Indian Streamer ALTBalaji Reveals Focus on Youth Market, 30-Title Slate (EXCLUSIVE)

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSpotify’s psychological thriller podcast “Caso 63,” originally produced out of Chile, has been a breakout hit, the company says — with adaptations in Brazil and India to be followed by a U.S.

Naman Ramachandran Indian star Tamannaah Bhatia is a rarity in that she has projects across global streamers Disney Plus Hotstar, Netflix and Amazon. On top of that, she is a top box office draw in the Telugu and Tamil-language film industries.Bhatia was one of the leads, playing a warrior princess, in S.S.

Naman Ramachandran Leading Indian actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui (“Sacred Games”) is buzzing. He has just been nominated for a best actor international Emmy for Sudhir Mishra’s Netflix film “Serious Men.”Siddiqui’s next big international splash is with Bangladeshi director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s “No Land’s Man,” where he plays the lead.

We’re less than one month away from the premiere of Michelle Young‘s season of The Bachelorette and ABC has revealed the 30 men who will be vying for her heart.

Naman Ramachandran Hoichoi, an Indian streaming company which specializes in Bengali-language content, has revealed plans for a 30-strong 2022 slate.  It also has expansion plans for Bangladesh, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.Operated by leading studio SVF Entertainment, Hoichoi was launched in 2017.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTwo of the largest broadcast groups in India are to merge, it was announced on Wednesday morning local time.Publicly-listed Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited is to merge with Sony Pictures Networks India.

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for promoting the birth of his new albums. Governing emojis body The Unicode Consortium has announced its finalized list of new emojis, set to hit devices “sometime next year.”  The 838 new characters in Unicode 14.0 offer 75 more skin tone options and 37 new emoji characters — including pregnant men, potentially useful to “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” singer Nas — plus more obscure options for writing the northeastern Indian language Toto, a Kyrgyz Republic currency sign and undeciphered

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNoted producer and director Vishal Bhardwaj is directing Indian star Tabu in spy thriller film “Khufiya” for multinational streaming firm Netflix.Inspired by true events and based on the espionage novel “Escape to Nowhere” by Amar Bhushan, the film’s story follows Krishna Mehra, an operative at Indian spy agency Research and Analysis Wing, better known as R&AW.

Amazon Prime Video India has boarded Chhorii, the upcoming horror and social drama produced by CryptTV, India’s Abundantia Entertainment and T-Series.

Bleecker Street has landed the U.S. rights to filmmaker Geeta Malik’s new comedy, India Sweets and Spices, which made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival back in June. A theatrical release of Nov. 19 has been set for the pic.

Naman Ramachandran Indian studios T-Series and Reliance Entertainment have partnered for a slate of more than 10 films with a total investment of INR10 billion ($136.2 million). The films will be across across genres and will be a mix of big budget tentpoles as well as mid and small budget films.

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its Black to Front initiative on Friday. Black-fronted specials of Come Dine With Me, Countdown, Googlebox, Big Breakfast and more are expected.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChina’s “One Second,” South Korea’s “The Book of Fish,” India’s “The Disciple,” and two Japanese films, “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” and “Wife of a Spy” will compete for this year’s best film prize at the Asian Film AwardsThe awards again will be held again in conjunction with the Busan International Film Festival. The ceremony, on Oct.