

The company burst into the limelight in 1996 when it was responsible for bringing to India the Miss World Pageant, but was then mired with controversy when the company was not able to pay its dues.

TV Show

Dekh Bhai Dekh a Hindi sitcom was directed by Anand Mahendru, produced by Jaya Bachchan (via ABCL) and starring Sushma Seth, Navin Nischol and Shekhar Suman in lead roles.

A B Corp (Amitabh Bachchan Corporation)

The company was launched again by Amitabh Bachchan in 2001 as A B Corp. The company then went on to produce hit films such as Paa in 2009 Directed by R. Balki and Viruddh... Family Comes First. The company has also signed a deal with Reliance BIG Entertainment.

References

Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Wikipedia