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''Aamir Khan Productions'' is an Indian motion picture production and distribution company, based in Mumbai. The company was founded in 2001 by actor Aamir Khan and started with the production of ''Lagaan''. ''B. Shrinivas Rao'' is the Executive Producer for Aamir Khan Productions and Khan's wife, Kiran Rao also serves as a producer; she was the Associate Producer for both ''Taare Zameen Par'' and ''Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na''. ==History== Aamir Khan Productions (AKP) was set up in 1999 by Hindi film actor Aamir Khan with the purpose of producing the film ''Lagaan''. He decided to produce ''Lagaan'' after the script was not purchased by any other studio. B. Shrinivas Rao also joined Aamir Khan Productions as the Line Producer on ''Lagaan''. The movie was released in 2001, starring Khan as the lead actor. The film was both a major critical and commercial success, and was nominated for the 74th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. It was eventually chosen and nominated in that category along with four other foreign films but lost to ''No Man's Land''. The film won many major awards at several award functions such as Filmfare and IIFA. B. Shrinivas Rao later served as the Executive Producer on Khan's directorial debut ''Taare Zameen Par'' and became the Executive Producer for the production company, supervising all of its productions. Khan also starred in ''Taare Zameen Par'', sharing the screen with the debut of child actor Darsheel Safary and Tisca Chopra. The film was initially conceived of and developed by the husband and wife team, Amole Gupte and Deepa Bhatia. It tells the story of a young child who suffers in school until a teacher identifies him as dyslexic. The movie was critically acclaimed, And one of the biggest hits of 2008. ''Taare Zameen Par'' won the 2008 Filmfare Best Movie Award as well as a number of other Filmfare and Star Screen Awards. It was declared tax free by the Government of Delhi. Khan's wife, Kiran Rao also worked as the Associate Producer for ''Taare Zameen Par''. The third film produced by the company is Abbas Tyrewala's ''Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na'', which was released in July 2008. It marked the debut of Aamir Khan and Mansoor Khan's nephew Imran Khan and it was co-produced by Ritesh Sidhwani. The movie critically acclaimed and a major commercial success,.〔(Box Office Top 5 :Midweek: 'Singh Is Kinng' has mind-boggling weekend! )〕 The fourth offering from AKP was Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries), a low budget art house film written and directed by Khan's wife, Kiran Rao. It focuses on four characters (one of them played by Khan) from different walks of life in the city of Mumbai. It was critically acclaimed and successful in art house circuits. The next film produced by the production company was Anusha Rizvi's ''Peepli Live''. The film released on 13 August 2010 having a very low budget starring Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghubir Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Malaika Shenoy, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Naseeruddin Shah. It is a satire based on the suicides committed by the Indian farmers due to bad conditions of theirs financial status. ''Peepli Live'' had its Melbourne premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival MIFF 2010 on 6 August 2010 at the Regent Theater, Melbourne. I t was a commercial cruces despite 'A' rating due to strong language. In 2011, the English (partly Hindi) ''Delhi Belly'' was released, and was a departure from the "clean, family entertainment" tag of Aamir Khan Productions. It was a sleeper hit and immensely popular with urban Indian youth though it was criticized for strong language. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aamir Khan Productions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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