Company (2002 film)

Company is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language gangster film directed by Ram Gopal Varma and written by Jaideep Sahni. The film stars Mohanlal, Ajay Devgn, Vivek Oberoi, Manisha Koirala, Antara Mali and Seema Biswas. It is the second film in the Indian Gangster trilogy, and a sequel to Satya (1998). Company follows Chandu, a henchman of a gangster named Malik, with whom he forms a rapport that eventually falls apart after tension arises between them.

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Company
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Directed by	Ram Gopal Varma
Written by	Jaideep Sahni
Produced by	Ram Gopal Varma C. Ashwini Dutt Boney Kapoor
Starring	Mohanlal Ajay Devgn Vivek Oberoi Manisha Koirala Antara Mali Seema Biswas
Narrated by	Makrand Deshpande
Cinematography	Hemant Chaturvedi
Edited by	Chandan Arora
Music by	Sandeep Chowta
Production companies	Varma Corporation Vyjayanthi Movies
Release date	12 April 2002 (2002-04-12)
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹9.5 crore[1]
Box office	₹25.02 crore[1]

Varma conceived the idea of the film after meeting a man named Haneef, who had been in prison for five years after the 1993 Bombay bombings and was a close aid of the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in his D-Company. Haneef told Varma about the fallout between Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan. Varma also had much information which he used in the film, especially about police procedures he could not use in Satya since it was too much for one film. The film was made in several locations of Mumbai, Mombasa, Nairobi, Hong Kong, and Switzerland. Hemant Chaturvedi served as the director of photography while Chandan Arora edited the film.

Company was released on 12 April 2002 with a positive response. It was commercially successful, grossing ₹25.02 crores against its production budget of ₹9.5 crores. It was screened at Austin Film Festival, New York Asian Film Festival, and the Fribourg International Film Festival. The film won six awards at the 48th Filmfare Awards, including the Best Supporting Actor for Mohanlal and Best Male Debut for Oberoi, Critics Best Actor for Devgn and Critics Best Actress for Koirala.