# Shital Bhatia

Shital Bhatia is an Indian film producer and co-founder of Friday Filmworks, best known for his movies like A Wednesday! (2008), Special 26 (2013), Baby (2015), M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016), Rustom (2016) and Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017).
Shital Bhatia along with Anil Ambani's Reliance Entertainment have a joint venture named Plan C Studios.

## Early life and education

Shital Bhatia was born and brought up in Mumbai. He graduated from Mithibai College with a degree in Bachelors of Commerce. Later on, he went on to do a diploma in Fashion Designing and graduated in the year 1995.

## Career

In his early career, Shital started working as a costume/fashion designer for television from the year 1994 and continued working in the same field till 2000.
Very soon, Shital along with his colleague Neeraj Pandey, went on to start a production company called 'Quarter Inch Productions' which produced television shows and television films, Ittefaq being the most popular. Simultaneously, Shital also handled the production of foreign projects for a while in between.
Eventually in 2008, Shital and Neeraj Pandey formed their own production house named Friday Filmworks. Friday Filmworks produced movies like A Wednesday!, Taryanche Bait, Baby (2015 Hindi film), Special 26, M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, Aiyaary, Naam Shabana, Rustom, Operation Romeo and upcoming movie Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha.
Shital Bhatia co-founded Friday Storytellers with his business partner Neeraj Pandey in 2019, to produce content for OTT and digital streaming. Under Friday Storytellers, Shital Bhatia produced Special Ops, Special Ops 1.5, Khakee: The Bihar Chapter, Secrets of Sinauli, Secrets of the Kohinoor, Secrets of the Buddha Relics, Kaun Pravin Tambe?, Bandon Mein Tha Dum!, Hack: Crimes Online, and upcoming Hindi digital film Sikandar Ka Muqaddar as well as web series 'Khakee: The Bengal Chapter' (Netflix) & 'Special OPS 2' (Disney+ Hotstar).
He also produced OUCH, a short film by Neeraj Pandey starring Manoj Bajpayee and Pooja Chopra and Ouch 2 starring Nidhi Bisht, Shefali Jariwala, Sharman Joshi.
Shital Bhatia also co-founded Bootroom Sports Media LLP along with his business partners Neeraj Pandey and Sudip Tewari in March 2022.

## Awards

* 2008: A Wednesday - Star Screen Award

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Network |
| 2008 | A Wednesday | |
| 2011 | Taryanche Bait | |
| 2013 | Special 26 | |
| 2014 | The Royal Bengal Tiger | |
| 2014 | Total Siyapaa | |
| 2015 | Baby | |
| 2016 | Rustom | |
| 2016 | M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story | |
| 2016 | Saat Uchakkey | |
| 2016 | Ouch (Short Film) | YouTube |
| 2017 | Toilet: Ek Prem Katha | |
| 2017 | Naam Shabana | |
| 2018 | Aiyaary | |
| 2022 | Kaun Pravin Tambe? | Disney+ Hotstar |
| 2022 | Operation Romeo | |
| 2022 | Vikram Vedha | |
| 2022 | Saatam Aatham | |
| 2023 | Ouch 2 (Short Film) | YouTube |
| 2024 | Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha | |
| 2024 | Sikandar Ka Muqaddar | Netflix |

## Series

| Year | Series | Network | Other notes |
| 2020 | Special OPS | Disney+ Hotstar | |
| 2021 | Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story | Disney+ Hotstar | |
| 2022 | Khakee: The Bihar Chapter | Netflix | |
| 2023 | Hack: Crimes Online | Amazon MiniTV | |
| 2023 | The Freelancer | Disney+ Hotstar | |
| 2024 | Khakee: The Bengal Chapter | Netflix | Coming Soon |
| 2024 | Special OPS 2 | Disney+ Hotstar | Coming Soon |

## Documentary

| Year | Series | Network |
| 2021 | Secrets of Sinauli: Discovery of the Century | Discovery+ |
| 2022 | Bandon Mein Tha Dum! | Jio Cinema |
| 2022 | Secrets of the Koh-i-noor | Discovery+ |
| 2024 | Secrets of the Buddha Relics | Discovery+ |