Best Film & TV Studios Companies in India
The 507 best Film & TV Studios companies in India in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Nimbus Communications.
The 507 Film & TV Studios companies tracked across India represent one of the more quietly consequential corners of the country's media economy, and what you're looking at here is that universe ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent funding momentum.
$913M in total disclosed funding across those 507 tracked names, with Dharma Productions leading at $119M, Rainshine at $36M, and Pocket Aces at $25M. But funding tells only part of the story. The 311 companies with validated filings show a $3.6B combined revenue pool, with Zee Entertainment alone pulling $967M, and Digital18 Media at $565M, though both posted negative YoY growth. Maddock Films is the outlier worth watching: $118M at +186% YoY. Median revenue sits at $676,847 across those filers, down 7% YoY, which is the number I'd want you to sit with. The sector isn't shrinking in scale, but the middle is under pressure. And on net income, the spread is almost absurd: Rbep Entertainment posted $203M, roughly 4,084 times the sector median of $49,817. As one recent look at studios in the digital age notes, the structural gap between top earners and everyone else keeps widening. So where does the margin actually live? At the very top, almost exclusively.
Ranked: Best Film & TV Studios companies in India
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Revenue | Revenue YoY | Employees | Founder | Market signals (1y) | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maddock Films Provider of film production services | — | 51 mo ago | $123M FY2025 | +174% | 15 | Dinesh Vijan Founder | — | — |
| 2 | Eros International Producer & distributor of films & TV shows | — | 94 mo ago | $94M FY2023 | — | 117 | Sunil Lulla Co-Founder | — | — |
| 3 | Dharma Productions Provider of film production and distribution services | $119M | 19 mo ago | $66M FY2025 | — | 63 | Apoorva Mehta Chief Executive Officer | Producer | 3 signals ▼83% Funding · M&A · Lawsuit | — |
| 4 | Balaji Telefilms Producer of films and TV shows | $86M | 106 mo ago | $55M FY2025 | -26% | 87 | Shobha Kapoor Co-Founder | 5 signals ▼69% Earnings · New product | — |
| 5 | UFO Moviez Network providing cinema advertising, film distribution, and cinema technology services | $58M | 181 mo ago | $50M FY2025 | +3% | 508 508 → 1,061 (+109%) | Sanjay Gaikwad Founder & CEO | 5 signals ▼67% Earnings · Lawsuit | 1 launch · 2 expansions |
| 6 | Eros Media World Provider of film entertainment company, specializing in producing, and distributing films and television shows | — | 94 mo ago | $23M FY2024 | -75% | 65 | Ridhima Lulla Co-Founder & COO | — | — |
| 7 | Abundantia Entertainment Production company focusing on films & TV series | $5M | 132 mo ago | $22M FY2025 | +104% | 36 | Vikram Malhotra Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 8 | DQ Entertainment Provider of animation production, co-productions, licensing, and IP development services | $50M | 138 mo ago | $22M FY2019 | -10% | 75 | Aditya Nannapaneni CEO | — | — |
| 9 | The Viral Fever Comedy content production and digital broadcast. | $29M | 55 mo ago | $22M FY2025 | +13% | — | Arunabh Kumar Founder & CEO | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership · 2 awards |
| 10 | Sunshine Pictures Film production company | — | 192 mo ago | $13M FY2025 | -24% | — | Vipul Amrutlal Shah Founder | — | — |
| 11 | Pocket Aces Provider of video production and social content publishing solutions | $25M | 36 mo ago | $12M FY2025 | +17% | 78 | Aditi Shrivastava Co-Founder & CEO | 3 signals ▼73% M&A | — |
| 12 | Red Chillies Entertainment Entertainment group producing and distributing films | $2M | 156 mo ago | $10M FY2025 | -90% | 392 392 → 723 (+84%) | — | — | 1 award |
| 13 | Rusk Media Developer of mobile-first entertainment IPs and branded gaming experiences | $15M | 8 mo ago | $10M FY2025 | +43% | 54 | Aman Singh Co-Founder | 6 signals ▲200% Funding · Capital raise | 1 job opening · 1 award |
| 14 | Percept Producer and distributor of film and TV commercials | $50M | 116 mo ago | $9M FY2025 | -26% | 1 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Cosmos-Maya Producer of 2D and 3D animated content for TV shows | — | 184 mo ago | $9M FY2024 | +22% | 375 | Ketan Mehta Co-Founder | — | — |
| 16 | Shashi Sumeet Production Provider of maritime communication and accounting services | $524K | 111 mo ago | $8M FY2025 | -37% | 6 | Sumeet Hukamchand Mittal Co-Founder & Director | — | — |
| 17 | Excel Entertainment Producer of motion pictures | — | 5 mo ago | $7M FY2025 | -58% | 25 | Farhan Akhtar Co-Founder | 13 signals M&A · Contracts · Earnings | — |
