Bharat Shah


Bharat Shah is an indian businessman and merchant, Hindi film financier and distributor, under his banner VIP Films. He has produced several Bollywood films, such as Dil Se.. starring Shah Rukh Khan and Manisha Koirala, Devdas starring Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai, and Rascals starring Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn and Kangana Ranaut.

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorCastGenreProducer
1993DarrYash ChopraShah Rukh Khan, Sunny Deol, Juhi ChawlaDrama, Romance, ThrillerAssociate Producer as Bharat Shah
1997Yes BossAziz Mirza Shah Rukh Khan,
Aditya Pancholi, Juhi Chawla		Drama, RomanceAssociate Producer as Bharat Shah
2000PukarRajkumar SantoshiAnil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit,
Namrata Shirodkar		Action, Drama, RomanceCo-Producer as Bharat Shah
2002DevdasSanjay Leela BhansaliShah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya RaiRomanceProducer as Bharat Shah
2008The OdeNilanjan Neil LahiriNoel Gugliemi, Wilson Cruz,
Sakina Jaffrey		DramaExecutive producer as Bharat Shah
2009Teree Sang: A Kidult Love StorySatish KaushikRuslaan Mumtaz,
Sheena Shahabadi, Rajat Kapoor		RomanceProducer as Bharat Shah
2012Ghost Puja BediShiney Ahuja, Sayali Bhagat, Julia BlissHorrorExecutive producer as Bharat Shah

Legal affairs

In 2001, Shah was arrested following an investigation into whether a film he financed, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, was funded by the Indian mafia. This arrest led to a conviction in 2003 for not disclosing fellow producer, Nazim Rizwi's links to the Indian mafia. Rizwi and his assistant, Abdul Rahim Allahbaksh Khan, were also convicted of forging links with the Indian mafia to extort film personalities. Shah was sentenced to one year in jail but as he had already spent fourteen months in jail as part of his trial, he was freed. Rizwi and Khan each were sentenced to six years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of 15 lakhs.