Red Chillies Entertainment

Red Chillies Entertainment Private Limited
Company typePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
PredecessorDreamz Unlimited
Founded11 November 2002
FounderShah Rukh Khan
Gauri Khan
Headquarters,
India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Shah Rukh Khan
(Founder and MD)
Gauri Khan
(Co-Founder, Producer and Joint-MD)
Venky Mysore
(CEO)
Aashish Singh
COO)
Pradeep Nimani
(CFO)
Services
Revenue 300 crore (US$35 million) (FY23)
85 crore (US$10 million) (FY23)
OwnersShah Rukh Khan (50%)
Gauri Khan (49.9%)
SubsidiariesKidZania India
Red Chillies VFX
Red Chillies Colour
Red Chillies Motion Control
Red Chillies DIT
Red Chillies TVC
Knight Riders Group
Red Chillies Primetime Live TV & Movies
WebsiteRed Chillies Entertainment

Red Chillies Entertainments Private Limited, doing business as Red Chillies Entertainment; abbreviated as RCE is an Indian entertainment company established by actor Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan in 2002. It was transformed from the defunct Dreamz Unlimited. Based in Mumbai, the studio's activities span across creative development, production, marketing, distribution, licensing, merchandising and syndication of films in India and worldwide. They are also a visual effects company. Its business mainly includes film production, film distribution, TV series or Web series production, TV Commercials production, visual effects, Professional Sports league Organisation, Edutainment and many more. Throughout the last several years, Red Chillies has acquired the rights to several Hindi films.

In 2006, RCE started a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies VFX.

In 2008, RCE formed the sporting subsidiary alliance with the Mehta Group and established its own Sporting subsidiary company Knight Riders Group, in which Red Chillies Entertainment holds a Majority 55% stake and the Mehta Group holds a 45% stake. The Knight Riders Group currently owns the Indian Premier League cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders (2008), the Trinbago Knight Riders (2015) cricket team of Caribbean Premier League, the Trinbago Knight Riders Women's (2022) cricket team of Women's Caribbean Premier League, the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (2022) cricket team of International League T20 and the Los Angeles Knight Riders (2020) cricket team of Major League Cricket.

Red Chillies Entertainment also owns 26% stake in ImagiNation Edutainment India Pvt Ltd, which runs the KidZania India.

In 2015, RCE started a Color Grading studio known as Red Chillies Color.

In 2018, RCE started a Motion Control studio known as Red Chillies Motion Control.

In 2018, RCE started a Digital Imaging Technician (DIT) studio known as Red Chillies DIT.

RCE also has a studio for TV Commercials known as Red Chillies TVC.

Shah Rukh Khan is the founder and managing director (MD) of the company, while Gauri Khan is co-founder as well as joint MD of the company and also serves as a producer. Sanjiv Chawla was the former CEO of the company. In January 2013, Karuna Badwal, Business Manager to SRK came on board Red Chillies as Co-Producer In February 2013, Venky Mysore, the CEO and managing director of Knight Riders Group took over additional responsibility as chief executive officer of Red Chillies Entertainment as well. In January 2024, Gaurav Verma left the company after 9 years and in May 2024, RCE appointed Aashish Singh as the company's new COO and Co-Producer.