Industry Entertainment Headquarters Mumbai Founded October 2014 | Products Films Founder Karnesh Sharma Type of business Private | |
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Key people Ajay Kumar Sharma
Karnesh Sharma
Anushka Sharma Services Film production
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Clean Slate Films is an Indian film production and distribution company established by actress Anushka Sharma in October 2014. Based in Mumbai, it mainly produces and distributes Hindi films.
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Co-founded in September 2014 by Karnesh Sharma and Anushka Sharma, Clean Slate Films was set up with the single-minded intention of producing movies that the sibling duo "believe in and the audience loves, while backing exciting, hot new talent." Anushka Sharma said, "I have always been a risk-taker, and setting up Clean Slate, allows me to push the envelope even more." Karnesh added, "Our first project, NH10 is taking shape so well, that is gave us a lot of confidence to put things into 5th gear under our banner."
Their debut venture, the crime-thriller NH10 was a co-production between Clean Slate Films and Phantom Films, distributed by Eros International. The film dealt with a married couple in Gurgaon who decide to take a road trip, and instead endanger their lives by intervening in an incident of honor killing. Anushka Sharma played the lead role alongside actor Neil Bhoopalam, Darshan Kumar and Deepti Naval. The film was directed by Navdeep Singh, and written by Sudip Sharma. Released on 13 March 2015, on a budget of about US $2.1 million, NH10 was declared a sleeper hit, raking in approximately US $5.1 million worldwide at the Box Office. The film was screened at the Beijing International Film Festival where it was warmly received and widely appreciated.
Upcoming projects
Following the success of their maiden production venture NH10, Clean Slate Films is ready to release their next production Phillauri, a romantic comedy directed by Anshai Lal. Anushka will be playing the female lead opposite Diljit Dosanjh while Suraj Sharma will be opposite Mehreen Pirzada. Clean Slate Films also announced two more projects as their next productions. They will be producing a crime-drama project titled Kaneda, to be directed by Navdeep Singh. This film will be centred on the lives of NRIs in Canada. Also, Delhi Belly writer Akshat Verma's directorial debut would also be under their banner. The film is titled Kalagaandi and is said to be a dark comedy.