Benetone Films

Benetone Films is a production company based in Bangkok, Thailand. It was founded in 2002 by Rajpal Narula, and is today headed by his two sons, Rachvin and Kulthep Narula. The company was recognized as the No. 1 Foreign Production Service Company in Thailand for 10 years in a row (2008 to 2017) by Thailand Film Office; having line produced over 900 commercials and over 80 feature films which include Bollywood blockbusters such as Ek Tha Tiger, Student of the Year, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Housefull 2, Partner, Murder and No Entry. In 2011, Benetone Films entered a partnership with Daemon Hillin, establishing Benetone Hillin Entertainment, a production house based in Los Angeles, becoming the first Thailand film production company to enter the US Indie Film market.

In 2018, Benetone Films has now grown into Benetone Creative Group.


About the company

Benetone Films was founded by a chance meeting with Feroz Khan, whom the founder and his sons helped to complete a 40-day shoot in Thailand. The shoot was originally planned to be in Australia, but the Indian producer-actor-director, impressed by Thailand's locations, infrastructure, and efficiency of the crew, moved the shoot to Thailand.[1] Thereafter, recognizing the potential of Thailand's production strengths, Benetone Films was officially launched in 2002. It has since line produced over 80 feature films and 900 commercials from Israel, Australia, Singapore, Russia, Turkey, France, the Indian subcontinent, and other countries worldwide.

Benetone Hillin Entertainment

In 2011, Benetone Films joined hands with Daemon Hillin, a producer based in Los Angeles, establishing Benetone Hillin Entertainment, which as of December 2013, had produced 4 feature films, notably A Stranger in Paradise starring Stuart Townsend, Colin Egglesfield, and Academy Award nominee Catalina Sandino Moreno slated for a national theatrical release in USA on February 14, 2014,[2] and Pernicious starring Ciara Hanna, Emily O' Brien, and Jackie Moore, which were both shot in Thailand.

On 14 January 2014, Benetone Hillin Entertainment announced signing up of Gordon Bressack, three time Emmy Award-winning writer of such shows as Pinky & The Brain and Animaniacs, for a live action feature film, Oliver Storm and the Curse of Sinbad's Treasure, slated for the 2015 release. The film will be shot completely in Thailand, and will be written by Gordon Bressack and his son, James Cullen Bressack.[3][4][5]

References
  1. "Production: Pernicious" (PDF). Film in Thailand. Thailand Film Office.
  2. "Thai Mafia Thriller A Stranger in Paradise, With Collin Egglesfield and Stuart Townsend, to Hit Theaters 2/14".
  3. "Screen Daily". MBI, Ltd.
  4. "IMDB - Benetone Hillin Lines Up Oliver Storm".
  5. "Benetone Hillin lines up Oliver Storm".
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