Bollywood Star Vidyut Jammwal Teams With Reliance, T-Series to Produce ‘IB 71’

Naman Ramachandran Leading Indian streamer Disney Plus Hotstar has revealed the first trailer for its magnum opus series “The Empire.” The eight-episode series is based on Alex Rutherford’s bestselling “Empire of the Moghuls” novels, a racy, fictionalized version of the history of the Moghul empire, which dominated South Asia from 1526 to 1720.

Naman Ramachandran Popular Indian star Suriya’s 2D Entertainment has signed a deal for four upcoming Tamil-language films. They will premiere directly on Amazon Prime Video India.T.J.

Angelique Jackson CAA has signed Academy Award nominee and Emmy-nominated “Indian Matchmaking” creator Smriti Mundhra for representation in all areas.Mundhra created and executive produced the Netflix original series, which is nominated for an Emmy award for outstanding unstructured reality program. “Indian Matchmaking” offered an inside look at the custom of matchmaking in Indian cultures through a contemporary lens.In 2020, Mundhra’s film, “St.

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Ben Stokes is taking an “indefinite break” from all forms of cricket with immediate effect. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed on Friday that Stokes was stepping away from the game to prioritise his mental wellbeing and rest his still troublesome left index finger, on which he had surgery in April after suffering a fracture while playing for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

The Mirror. The England star, 30, was expected to take time off anyway due to the injury suffered to his left index finger, but now it appears his hiatus will be extended.

Naman Ramachandran Veteran producer and former Disney UTV MD Ronnie Screwvala’s RSVP is teaming with Premnath Rajagopalan of Blue Monkey Films for multi-season espionage thriller series “Panthers.” The series will be directed and showrun by Rensil D’Silva (“24: India”), whose thriller “Dial 100,” starring Manoj Bajpayee, Neena Gupta and Sakshi Tanwar and produced by Sony Pictures Films India and Alchemy Films, is debuting Aug. 6 on streamer ZEE5.

International Media Acquisition Corp (IMAC), the SPAC being spearheaded by Shibasish Sarkar, CEO of Indian major Reliance Entertainment, has set an initial $200M public offering.

EXCLUSIVE: Vidyut Jammwal, one of Indian cinema’s biggest action stars, has set his first project as a producer, the espionage thriller IB 71, in which he will also star.

EXCLUSIVE: Vidyut Jammwal, one of Indian cinema’s biggest action stars, has set his first project as a producer, the espionage thriller IB 71, in which he will also star.

EXCLUSIVE: Indie distributor and SVOD service MUBI is continuing its remarkable buying spree at Cannes 2021. The growing player has now taken rights from The Match Factory to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cannes Competition drama Memoria for Germany, Italy, Latin America (excluding Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador) and India.

Naman Ramachandran Top Indian actor Taapsee Pannu has launched production company Outsiders Films alongside former Sony Pictures Networks executive Pranjal Khandhdiya.Pannu who works in both Bollywood and the South Indian film industries, is known for her eclectic choice of roles including “Thappad,” for which won best actress at India’s prestigious Filmfare awards, “Badla” and “Mulk.”Khandhdiya’s producer credits for Sony include “Piku,” “Poster Boys” and “Soorma,” in which Pannu was one of

Naman Ramachandran Indian auteur Anurag Kashyap’s Good Bad Films (“Choked”) has boarded debutant Indian filmmaker Suman Sen’s “Eka” (“Solo”) as a producer.The project was selected as one of the participant’s at this year’s La Fabrique Cinéma de l’Institut Français, a tailored program helping talented young directors from emerging countries increase their international exposure.France’s Dominique Welinski (“House of my Fathers”) is already on board as a producer via outfit DW, as are

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorYouTube Shorts, a bid to tap into the popularity of short-form, shareable clips — a format that has fueled TikTok’s massive growth — is going global.The Google video platform’s initially launched YouTube Shorts in India and has since expanded the feature to 26 more countries, including the U.S. this spring.