Company is a 2002 Indian film directed by Ram Gopal Varma and written by Jaideep Sahni, starring Ajay Devgan, Mohanlal, Manisha Koirala, Vivek Oberoi,and Antara Mali. It is a fictional exposé of the Mumbai underworld, loosely based on the Indian mafia organization D-Company, known to be run by Dawood Ibrahim. The film received positive reviews from critics and won six out of the eleven awards it was nominated for at the Filmfare Awards. The film highlights the economics behind running an Indian mafia organization. In the opening of the film, Ajay Devgan describes the modus operandi of... underworld. He states "Despite anybody telling anything else, in this world everything is done for profit, so is this business. We don't pay taxes, neither do we keep accounts; For this work is done by inducing fear. Anybody can join us anytime, but can never resign. Whoever breaks our law, is broken by us. Here friendship, respect or honesty, the only real reason behind all these is same thing -- Profit". During murder / extortion scenes following, Ajay Devgan adds "profit happens -- like this, like this or like that".
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| Release date: | April 15, 2002 |
| Directed by: | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Runtime: | 155 Minutes |
| Producer: | Boney Kapoor, Ram Gopal Varma, Aswani Dutt |
| Editor: | Chandan Arora |
| Music by: | Sandeep Chowta |
| Cinematography: | Hemant Chaturvedi |
| Screenplay by: | Jaideep Sahni |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |