film "Samosa chapati" production"Visionaries" The Emirati company achieves exceptional success in the Gulf

Dubai, October 29 / WAM / The film “Samosa Chapati”, produced by the “Visionaries” group, the largest content management and development platform in the UAE, which includes 21 companies and platforms, received great demand after breaking records at the box office.

More than 366,000 tickets have been sold since the film was released last August 14 in Gulf and Iraqi cinemas, making it one of the most successful films in the Gulf countries.
The film topped the box office in the UAE and the Kingdom of Bahrain for two consecutive weeks, and was ranked among the “Top 10” in the history of Gulf cinema. It maintained its position in the “Top 10” for a week in the Middle East region and was the best-selling film in Bahraini cinema for the year 2025 with more than 100,000 tickets.
The film’s record-breaking prompted cinemas to continue showing it for 10 consecutive weeks, and after this success on the big screen, the film was made available for showing on small screens via the Yango Play platform starting October 23.
The film was directed by Jordanian Ahmed Jalbush, and stars Bahraini Ahmed Sharif, alongside Emirati actor Marai Al-Halyan, Bahraini Abdul Rahman Saber, Saudi Ziad Al-Omari, and Egyptian Ahmed Fathi.
Dr. Younis Al-Kanzi, Head of the Production Department at Visionaires Group, confirmed that the success achieved by the film “Samosa Chapati” embodies the group’s endeavor to expand the scope of its work, based on the creative Emirati expertise and competencies it possesses, capable of leading major production operations, in accordance with the latest findings of international cinema and the well-established filmmaking studios.
He said that the record demand for watching this film expresses the high quality it enjoys in its various aspects, production, direction, writing, and creative performance by the artists who participated in embodying its story, and the success of the plans to promote and market it in the Gulf and the Middle East region. He pointed out that the great achievement achieved by the group through its production of this film represents a new beginning for its ambitions to diversify its fields and invest in the unlimited possibilities provided by the cinematic industry to achieve the visionary mission of creating a positive impact on segments of society. Recipients, Arab and international.
The film includes adventures full of comic paradoxes, and carries a deep human dimension, representing a call for cross-cultural dialogue, love, and coexistence between people, in an influential cinematic language far from complexity and dry theorizing.
It is noteworthy that in the year 2024, the cinema sector in the Emirates achieved revenues amounting to 800 million dirhams, and cinemas witnessed the showing of 1,262 films and the sale of 15 million tickets.
The cinema market in the Emirates is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 7.1% for the period from 2024 to 2030, according to the report of “Grand View Research”, the American company specializing in market research, which confirmed that this promising growth comes as a result of the increasing demand for cinematic content, the advanced infrastructure and the supportive environment for investments that the country provides for this sector, which strengthens the Emirates’ position as a major center for the film and entertainment industry.

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