| 18 | Planet Marathi Provider of subscription-based OTT platform for consumers | $6M | 23 mo ago | $6M FY2023 | +200% | 37 | Soumya Vilekar Co-Founder & Director | — | — |
| 19 | Neela Tele Films Producer of TV programs | $407K | 220 mo ago | $5M FY2019 | -63% | 59 | Asit Kumarr Modi Founder & Managing Director | — | — |
| 20 | Pritish Nandy Communications Producer of films, television shows, and streaming content | — | 63 mo ago | $4M FY2025 | -41% | 1 | — | — | — |
| 21 | Geetha Arts Producer and distributor of commercial motion pictures | — | 111 mo ago | $1M FY2022 | — | — | Allu Aravind Founder | — | — |
| 22 | Rainshine Offers production services for podcasts | $36M | 39 mo ago | $983K FY2025 | -84% | 124 | Kiran Nithyanand Svp | — | — |
| 23 | Shotformats Representative organisation for outdoor adventurous activity providers | $3M | 151 mo ago | $505K FY2022 | -72% | 350 | Niyateey Shah Managing Director and CEO | — | — |
| 24 | Spirit Media Provider of empowering creators services | — | 39 mo ago | $443K FY2023 | +75% | — | Rajeev Ranjan Co-Founder & COO | — | — |
| 25 | MAD Studios Provider of film production and studio services | $6M | 170 mo ago | $260K FY2025 | -69% | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Atlantis Media Producer & distributor of film & TV studios | $38M | 45 mo ago | $182K FY2025 | +114% | — | Roshan Roddrigues Founder | — | — |
| 27 | PlayVerse Educational toys promoting learning through play | $2M | 56 mo ago | $161K FY2025 | +43% | — | Jaineel Aga Founder | — | — |
| 28 | Firstaction Studios Provider of film production services | — | 95 mo ago | $147K FY2025 | -62% | — | Saad Khan Founder | — | — |
| 29 | Mudskipper Producer of film and music videos | $295K | 82 mo ago | $116K FY2025 | -64% | — | Amoghavarsha JS Founder | — | 4 job openings |
| 30 | Network1 Media Provider of TV production, content development, and media consulting services | $1M | 154 mo ago | $113K FY2017 | — | 2 | Arup Ghosh Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 31 | KathaVersse Franchise-driven content studio providing fictional and non-fictional stories | $400K | 32 mo ago | $85K FY2025 | +247% | — | Kshitiz Sudhakar Founder & COO | — | 3 job openings |
| 32 | Graphic India Online comic book reading platform | $10M | 102 mo ago | $60K FY2025 | -44% | 1 | Sharad Devarajan Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 33 | Kavi Puvi Viamedia Online video streaming platform | $802K | 95 mo ago | $41K FY2020 | — | — | R Lakshmipathy Founder | — | — |
| 34 | Krayon Pictures Producer of animated motion pictures | $4M | 171 mo ago | $7K FY2017 | — | 47 | Nishith Takia Co-Founder | — | — |
| 35 | Maantrika Studios Provider of film & TV studios services | — | 105 mo ago | $5K FY2023 | — | — | Sanjay Kumar Co-Founder | — | — |
| 36 | Cinestaan Film Company Producer and distributor of Indian films for international markets | $13M | 114 mo ago | $5K FY2025 | -91% | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | SVF Entertainment Provider of entertainment service | $146K | 230 mo ago | $359 FY2024 | +41% | 126 | Shrikant Mohta Co-Founder & Director | — | 1 job opening |
| 38 | Cordiform Studios Provider of advertising, performance marketing, SMM, web development, and other services | $60K | 32 mo ago | $6 FY2025 | -100% | — | Chetan Vohra Co-Founder & Director | — | — |
| 39 | Reliance Entertainment Producer of films, animation, and games for digital and theatrical release | $100M | 220 mo ago | — | — | 53 | — | — | — |
| 40 | 52 Weeks Entertainment Producer of television serials and feature films | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | ChaiBisket Media studio engaged in producing and publishing multi format content | $5M | 11 mo ago | — | — | — | Sharath Chandra Co-Founder | 4 signals Funding · New product | — |
| 42 | Nimbus Communications Provider of IPTV based broadcasting services | $198M | 194 mo ago | — | — | 11 | Harish Thawani Founder | — | — |
| 43 | Prakash Jha Productions Producer of films | $50M | 108 mo ago | — | — | — | Prakash Jha Founder | — | — |
| 44 | United Mediaworks Provider of digital cinema and OTT platform services | $163K | 170 mo ago | — | — | — | Lalit Bhandari Co-Founder | — | — |
Top 12 Film & TV Studios companies in India
#1
Series B · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 2019 · 54 employees$14.8Mraised▾
Developer of mobile-first entertainment IPs and branded gaming experiences. This entity creates and distributes serialized video content across various platforms, focusing on young adult audiences. It also develops customized branded mobile games and interactive advertisements for clients, extending into augmented and virtual reality filter creation. The company's offerings encompass the entire lifecycle of IP development, from creation to distribution and monetization.
- Oct 2025Series B—
- Oct 2025Angel$169K
- Mar 2025Series B$8.5M
- May 2024Series A$1.6M
#2
Late Stage · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 1976 · 63 employees$118.9Mraised▾
Provider of film production and distribution services. The company primarily produces Hindi films and has a rich legacy of delivering blockbuster and critically acclaimed movies. Its digital content studio focused on creating fiction and non-fiction content for OTT platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.
#3
Seed · Hyderabad, Telangana · founded 2015$5Mraised▾
Social content-based platform. The company caters to filmy and regional news of Telugu-speaking states. It publishes funny articles, videos, and original web series through its platform. It focuses on celebrating and promoting Telugu culture through a variety of engaging content and digital experiences.
- Jul 2025Seed$5M
#4
Series A · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 2017 · 37 employees$5.6Mraised▾
Provider of subscription-based OTT platform for consumers. The company offers solutions for the production of films, events, content creation, acquisition, talent management, and more. It also provides an OTT platform for streaming content in the Marathi language. Company designs, manages, and produces entertainment and media events.
- Jul 2024Series A$5M
- Oct 2021Seed$725.7K
#5
Acquired · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 2013 · 78 employees$25.5Mraised▾
Provider of video production and social content publishing solutions. It offers FilterCopy, a publishing platform that offers mixed media including entertainment, sports, fashion, and more. Gobble, a destination for food content, also offers fiction programming for the young audience. It offers brands such as Dice Media, a digital new age video series production company, and Loco, a live game show.
- Jun 2023Series B$4.2M
- Jan 2021Venture Debt$2.3M
- Jun 2019Series B$14.4M
- Nov 2018Series B$1.9M
#6
Seed · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 2018 · 124 employees$35.5Mraised▾
Offers production services for podcasts
- Mar 2023Seed—
- May 2022Seed$217.9K
- Nov 2020Seed$530K
- Jan 2020Seed$3.8M
#7
Late Stage · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 1987 · 11 employees$198.3Mraised▾
Nimbus communication is an Indian sports event organization and coverage production and broadcasting company. It specializes across the entire value chain from origination (Event companies) to intermediary (Management & Marketing of Rights, Production Services, Advisory Services, Media Services, Event Management & sponsor services) to delivery (TV Channels/IPTV/Internet Portals). It owns two satellite sports channels viz., Neo Sports and Neo Prime. In April 2009, the company raised $125M funding from a consortium of 3 investors. In the same month its subsidiary Neo Sports Broadcast raised a funding of $50M. In March 2010, The Times Of India Group acquired an undisclosed stake in Nimbus.
- Mar 2010Unattributed$2.6M
- Mar 2009Unattributed$23.9M
- Jan 2007Unattributed$1.2M
- Dec 2006PE$125M
#8
Series A · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 2021$37.7Mraised▾
Producer & distributor of film & TV studios
- Aug 2022Series A$37.7M
#9
Series D · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 2012$29.4Mraised▾
The Viral Fever (TVF) is an alternative media and entertianment company that produces niche content related to comedy/humor/sarcasm and podcasts it over digital platforms like Youtube. Many of its videos have crossed over a million views each and are targeted at youth. Its flagship show is Barely Speaking with Arnub which does sarcastic interviews of celebrities and debates with representative artists. Its other series includes Qtiyapa which takes a sarcastic take at current affairs and society.
- Nov 2021Venture Debt$2M
- 2019Venture Debt—
- May 2019Series D$5.4M
- Jun 2018Series C$6M
#10
Public · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 1994 · 87 employees$86.3Mraised▾
Producer of films and TV shows. It produces Indian soap operas, reality TV, comedy, game shows, entertainment, and factual programming in several genres. The company operates through three segments commissioned programmes, digital and films.
- Jul 2017Post IPO$64.2M
- Feb 2016Post IPO$22.1M
#11
Acquired · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 2005 · 53 employees$100Mraised▾
Producer of films, animation, and games for digital and theatrical release. This entity develops and produces movies, animated series, and video games across various platforms. Its film production encompasses a wide range of genres and collaborations with prominent industry figures. The animation division creates content for both television and digital distribution, including popular children's series. The gaming arm develops and publishes mobile and online games, partnering with major entertainment brands. The company also engages in content licensing and distribution.
- Feb 2008Angel$100M
#12
Series A · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 2002 · 1 employees$49.8Mraised▾
Percept India is producer and distributor of film and TV commercials. As of July 2018, the firm claims to shot over 500 TV commercials and possess total assets worth $138M.
- Sep 2016Series A$7.8M
- Mar 2008Series A$12M
- Jan 2008Series A$14.9M
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